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The Week in Breach: 08/19/18 – 08/25/18

A slow, but troubling week to say the least! Phishing and compromised databases still rule the day. This Week in Breach highlights incidents involving a New York-based gaming ...

I Now Have Everything I Need to Exploit You.

By: Kevin Lancaster on 11/30/17 10:41

MSPs should read this, then enroll themselves and every customer in SpotLight ID NOW Chances are, you’ve come across cleverly-crafted ads on sites like CNN.com, Facebook, Yahoo ...

Protecting Employee Personal Data Fundamental to Corporate Security

By: Matthew Solomon on 10/17/17 9:59

If the keys to your house were sitting visibly outside for someone to take, would you just leave them in hopes that no one breaks in? Not likely. Similarly, the keys to the front ...

Why Managed Service Providers Must Monitor for Compromised Credentials

By: Kevin Lancaster on 6/8/17 12:28

If your customers are like most organizations, 75% of their employees recycle or use a variation of the same password across most of the systems and websites they access – both on ...

Dark Web ID Tracks and Identifies DHS and FBI “Data Dumps” Immediately After Release

By: Kevin Lancaster on 5/25/17 13:56

Last weekend, more than 9,300 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) employees’ personal information was leaked online, all stemming from an apparent data breach to the DHS ...

Three Types of Business E-Mail Compromise Scams You Need to Recognize

By: Kevin Lancaster on 5/18/17 13:54

The internet has changed the way businesses operate around the world. Having access to a tool of this caliber is essential to the way corporations function today, but it also has ...

Why Employee Data May Pose Biggest Cyber Risk

By: Kevin Lancaster on 5/15/17 13:54

Cyber risk is no longer a potential threat to put on the back burner for later review. The reality is that cyber risk is a threat right now. Many organizations are taking ...

How to Identify and Prevent Insider Data Breaches

By: Kevin Lancaster on 4/20/17 13:44

A little known fact about corporate identity theft is that a large percentage of data breaches originate inside the organization’s walls. A recent report by Intel estimates that ...

How to Increase Corporate Security and Employee Productivity with an Identity Monitoring Benefit

By: Kevin Lancaster on 3/20/17 13:36

Protecting employees from cyber threats and identity theft is increasingly becoming a corporate responsibility. Every year, HR and Benefits Managers are faced with the task of ...

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