ExisorMalvertising Malicious advertising is referred to as “malvertising.” Malvertising is a cyberattack technique that injects malicious code within digital ads. These cyberattacks are difficult to detect because these ads are often provided to consumers through legitimate advertising networks. As they are displayed to all visitors to a website, they are particularly harmful as they put […]
Antivirus Solutions Antivirus solutions are programs designed to protect endpoint devices. IT endpoints are the devices that people use to access company resources. Examples of endpoints are personal computers, mobile devices, point-of-sale terminals, and other various devices where data is created, processed, and stored, such as IoT devices. With so many endpoints and their corresponding […]
Secure Website Features In your internet travels you have surely encountered links or websites that had you asking yourself, “Is this website secure?” There are many deceptive tactics that cyberattackers can employ to trick you into clicking on their malicious links, but you can protect yourself by knowing some of the signs that the virtual space you […]
CJIS Compliance The Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division was established in February 1992 to serve as the focal point and central repository for criminal justice information services in the FBI.1 The CJIS Division gives state, local, and federal law enforcement and criminal justice agencies access to criminal justice information (CJI), such as fingerprint records […]
Safely Shop Online Online shopping is certainly convenient, but it is fraught with hazards. Exert the extra effort required to protect yourself while shopping online and save yourself from the virtual messes that you will need clean up if you don’t. Here are some risks that you need to be aware of to shop safely: […]
Employee Security Practices Information system (IS) security is challenging for organizations of all sizes. A study by Sadok, et al. took a closer look at the disconnect between corporate IS security policies and actual security practices in small-to-medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)1. Many organizations of this size are reliant on information technologies and networked systems to support their business operations […]
Cybersecurity Incident Response Planning A cybersecurity incident response plan (or IR plan) is a set of instructions designed to help an organization prepare for, detect, respond to, and recover from network security incidents. Much like a disaster recovery plan designed for natural disasters, a cybersecurity incident response plan prepares your organization to respond to digital disasters. Significant incidents […]
Legacy System The term “legacy” has long been used to connote possession of some charming artifact or privilege that has been handed down from generation to generation. In IT parlance, it means your IT equipment is outdated, and quite possible insecure. It is no surprise then, that the general advice regarding your legacy IT artifacts is to move on […]
NIST Cybersecurity Framework The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) created the Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure (CSF) in response to the Cybersecurity Act of 2014 (CEA) which called for a “prioritized, flexible, repeatable, performance-based, and cost-effective approach, including information security measures and controls that may be voluntarily adopted by owners and operators of […]
Cloud-Based E-Health System Security Cloud-based healthcare computing has become much more common as its advantages, such as scalability, collaboration with Artificial Intelligence (AI), and machine learning, are undeniably attractive. While there are many benefits, there are many concerns and challenges as well. Cloud-computing challenges for applications in healthcare include different types of management, technology handling, security […]