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NIST's AI Risk Management Framework aims to mitigate threats from malicious AI while ensuring the development of trustworthy AI systems.

Introduction In today’s digital world, cyber risk is high and growing. The best way to control this risk is with a proactive cyber security strategy that quantifies and measures your company’s vulnerability to theft, fraud, or data breach. The cyber threat landscape is diverse, and there is a wide range of potential threats in this…

Will 2023 be the year we finally eliminate passwords? For the last decade, cybersecurity experts have both been pushing for and predicting that a passwordless future is just around the corner. However, while passwords have been declining in recent years in favor of more robust forms of authentication, an entirely passwordless future has yet to…

Log4Shell is Still Lurking. What Does it Mean for Corporate Networks? What is Log4Shell & What Does it Affect? In December 2021, the Log4j vulnerability, also known as Log4Shell, was made public. Log4j is a logging utility for Java that allows developers to output log messages from their applications to various destinations, such as the…

Application programming interfaces (APIs) are a crucial aspect of most businesses. Its responsibility involves the transfer of information between systems within an organization or to external companies. Unfortunately, a rogue API can expose sensitive data and the organization’s internal infrastructure to misuse.  A security breach could result in the leaking of sensitive customer data such…

It’s no secret that IT teams are on the front lines of a rapidly evolving cyber-threat landscape. The ransomware crisis is raging, with attacks escalating in frequency, magnitude, and sophistication. This has impacted IT teams in multiple ways, including increased pressure to keep pace with the latest threats, complicating existing data protection efforts, and hindering…

What is IAM Security? IAM is an abbreviation for identity access management. Identity access management systems allow your organization to manage employee applications without checking in to each app as an administrator. IAM security solutions allow organizations to manage a variety of identities, including people, software, and hardware.   IAM Infrastructure Over the past few years, businesses…

Introduction  IoT (Internet of Things) is a revolutionary technology with tremendously promising potential impact. It has grown exponentially, from industry to home, and the number of IoT devices will likely keep rising. However, this new technology also raises security concerns. As these devices become prevalent in the public sector and the home, IT specialists must…

Times are looking more brutal than ever for one of the world’s most critical industries. Ransomware attacks are skyrocketing, and healthcare organizations are increasingly cut off from much-needed cybersecurity insurance.   But just how bad is the situation? A recent Sophos survey found that 66% of healthcare organizations were hit with a ransomware attack in 2021,…

As the world anticipates quantum computing, many believe it has potential benefits for every industry. Equally excited and awaiting its rollout is the hacker community who could use these powerful quantum computers to compromise the digital systems we use daily including online banking and email software    The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)…

Cisco recently confirmed they were the victim of a data breach in which hackers were able to steal 2.8 GB of data. Although these breaches are nothing new (SolarWinds, Credit Suisse, Twitter, the list goes on…) the Cisco breach is especially concerning because many organizations rely on Cisco products to keep their networks safe.    The…

A data breach is something every individual and organization needs to avoid. Unfortunately, it has become all too common  in today’s online world. One major way that personal information becomes compromised is through identity theft. It’s better not to imagine the extent of damage that goes along with that.    In this highly-connected world, cybersecurity…