Thank you to all who attended this year’s Information Security Summit! Please see the video recap below. Looking forward to seeing everyone next year!
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Michelle Drolet
How to secure remote file access, sharing and collaboration with decentralized cloud computing. When: Tuesday, October 1, 2019 – 2:00 PM EST Sponsored by: Sponsored by Towerwall and Qnext Presented by: Michelle Drolet, Paul Barker Register now >
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Michelle Drolet
Workloads in the public cloud are the new pot of gold for savvy cybercriminals. Often misconfigured and under-secured, they’re an easy way for hackers to steal data and take advantage of your processing power. If you use Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform, or are thinking about migrating to any of these,
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Michelle Drolet
Social media has completely changed the way humans interact. Our lives have become increasingly public as we all share a variety of personal information online on various social networks. 2019 has seen worldwide social media user numbers grow to almost 3.5 billion, with 288 million new users in the past 12 months, pushing the global social
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Michelle Drolet
When we hear the word “cybersecurity” a lot comes to mind — firewalls, antivirus, endpoint protection, email security, web security and much more. But how often do we think or talk about people? This is a central element in cybersecurity that is often ignored. ‘To err is human”— it’s obvious that as humans we often
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Michelle Drolet
While much of cybersecurity is focused on prevention, the simple fact is that many attacks are successful. Even a sophisticated, expensive security system is going to be breached from time to time. Smart attackers try to fly under the radar, biding their time and extracting maximum value or causing maximum carnage, sometimes over a period
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Michelle Drolet
Businesses continue to face modern cyber attacks such as ransomware threats and data breach incidents. In the wake of a non-stop onslaught from advanced hackers, it seems that no matter what defensive measures organizations put in place, cyber adversaries and malware authors are able to circumvent them. Cybercriminals are not only motivated to target high-profile
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Michelle Drolet
When we say “operationalizing cybersecurity,” what we are essentially saying is the implementation of best practices that strengthen your cybersecurity infrastructure. This results in a strong security posture able to address advanced and continuously evolving cyberthreats leveled at any organization. A well-defined cybersecurity strategy lies at the very root of seamless operationalizing. Key stakeholders like
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Michelle Drolet
The numerous high-profile data breaches that took place in 2018 illustrate that no organization, irrespective of size, scale or scope, is immune from cyberattacks. Last year witnessed a 350% increase in ransomware attacks and a 70% increase in spear-phishing attacks. We are looking at a state-of-affairs wherein it is very easy for cybercriminals to exploit security vulnerabilities and target
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7th Annual Information Security Summit Presented by MassBay Community College and Towerwall, Inc. When: June 6, 2019 8:00AM – 1:30PM When: MassBay Community College 50 Oakland Street Wellesley Hills, MA 02481 About the Conference: This year’s Information Security Summit will deliver information on the latest threats and emerging technologies such as ML, AI, and automation.
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