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So, you’ve finally got budget approval for your security, the downside is it is less than you wanted. Where do you spend it? What can you do to minimize your company’s exposure to attack while at the same time conserving as much budget as possible? I’d like to offer practical and actionable advice. For over 24 years, my company has been providing security services to organizations around the globe. For that same amount of time, we’ve been giving the same advice to companies t

Penetration testing, or ethical hacking as it is sometime referred to, has been around since the 1960’s. In 1971 The US Air Force adopted penetration testing to evaluate the security of their time-shared computer systems. Then, in the 1980’s the US Navy began ethical hacking tests to determine how easily terrorists could access their naval bases. Soon after, the government started investigating illegal hacking incidents and the rest is history. Fast forward to today and ethic

Why are Small & Medium Business (SMBs) in the cross hairs of hackers? Many would assume that these aren’t prime targets, but statistically speaking, SMBs are at great risk, and hackers spend a significant amount of time trying to pick their locks. Here are some statistics courtesy of Purplesec - 43% of cyber attacks target small business. - 47% of small businesses had at least one cyber attack in the past year, 44% of those had two to four attacks. - 70% of small businesses a

Information Technology (IT) Security is BIG business. In fact, a source from Precedence Research says, “the global security market size was estimated at USD 143.07 billion in 2022 and it is projected to reach around USD 317.57 billion by 2032, poised to grow at a CAGR of 8.3% during the forecast period from 2023 to 2032.” That’s a staggering amount. That number represents a mix of system integration and consulting, risk assessment and analysis, managed security services, and

Over the past 24 years, we have had hundreds of conversations with companies that have experienced a cyber security incident. These incidents have ranged from unauthorized access to data theft, ransomware, phishing, corporate espionage, extortion and more. Through conversation, we’ve learned that many of these incidents could have been avoided had these companies been properly prepared. Some of these companies spent a small fortune on security technology. Some had an Informat

For as long as I have been in security, there’s been one reaction after a company gets breached, and that is they suddenly see the value in security and a budget to support it, magically appears. Sadly, this is all too common with companies that consider security an afterthought, or those that place it at the bottom of their IT budget. Security is like mandatory insurance such as automotive insurance, or other insurances such as theft, vandalism, natural disasters and even li

### Why Phishing? Hackers have been phishing for information since the late 90’s, and the number of attacks has increased, for good reason: phishing attacks work! Since the dawn of time, humans have been the cause and effect of all things good and bad. They are, in terms of security, the weakest link in the security chain. Hackers know this and that is why around 90% of cyber-attacks begin with a phishing attack. There are many reasons for this. It’s likely that the biggest r