The world is seemingly up in arms about privacy this week. Facebook continues to lead the parade of headlines highlighting how consumer privacy is essentially non-existent after the New York Times revealed that Facebook shared private messages and other data with more than 150 companies. Facebook was adamant that whatever data they shared, the users gave permission to share it....

Here we are. Another year behind us, another year ahead. We’ve been doing a lot of reflecting this week as we get geared up for what’s to come. This week, we’re helping you get caught up on everything going on in the world of security. It was hard to keep up with all the cyberattacks last year. Hackers got pretty...

This week, we learned nobody is off limits when it comes to a breach after the Orange County branch of the Girl Scouts of America was hacked. It’s not clear how it was done, but they said in a statement that an “unauthorized third party” compromised an email account, leading them to gain access to information on 2800 members, adults and...

Cybersecurity awareness month is in full swing. Do we really need a whole month for cybersecurity? The answer is a resounding, “Yes!” Cybersecurity touches nearly everything we do in the modern world. It’s something that needs to become part of our awareness in simple, everyday tasks like shopping, banking and visiting the doctor. Take this coffee shop in Rhode Island...

Hackers, hackers and more hackers. It’s a word that often comes cushioned with a lot of negativity. Sometimes, hackers are a force for good, as evidenced by the story of a Russian hacker breaking into routers to patch them. That’s the type of opportunistic good that exists in cybersecurity, despite the hair on fire outlook we are often fed. That...

We start this week’s security news roundup with the ever-present human factor. In identity, we know how present this is. We’re on the ground floor, seeing how much the human attack vector impacts organizations' overall security posture – even when there are millions of dollars invested in security systems. Kaspersky released research this week revealing just how pervasive this problem...

Passwords. We need them for just about everything today. Yet, do we really think about them very much other than to mindlessly type them in when asked to log in? And by ‘think about them,’ I mean – are you regularly updating them, making them unique, avoiding duplicating them across applications? With World Password Day approaching, why not make it...

The following is an excerpt from the whitepaper State and Local Government Cybersecurity and Compliance: The Importance of a Complete Identity and Access Management Strategy. Social Security numbers, driver’s license records, health and tax information. These are the pieces of citizen data spread far and wide across both our state and federal governments. These records make up a blueprint of our...