Episode 2 - Make the Right Decision - Implement a Program!
Lauro, Mike, and Zach reveal the biggest failure that companies make when it comes to cybersecurity. We discuss what steps leaders can take to...
Episode 1 - Why Cybersecurity Education Matters
In our introduction episode, we discuss our book “Cyber Rants: Forbidden Secrets and Slightly Embellished Truths About Corporate Cybersecurity...
Start With Why... My next chapter with Silent Sector
One of the best business books I have read is “Start with Why” by Simon Sinek. The reason I liked it so much is the author makes the point that many...
Preparing for a NIST Risk Assessment
Regardless of your organization’s security posture, a NIST cyber risk assessment can add immense value to your business. The National Institute of...
Cybersecurity Software to Protect Small Businesses?
Although Silent Sector tends to work with mid-market and emerging companies, we get asked regularly by small businesses, "What tools or software can...
Despite the increase of cyber security awareness, employees are still neglecting security policies
Security awareness increasing, but numbers show employees are still not listening
SOC 2 Audit Process and Best Practices
Wondering what to expect as you go through your first SOC 2 Audit? This post covers each step of the process. At every step, keep in mind that the...
Use Cybersecurity to Grow Your Revenue
The cybersecurity industry has a few really exciting trends and others that are mostly fluff and hype. We are seeing one particularly interesting...
Hacktivism and the Rise in DDoS Attacks
It is no secret that many protests have erupted after the death last month of George Floyd. However, a lesser-known fact is that a significant amount...
Report Reveals 53% of Attacks Are Going Unnoticed
Whether or not companies want to admit it, every company is in the cybersecurity industry. This even applies to organizations like manufacturing who...
A Cybersecurity Wake up Call in Response to the Pandemic
In a global survey commissioned by Barracuda, a prominent security company, 46% of global businesses have encountered at least one cyber scare since...
Web Shell Malware, a growing concern for the US and Australia Wake Up Call on a common kind of Attack
This past week the US National Surveillance Agency (NSA) joined up with Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) to issue an information packet on how to...
Printers: The Cyber Threat Hidden in Plain Sight
A much-echoed rule in cybersecurity is that anything connected to the internet has the potential to be hacked. Despite office printers not looking...
Now more than ever, Ransomware is detrimental to small and medium sized businesses
According to the second quarterly AppRiver Cyberthreat Index for Business Survey, more than 55 percent of executives at small-to-medium-sized...
The Double-Edge Sword of Social Media
Last week the FBI’s charlotte office warned social media users to pay close attention to the information they share online and “carefully consider...
NIST 8170 Provides an Excellent Approach to Cyber Security Frameworks
In a market where security and IT vendors are heavily saturated it is increasingly becoming difficult to determine which vendors truly have sound...