A woman who died in Duesseldorf University Hospital during a ransomware attack might be the first victim linked to a cyberattack on a hospital. Bentsi Ben-Atar, a prominent cybersecurity expert, and chief marketing officer at Sepio Systems, says that it “only takes a number of highly publicized attacks” to drive significant budget increases in cybersecurity….
Sepio Systems, provider of Hardware Access Control (HAC), recently announced the launch of the company’s Hardware Access Control solution (HAC-1), which gives organizations complete visibility and control over essential hardware devices throughout the enterprise across the network and endpoint devices.
Sepio Systems, the leader in Hardware Access Control (HAC), announced today the launch of the company’s Hardware Access Control solution (HAC-1), which gives organizations complete visibility and control over essential hardware devices throughout the enterprise across the network and endpoint devices. “In 2016 we created Sepio to mitigate the risk of rogue hardware devices, our…
With COVID-19 seemingly changing the world we live in forever, there are many adjustments that organizations need to make in order to adapt to the new world. Some of the obvious new norms that organizations are implementing include increasing the physical distance between employees’ desks in the office and staggering schedules to minimize the number…
Slowly but surely the world is returning to normal. Well…a “new normal”. This new normal consists of a new fashion trend (I can only imagine that the face mask market is booming), limited physical contact, glass screens separating people, staggered work schedules and increased physical distance between staff within the office. Not surprisingly, organizations are…
Multiple Department of Energy research labs lack adequate security controls to safeguard devices like printers and USB drives, leaving the facilities susceptible to data theft, according to an inspector general investigation. “The confidentiality, integrity and availability of systems and data could be directly impacted by the vulnerabilities discovered by our test work,” the DOE inspector general said in…
Cyberattacks can happen to anyone; no-one is immune to them. Organizations are especially vulnerable to attacks, including data breaches, with almost 2 billion records leaked in January 2019 alone. Malware attacks were up 200% in 2019, of which this includes ransomware attacks. This means security is a must, not just a recommendation. However, security software such…
Some units within the U.S. Energy Department lack adequate security controls and practices to mitigate risks posed by peripheral devices, such as USBs, printers, scanners and external hard drives, according to an inspector general report. In an evaluation of removable devices at four Office of Science locations within the Energy Department, the inspector general found…
Work from Home (WFH) policies have been proliferating throughout organizations. Today. 70% of people, globally, work remotely at least once a week, and 53% work remotely for at least half of the week. However, with COVID-19 not ceasing, it is becoming more common for employees to work out of office; and this trend is likely…
As COVID-19 quarantine restrictions ease, many companies are implementing plans for when their employees return to the workplace. And for good reason: Come September, the majority of senior technology executives expect more than half of their workers will be heading back to the office, according to a recent CNBC Technology Executive Council survey of senior technology executives….
The Internet of Things (IoT) refers to the increasing convergence of the physical and digital worlds. Hundreds of “things” are being connected to the Internet and each other, with more than fifty billion devices expected to be connected by 2030. These devices vary from Internet-connected power-generation equipment to wearable health trackers and smart home appliances, and…