Can the healthcare industry stay ahead of cybercriminals?
The healthcare industry, like many others, has been the victim of numerous cyber attacks. In fact, healthcare breaches became front-page news in 2015 with a hack of Anthem Blue Cross, which is still the largest healthcare data breach to date. Since then, attacks have highlighted critical vulnerabilities in the healthcare sector’s networks with attacks causing […]
Employee Cybersecurity: Prevent Holiday Shopping from Compromising Your Network
Employees are continuing to work from home as more and more cases of the pandemic come to light. This increase in cases means that working from home is going to continue for more businesses and industries well into 2021. Now, with so many employees working from home, network security has become an important topic of […]
Choosing the Right VPN for Your Business
VPN Usage has been critical during the coronavirus pandemic. Virtual Private Networks have allowed employees to safely connect to corporate networks regardless of location. This technology was foundational for businesses to safely transition their workforce to a fully remote workforce without compromising network security or creating vulnerabilities that could lead to data breaches. Now, as […]
Identifying COVID-19 Phishing Scams
As we continue to move through 2020 it has become very clear that cyber criminals are taking advantage of the COVID-19 crisis as they continue to target new victims every day. In a recent report, the Federal Trade Commission has recorded, to date, over 59,000 coronavirus or stimulus-related complaints. These complaints have resulted in over […]
Building a Network Security Solution: NG Firewall and Endpoint Security
As 2020 started, ransomware and phishing attacks continued to make the news. As we moved into May, it became clear that hackers were taking advantage of online content related to COVID-19 and the new dispersed workforce. According to CheckPoint Research (qtd Dark Reading), 192,000 COVID-19 related attacks were happening per week with many of them […]
Q&A with Heather Paunet About Untangle and Education
With K-12 cyber incidents, what are the most common types of incidents, and do we find that one is more successful than another? Heather Paunet Senior Vice President of Product A: According to k12CyberSecure’s K-12 Cybersecurity 2019 Year in Review report, there were 348 publicly disclosed cyber-related incidents targeting schools or school districts. Of these, […]
Reminders for Enabling Employees to Work From Home to Combat COVID-19
With more cases of COVID-19 (the coronavirus) coming to light, many employers have taken the precaution of transitioning and encouraging employees to work from home or remotely. Business operations are not unfamiliar with telecommuting or remote employees. However, with more employees falling into this category than before, network security and capacity are quickly becoming a […]
IP Reputation Scores: Additional Security for SMBs
Cybercriminals continue to find new ways toto deliver malware, DDoS and other attacks. These attacks can have substantial consequences for businesses and their stolen customer data. But what can small businesses and organizations do to prevent these attacks from happening? To keep up with the increased volume of attacks stemming from websites, emails, malicious files […]
