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Cannabis Industry Must Take Cybersecurity Seriously To Protect Client Data, Or Else Risk Everything

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Michelle Drolet

Cyber threats such as ransomware, phishing and data theft pose significant risks to cannabis dispensaries. These attacks can disrupt operations with long recovery delays, compromise client data, invite litigation and damage business reputations. IBM says the average global cost of a data breach is $4.45 million, prompting 51% of organizations to raise their security budgets. Implementing security measures

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6 Cybersecurity Trends You Can Expect In 2023

Michelle Drolet

It’s that time of year again when we try to predict what’s ahead of us in terms of cybersecurity. 2022 has already become a record-breaker for the sheer volume of phishing scams, cyberattacks, data breaches and crypto heists. There was also a rise in hacktivism cases where state-sponsored cyber legions disrupted critical infrastructure and services,

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Four Essential Cybersecurity Services Every SMB Should Know

Michelle Drolet

SMBs face the same threats as larger companies but are challenged with limited resources, budgets and security talent. Organizations that outsource with an experienced security partner can make up for shortfalls in expertise and resources. In 2021, 40% of SMBs experienced a security breach partly because they are low-hanging fruit and attractive targets for leapfrogging to a

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Why Penetration Testing Is Increasingly Relevant Today

Michelle Drolet

Think about this for a moment — global CEOs rank cyber risk as a top concern ahead of macroeconomic volatility, health risks, climate change or even geopolitical crises. What’s worse, they represent organizations that are deploying top-tier security tools, teams and security measures. So where is everyone going wrong? Truth is, cybersecurity is more than just committing

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7 Steps to Keep your Catholic Diocese Secure

Michelle Drolet

Religious organizations, Houses of Worship (HoWs) and missionaries (schools, hospitals, non-profits) often carry a false notion that they are at least risk of cyber-attacks (compared to ordinary businesses), because they are not involved in buying and selling of commercial goods and services. Contrary to this popular belief, cybercriminals have been regularly targeting churches, catholic organizations, and even the Vatican.

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Pentesting vs. threat hunting: What’s the difference?

Michelle Drolet

Traditional cybersecurity practices relied on the age-old maxim, an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure. But here’s the biggest truth about modern cybersecurity: There’s no such thing as foolproof security, and bug-free software is an oxymoron. From the ’90’s script kiddies to present-day state-sponsored actors and cybercrime syndicates, attacks have grown

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Towerwall Cybersecurity Services Now Available on AWS Marketplace

Michelle Drolet

BOSTON – August 31, 2021 – Towerwall, a 25-year provider of cybersecurity services for emerging to mid-size enterprises, today announced it has teamed up with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to list its array of data and IT security services and onsite deployment of Virtual Security Officers on the AWS Marketplace. Towerwall is one of the

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Phishing is the worst thing for your business. Just ask Colonial Pipeline.

Michelle Drolet

For Georgia, Virgina, the Carolinas and other states, it was Jimmy Carter revisited as long lines and price spikes awaited motorists at the gas pumps. Some stations as far south as St. Petersburg, Fla. ran out entirely, worrying travelers making plans for Memorial Day weekend. We learned a few things from the Colonial Pipeline ransomware

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Escalating Cyberattacks on Healthcare Organizations Highlight Need for Security Interventions

Michelle Drolet

Healthcare organizations have faced continual stress from heavy COVID-19 caseloads in 2020. Cyberattacks on their information networks also loomed as a serious threat, and the pressure to protect data is expected to grow this year, as more criminals target healthcare providers. Protecting patient data from unauthorized access has long been a regulatory prerequisite for healthcare

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