What are Threat Actors? A threat actor, also known as a malicious actor, is any person, group, or entity that creates all or part of a cybersecurity incident, with the intent to cause harm. Threat actors may cause damage by exploiting vulnerabilities, compromising user identities with elevated privileges, evading security controls, damaging data, deleting data, […]
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What are Enterprise Resource Planning Systems? Enterprise resource planning (ERP) is a system of integrated software applications that manage business processes and operations in many areas such as finance, procurement, distribution, human resources, supply chains, and more. ERP systems are critical applications as they integrate all of the disparate processes that an organization needs to […]
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Mobile Spyware
What is Mobile Spyware? Surveillance software is becoming more advanced and more accessible, making it increasingly important to be aware of current threats and prevention methods. Mobile spyware hides in the background of a mobile device and steals information such as incoming/outgoing call logs, incoming/outgoing SMS messages, contact lists, emails, browser history, photos, videos, and […]
What is Application Programming Interface Security? An Application Programming Interface (API) is a set of rules that enables a software program to transmit data to another software program. APIs enable developers to avoid redundant work by incorporating new and existing applications instead of building and rebuilding application functions that already exist. This is done by […]
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Metadata
What is Metadata? Metadata is data which provides information about other data. Metadata is most often used in digital files where it is used to describe information about the file, such as the file’s author and creation date. It can include other types of data as well, depending on the metadata type. Types of metadata […]
What is Formjacking? Formjacking is a type of cyberattack that steals credit card details by inserting malicious JavaScript code into online payment forms. This malicious code operates covertly in the background on payment form web pages that are often served to the victim from a third-party payment processing company, but can also be found in: […]
What are Document Management Systems? Document management systems are computer systems and software used to store, manage, and track electronic documents and electronic images of paper-based documents captured through the use of a document scanner. Document management software is a type of enterprise content management software that helps organizations to manage document, emails, and other […]
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Web Apps for Business
What are Web Apps for Business? Web applications (web apps) are software programs that run functions through web browsers such as Google Chrome, Safari, Firefox, etc. Web apps can be integrated into your business to elevate the user experience, organize data, improve employee collaboration, and to help solve day-to-day tasks. Benefits of web apps may […]
What are Employee Offboarding Cybersecurity Risks? Employee offboarding is the process of formally separating an employee from an organization due to retirement, resignation, termination, illness, or death. Employee offboarding encompasses all of the decisions and processes involved in this separation, including transferring the employee’s job responsibilities, deactivating access permissions, deactivating passwords, returning equipment and supplies, […]
What is Patching and Updating? Patch management is the process of distributing and applying updates to software and the operating system that address security vulnerabilities within products and programs. Areas that commonly need patches include operating systems, applications, and embedded systems, such as network equipment. The following is the process used for creating software patches: […]