ExisorWhat is Payroll Security? Employers retain enormous amounts of highly sensitive information about employees and their dependents including names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, social security numbers, government IDs, licenses, financial accounts, legal information, sensitive health information, and more. This, of course, makes payroll at attractive target for cyberattackers, but payroll can also be targeted […]
What is Legacy System Decommission Planning? Legacy systems encompass elements such as computer systems, software applications, and specific software processes or technologies that: 1. No longer receive support and maintenance; 2. Are based on outdated technology; and 3. Are unavailable for purchase. There are many reasons why organizations might maintain and/or retain legacy systems, such […]
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 are Secure Email Servers? An email server is a computer system that handles the delivery of email over a network. With a significant percentage of cyberattacks originating in emails, it is critical that email servers are configured securely. The following are tips for ensuring that your email server is configured to offer your organization […]
What is Remote Monitoring and Management Software Security? Remote monitoring and management (RMM) software is a type of application often used by managed service providers as a tool to help them maintain their clients’ IT systems and infrastructure. A small footprint, often called an “agent,” is installed on client workstations, servers, mobile devices, and other […]
What is Database Security? Database security refers to all of the measures taken to prevent breaches into database management systems (DBMS), and all associated software. Databases are often full of sensitive and confidential information, so protecting database contents is a critical cybersecurity objective. The following are best practices for protecting DBMS: Control database access. Follow […]
What are Continuing Cybersecurity Threats? Cybersecurity vulnerabilities in Google and Microsoft products are addressed quickly after they are discovered, but in the cases of the following vulnerabilities, cyberattackers have continued to find ways to carry out their attacks. Being aware of these continued threats will help you to protect yourself from cyberattacks by employing the […]
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: […]
What is a SIM-Swapping Attack? SIM swapping, sometimes called SIM hijacking, occurs when a device tied to a customer’s phone number is fraudulently manipulated. Cyberattackers usually employ SIM swapping as a way to receive one-time security codes from banks, cryptocurrency exchanges, and other financial institutions. A study by Princeton University found that four-fifths of SIM-swap […]
What is Confidential Computing? Confidential computing refers to cloud computing technology that can isolate data within a protected central processing unit (CPU) while it is being processed. The contents of this protected environment include the data being processed and the techniques used to process it; these contents are accessible only to authorized programming code, and […]