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Cybersecurity: A Tale of Two Perspectives
“We need to be open.” That’s a short response that a business owner said to the FBI after they were a victim of a ransomware attack. Let’s backup a little in the story to get the full picture. Background A friend of mine in the insurance business told me this story about an interaction between…
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Thoughts on the CrowdStrike Outage
The CrowdStrike outage in July 2024 has been well-commented on. For those who aren’t familiar, the short of it is that CrowdStrike – a company well known for its Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) (think: anti-virus software), pushed a software update to all of the subscribers that were internet connected, and due to a bug…
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5 Unique Cybersecurity Threats You Need to Know to Protect Your SMB
Before you work to strengthen your network of your small or medium business (SMB), you need to determine from who you are trying to protect or defend yourself (ie: your threat actors). CISSP (a highly regarded IT/Cybersecurity certification) has a list of categories that you can use, and while having those categories may be accurate,…
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Understand Your Value Like an Attacker
To further understand why your value as a target is important, you need to understand the mindset of your potential attacker. Are you a small business and your attacker is a script kiddie? Well, some industry best practices will likely take care of most of your concern. Are you a small business and your spouse…
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A SMB’s Practical Approach to Cybersecurity
This is something that each small-medium business needs to decide for themselves, but understanding what your potential value is to an attacker is useful in understanding how you approach cybersecurity. You exist somewhere on a scale, and you may exist in different locations depending on circumstance. Determine Your Value Are you a small business that…