No one ever thinks their personal or health information will fall into the wrong hands, but it happens all the time, even to highly reputable organizations like: Trinity Health, Aetna, AdventHealth, and Anthem Blue Cross. To prevent organizations from suffering a breach, both state and federal lawmakers have put in place some stringent requirements for keeping…
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Recent cyber security statistics reveal a huge increase in hacked and breached data over the course of 2020. This could be due to technology trends, a side effect of the pandemic, the increased prowess of cyber hackers, and the vast amounts of unprotected data in the workplace. Although the root cause of the increase in…
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In 2020 the United States suffered a cyber breach that resulted in a security failure of enormous proportions. Over the course of the year the level and scope of this breach has been a massive wake-up call for federal agencies and companies that were targeted. As an IT support, compliance, and security company, our focus…
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Vulnerability: Netlogon Elevation of Privilege In August, Microsoft released a software update to mitigate a critical vulnerability known as Zerologon (CVE-2020-1472) in Windows Server operating systems. This vulnerability was given the highest Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) score of 10.0 and given a “critical” security rating from Microsoft. The Microsoft Windows Netlogon Remote Protocol (MS-NRPC)…
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In our last blog we discussed three of the top causes of data breaches and how to prevent them, both at home and at your place of work. Today we are examining how you can detect a breach so mitigation can begin immediately. According to Digital Guardian online, how much a data breach can ultimately…
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When we think about data breaches, we often envision a masked man sitting in the dark hacking his way into our personal and business data. We imagine a sinister “Big Brother” of sorts seeking to find our credit card numbers, social security info, and password credentials. While there is definitely someone with malicious intent at…
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