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Educating your business on the importance of cybersecurity

Getting Started with Vulnerability Assessments

Posted by Patrick Quinn on Dec 7, 2017 8:32:00 AM

More than 200 IT and technology leaders from hospitals, schools, and businesses in eastern Iowa came together last month at the Business Technology Conference in Coralville, Iowa – hosted by systems integration firm CEC (Communications Engineering Company) – to learn about new technology and how it can improve processes, profit, and efficiency.

Many types of technology were showcased at the event, but there were plenty of conversations about cybersecurity.

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Topics: Cybersecurity, Data Breach, Vulnerability Assessment, Business Technology Conference

Cybersecurity: What All Companies Need to Think About

Posted by Patrick Quinn on Oct 12, 2017 11:02:02 AM

There’s something powerful about bringing a roomful of Iowa technology professionals together to talk about forward-thinking ideas. You quickly realize how cybersecurity and data breaches truly impact every organization and everyone – and that no organization is ever too small to have a plan.

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Topics: Cybersecurity, Data Breach, Iowa Tech Summit, Quantum Computing, Digital Rights Management

Information Security Costs: Budgeting for Cybersecurity

Posted by Aaron R. Warner on Sep 21, 2017 9:53:34 AM

 

Budget season is upon us. Are you using this time to establish or improve your cybersecurity strategy?
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Topics: Cybersecurity, budgeting

Iowa’s Linn County Partners with ProCircular to Secure Elections

Posted by Aaron R. Warner on Sep 1, 2017 5:42:00 AM

 

Cedar Rapids, IA, September 1, 2017 – Linn Count y Auditor & Commissioner of Elections Joel Miller has retained Iowa-based cybersecurity firm ProCircular to review Linn County’s voter registration and election system. The effort will support the upcoming county-wide school elections to be held on Sept. 12, 2017, in Linn County , Iowa.
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Topics: Cybersecurity, government, municipality, hacking, election, voting

WannaCry: Solutions to the Latest Ransomware Challenge

Posted by Aaron R. Warner on May 15, 2017 7:56:20 AM

 

The WannaCry (aka wCry or WannaCrypt) ransomware is making its way across the world, and there are several variants on their way to the united states. The original version of the ransomware behaves much like the Locky or other mainstay threats – it encrypts your data with military-grade encryption tech, starts a timer, and provides you with a place that you can pay to get a key which allows you to decrypt your valuable data.
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Topics: Cybersecurity, Data Breach, Incident Rsponse, Incident Response, it risk assessment, healthcare

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