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What is the First Step in Security Awareness?
Security awareness is the process of providing your workforce with cybersecurity training and education so that they understand the importance of security in their daily work routines. It’s a critical part of cybersecurity overall. That security awareness training includes examining a variety of information security threats and demonstrating your organization’s security policies and procedures for […]
May 19, 2023
Security Exception vs. Risk Acceptance: What’s the Difference?
Businesses face an endless stream of security concerns. Internal controls and security procedures help, but not every risk can be managed out of existence. To build a sustainable security program, executives need to rely on risk acceptance and security exceptions to keep operations running, and to placate stakeholders as much as possible. Although those two […]
May 17, 2023
Cybersecurity Risks in Hybrid Working Environments
Many companies now operate in a hybrid work environment. The term encompasses any number of specific workplace arrangements, but ultimately refers to a more flexible environment where employees spend a significant amount of time not in the office. So what are the implications of that shift for cybersecurity? Clearly hybrid work environments have a greater […]
May 15, 2023
What is Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)?
Your organization’s daily operations depend on connections: to your clients, vendors, staff, and other parties. In our era of the Internet of Things (IoT), this also means that every new piece of hardware connected to your network is another endpoint that needs to be secure. An endpoint is any device connected to your networks, such […]
May 12, 2023
Updated Fraud Risk Guidance Available
This article first appeared on RadicalCompliance May 4, 2023. Auditors and other anti-fraud professionals have fresh guidance this week on how to manage fraud risk, with an emphasis on data analytics, internal reporting hotlines, and discussion of how effective fraud risk management can deter fraudsters from trying their schemes in the first place. Said guidance […]
May 11, 2023
ATO Attacks: What You Should Know About Protection and Prevention
Among all the cyber attack techniques gaining prominence, account takeover (ATO) attacks are perhaps the most unnerving for businesses. Even though financial institutions seem like an obvious target, e-commerce storefronts and online entertainment platforms are also becoming popular targets. For example, online betting website DraftKings fell victim to an ATO attack in 2022, where the […]
May 10, 2023
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