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SMBs Take a Step Back with Breach Defense
By Evan SchumanDespite rising cyber exposures and intensifying attacks, small and midsize businesses actually may be regressing when it comes to defending their networks.That startling finding comes...
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SMBs Take a Step Back with Breach Defense
By Byron AcohidoLast week I had the privilege of mingling with a record 40,000 attendees at the 25th RSA Conference at San Francisco’s vast Moscone Convention Center. It was my 11th RSA, each one...
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IRS Fights Fraud, Slows Tax Refunds
By Rodika TollefsonThe Internal Revenue Service is taking up to 21 days to review tax returns, according to research from fraud prevention vendor iovation, a clear sign that Uncle Sam has stepped up...
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Why Business Email Compromise is Skyrocketing
By Byron AcohidoIt is a devastatingly effective form of spear phishing that the FBI refers to as “business email compromise,” or a BEC attack.Also known as “whaling” and “CEO fraud,” BEC attacks carry...
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Cyber Liability Insurance is the 'Wild, Wild West'
By Byron Acohido A convergence between the cyber insurance and tech security sectors is fast gaining momentum. If this trend accelerates, it could help commercial cyber liability policies arise as a...
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Keep Employee Data Safe
By Matt CullinaWhen a cyber breach occurs, lawsuits are usually not far behind. It’s a chain of events that has become de rigueur in the consumer realm when retailers experience a breach and it is...
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Businesses Struggle to Control BYOD
By Justin HarveyThe standoff between mobile hardware giant Apple and the U.S. Department of Justice raises myriad privacy concerns regarding the government’s power to compel a company to unlock a...
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Brexit Will Complicate Data Protection Laws
By Thomas SpierLONDON—Of the many shock waves reverberating from the United Kingdom’s vote to leave the European Union, one ramification of acute concern to U.S. companies doing business in Europe is...
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Brexit Will Complicate Data Protection Laws
By Bob SullivanThere’s been a scary increase in successful ransomware attacks against large organizations this year. Specifically, hospitals have found themselves at the mercy of hackers who demand...
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5 Cyber Security Best Practices for 2016
By Oscar MarquezIn the past five years, businesses of all sizes have realized just how vulnerable they are to cyber attacks.The astonishing increase in the number of attacks each year troubles...
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The Case of the Disappearing $300,000 Loan
For homebuyers, nothing beats the excitement and relief that comes with a home loan approval. So you can imagine the horror when those funds suddenly disappear. John and Nancy Ritter* experienced the...
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What Is Your Data Breach Response Plan?
By Rich BlumbergBusinesses would prefer to avoid the attention of cyber hackers, of course, but it seems just about every organization is in the crosshairs these days. As the number of breaches...
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