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Is Blind Trust Making You Unsafe?

Michelle Drolet

Personal and business relationships rely on trust to function, but blind trust in the digital world is downright dangerous. We’re asked to trust companies all the time. We trust them with personal details and they promise to keep them safe. It’s the same story in the enterprise. One company will entrust another to backup and

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Towerwall Information/Vulnerability Alert Vol 13.69: Cisco Security Notice

Michelle Drolet

Cisco Security Notice Cisco WebEx Business Suite HTTP GET Parameters Include Sensitive Information CVE ID: CVE-2014-0708 Release Date: 2014 March 18 19:07  UTC (GMT) Last Updated: 2014 March 19 17:58  UTC (GMT)SummaryA vulnerability in Cisco WebEx Business Suite could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to view sensitive information transmitted in GET parameters of URL requests.The vulnerability is due to inclusion of sensitive information in

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Successful Breakfast Event: From Zero to Data Governance Hero

Michelle Drolet

Thanks for all that joined Towerwall at the From Zero to Data Governance Hero breakfast event! Towerwall and Varonis experts gave first-rate information on the importance of pressing data concerns of 2014. Also, Varonis’ speaker gave a great live demonstration on the Data Governance Suite! It was an event well spent! “Towerwall is always looking

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Patch Tuesday wrap-up, March 2014 – critical fixes from Microsoft and Adobe

Michelle Drolet

by Paul Ducklin on March 12, 2014 We already wrote about Microsoft’s March 2014 patches, noting that, as usually happens, there was an All-Points Bulletin for Internet Explorer coming up. Microsoft doesn’t call them APBs, of course – they are Cumulative Security Updates, with one bulletin covering all the numerous versions, bitnesses and CPU flavors of Redmond’s IE browser.

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Stay Secure in the Cloud with Sophos Cloud Endpoint

Michelle Drolet

Towerwall and Sophos, partnering to protect data integrity in the cloud. Towerwall is now offering Sophos Cloud Endpoint, a new security option for small and medium sized businesses. Sophos Cloud Endpoint offers an integrated, lightweight agent that protects your business, users and their computers. 24/7, anywhere in the cloud. Sophos Cloud Endpoint gives you endpoint

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Internet Explorer, .NET, IPv6 and Shockwave top the February 2014 Patch Tuesday list

Michelle Drolet

For today’s Patch Tuesday, Microsoft released seven bulletins (a surprise after only announcing five last week) and Adobe released one. There are four critical advisories, to me the most important of which is MS14-010 affecting Internet Explorer versions 6 through 10. This patch fixes 24 vulnerabilities, one of which has been publicly disclosed. Considering that

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Top 10 things to know about mobile security

Michelle Drolet

10. Malware is on the rise The threat of malware on mobile platforms is growing steadily as more and more cyber criminals target mobile devices in increasingly sophisticated ways. 9. Byod is a challenge There are obvious benefits to the BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) trend, but it also creates IT challenges and exposes your

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Why wasn’t healthcare.gov security properly tested?

Michelle Drolet

When the healthcare.gov website was launched on Oct. 1 it didn’t take long for technical issues to hit the headlines. Americans trying to register for health care found the website unusable. There were glitches, extremely long loading times, and serious errors, but most worrying of all for anyone entrusting sensitive data to the system was the lack

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Introducing our Quarterly Newsletter: the Data Security Review

Michelle Drolet

I am excited to announce the launch of our quarterly newsletter, the Data Security Review. Each quarter I will be sharing with you what I am hearing from customers, colleagues and data security experts to keep you aware and protected. As we enter 2014, human risk is on everyone’s mind. Even with the most sophisticated

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Please join us at the Information Security Summit 2014

Michelle Drolet

Please save the date and plan to  join us for this timely forum on what you need to know about the latest security issues, threats, and technologies that will help you protect your business! May 29, 2014  8:00AM – 1:00PM MassBay Community College 50 Oakland Street  | Wellesley Hills, MA 02481 Early Bird Special: $35

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