You’re sitting on your couch at home, it’s 8:00 on a Saturday night and one of your interns emails you about a new security vulnerability he just heard about on the latest and greatest podcast. You know that this new vulnerability is going to be the first thing to come up during the morning water cooler talk Monday morning. It’s time for you, the great server admin, to take flight and protect your kin!
Topics: Cybersecurity, Network Security, HIPAA, Information Security, Data Security, cybersecurity plan
Imagine for a moment your favorite spy movie, maybe a James Bond movie for example. It’s cast of characters likely consists of five or so core archetypical personas. In this cast you likely have a cunning spy, a love interest, the shrouded head of the spy agency, the maniacal bad guy, and a clever hacker sitting in the background. Swooping in seemingly at a moment’s notice to disarm a security system or provide intel about a target’s movements, the hacker always seems to be a mysterious figure with deus ex machina powers. In the following article, we’ll dive into this archetypical figure, breaking down the driving factors behind hacking and the overall ideas behind what makes a hacker ‘tick’.
Topics: Cybersecurity, hacking
Chances are that if you've used the internet in the last 15 years you've been subjected to more ads than there are grains of sand on a beach. There's also a good chance you've gotten sick of them and installed an Adblocker.
Topics: Cybersecurity, Information Security, consumer security
(October, 2019) ProCircular, Inc. of Coralville and Des Moines, Iowa is excited to share the addition of new staff and the creation of several new positions. Among other additions, the firm is adding the following:
Topics: Cybersecurity, Company News
One of the most popular tools in infosec would have to be Nmap. Nmap is a Swiss Army knife of a tool when it comes to networking and is used by many more than just the infosec crowd. Network and Systems Administrators have come to rely on this tool to gather information about their environments.
Topics: Cybersecurity, Data Security