Here at CGNET we’re big fans of the Center for Internet Security (CIS) and their CIS Controls. As we wrote here,...
Cyber Security
Use Conditional Access to Strengthen Your Remote Work Setup
Most customers tell me they don’t see their staff returning to the office anytime soon. This means we will continue to...
So You’ve Been Pwned
If you’re of a certain age, you’ll recall the pamphlets the doctors would hand you at the end of your visit, so you...
Start Your Information Protection Journey by Creating Labels
Here are three common activities that require creating labels. Document management: use labels (aka “tags”) to help...
Weekly Security Roundup, Week 4
The big media this week will be talking about the new accusations of Chinese cyberattacks on U.S. medical institutions...
Remember Some Basic Phishing Protections
The COVID-19 pandemic, like other catastrophes, brings out the best and worst in humanity. I’ll get to the heroes...
Weekly Security Roundup, Week 3
But Does It Work? “Security Effectiveness Report 2020,” Mandiant Solutions, www.fireye.com, May 5, 2020 One paragraph...
Weekly Security Roundup, Week 2
These three security-related stories, from earlier this month, are still worth talking about: The story behind...
Weekly Security Roundup
If there is a unifying theme to this week’s harvest of security stories, it is that the threats we face are often more...
Build Resilience with Azure Site Recovery
The first shoe to drop during the current COVID 19 crisis was remote work. Services like Zoom and Teams saw...
Some Steps to Make Your Meetings Secure
Let’s talk about steps you can take to make your meetings secure. Zoom has been in the news recently, and not in a...
Steps You Can Take to Improve Remote Working Security
First, I hope you and your loved ones are safe, washing your hands and physically isolating as much as possible....
How to Ensure Your Public Wi-Fi Security
I wrote last time about how to make sure your home Wi-Fi network is as secure as possible. Today I’m going to tackle...
Tips for Securing Your Home Wi-Fi Connection
Wi-Fi. It’s seemingly ubiquitous these days. But as we use it, we are also aware that bad actors have found Wi-Fi...
The First Big Step to Effective Privacy Assessment
For IT managers, privacy is a two-edged sword. On one edge, everybody’s privacy seems to be in more danger than ever...
Data Privacy, In Public
Earlier this week, countries around the world celebrated Data Privacy Day, Some called it Data Protection Day and...
Time to Get Organized about Privacy!
Last week, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released the NIST Privacy Framework. As a result,...
Iranian Cyber Attacks: Should You Worry?
Iran may follow up its ballistic-missile response to the killing of Qassim Suleimani with more subtle, less...