April 04, 2024
Business Email Compromise: Protection Against The $50 Billion Scam
The rise of business email compromise (BEC) has led the FBI to refer to those online crimes as the $50 billion scam. That’s the amount of financial damages reported during a nine-year period by organizations and individuals who fell victim to such attacks. In a BEC scam, victims receive an email message that appears to come […]
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March 21, 2024
From AI To Ransomware: Trends Shaping Cybersecurity
Staying on top of cybersecurity trends once was the job of IT and security teams. Now cybersecurity has captured everyone’s attention up to the executive boardroom. Board members want to know: According to the 2024 Gartner CIO and Technology Executive Survey: 80% of survey respondents say they will increase their investment in cybersecurity, making cybersecurity the […]
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March 14, 2024
Can You Plan For “The Big Cell Network Outage”?
AT&T’s cellular network experienced a widespread outage on February 22nd, 2024. AT&T reported that this outage was caused by problems related to a software update, and the outage itself lasted several hours. Not only was AT&T’s network impacted, several other carriers that use AT&T’s network also experienced downtime. I wrote about this at some length a couple of […]
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March 05, 2024
Emerging Trends in Infrastructure & Operations for Healthcare
Healthcare has traditionally been an industry that has taken a conservative approach to adopting new technologies and platforms (i.e. public cloud) due to the unique nature of having to deal with patient care and the security and privacy concerns around handling and storing patient data. In the past decade, healthcare companies have had to “take off […]
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February 15, 2024
Resiliency Is Easier Than Cybersecurity?
It’s impossible to overstate the importance of safeguarding critical business operations in today’s digital landscape. In addition to the traditional threats to business operations (like power outages, facility impacts, and data loss events), the increased risk to the business now presented by cyber threats such as ransomware, malware, and phishing attacks mean that businesses face threats […]
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January 18, 2024
2024 Cybersecurity Predictions & Emerging Trends – Part Two
Part one of this two-part series delved into six cybersecurity predictions for 2024 by our panel of Sayers engineering experts. As you prepare for new technology capabilities as well as threats to your business, read on to round out an even dozen of the panel’s cybersecurity predictions for 2024. 7. Companies Will Lower Their Cybersecurity Insurance […]
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