Dan Young
This week the Economic Times ran a fascinating editorial about the mind and behaviors of a hacker referred to as Alok. He has three years experience with a hacker collective on the dark web. He’s secretly wealthy due to the theft and fraud he’s committed as a hacking foot soldier that he can’t share with […] Read More
Dan Young
We’re excited to have all of our Admins and Managers participating in today’s Challenge! Today’s task involves thinking and performing reconnaissance like a hacker. For current participants in the challenge, what did you think of the first task? Was this something you’d thought of before? Missed you this time? We’d love to have you participate […] Read More
Dan Goodman
While most people have heard of the Equifax breach, most people out of the IT community don’t realize it was due to an unsecured open-sourced system. While 99% of cybersecurity hacks occur on Windows operating system, that doesn’t stop hackers from taking any opportunity to break into a system. How does cybersecurity work with an […] Read More
Dan Young
By reading this blog post, you’ve been invited to StormWind Studio’s upcoming QuickCast: 30-minutes to a Less Vulnerable Network with Mike Vasquez. This QuickCast is exclusive to IT professionals.Vulnerability management is an essential element of creating a secure networking environment. Join Mike Vasquez, Senior Technical Instructor at StormWind Studios, as we discuss vulnerability management and […] Read More
George Chanturidze
Network security password guidelines IT professionals have relied on for years are just plain wrong. You heard us: WRONG! Creating strong, complicated passwords and changing them frequently doesn’t protect organizations against cybersecurity breaches. This practice makes it easier for computers to hack and harder for humans to remember. If your users use irregular capitalization, special […] Read More
Doug Bassett
“This [cours is going to harden our system, because one of the big problems that we run into, is any time that we’re looking at threats, we forget the number one threat to our company, which is internal employees.” With the average cost of a data breach in 2016 was $3.62 million according to an […] Read More
Dan Young
Over 14 Million Verizon customer records were left exposed due to poor security checks. For weeks, customer names, account information, and cell phone numbers were left unsecured on an Amazon server. The server was controlled by Nice Systems, an Israeli technology company, which has 85 of the Fortune 100 as customers. Anyone who knew where to look […] Read More
Doug Bassett
We are under attack. As news breaks around the world about Petya, the newest ransomware attack, we’ve put together a 3-minute video to arm IT professionals against it. Read More
Dan Young
Secure use of website passwords are just one of the many ways you can protect your company’s assets. From the CEO to the new sales representative, anyone that has access to an organization’s information systems needs a thorough understanding of their effect on cybersecurity. All of the employees at your company are the “human sensors” […] Read More
Will Panek- Lead Microsoft Instructor|Microsoft MVP|Sybex Author
The world is changing. There is no dought about that. As the world changes, so does the world of technology. But is that always a good thing? Well sometimes it is and sometimes it’s dangerous. One of the changes that has swept across America is taking pictures with cell phones and tablets. This in itself […] Read More