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MSP Breaches Opening the Door to Further Attacks on Clients
by Jake Dwares on August 10, 2022 at 1:00 PM
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Is your Managed Service Provider (MSP) protecting yours and your client’s data? Are you regularly assessing your MSP and the rest of your vendors? It is no secret that hackers have gained access to more and larger companies over the past few years, but a new malicious tactic is coming …
Access Control to Combat Domestic and Global Threats
by Bryan Borrayo on August 4, 2022 at 1:00 PM
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By now, most cybersecurity professionals have heard of the term access control. Access control is a method of guaranteeing that users are who they say they are and that they have the appropriate access to company data. Access control is comprised of two main components: authentication …
What Does a Passwordless Future Look Like?
by Nicholas Foisy on July 28, 2022 at 1:00 PM
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Passwords have served as a critical element in the work we do here at Compass IT Compliance since our founding over a decade ago. Whether it is educating individuals on the best practices for developing strong passwords, creating a password policy, utilizing automated programs to atte …
Cybersecurity Controls & Configurations – Are You Locking Your Doors?
by Geoff Yeagley on July 20, 2022 at 3:15 PM
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Summertime is the peak time for people to go on vacation. The kids are off from school and the weather is finally nice in most of the country. When you go on vacation, no matter how far you travel, there are certain precautions that you take to ensure that your home is safe while you …
Comparing MFA Options: Which Authentication Method Is Right?
by Jeffrey Torrance on April 14, 2022 at 2:30 AM
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At this point most of us have heard that securing our accounts with only passwords, no matter how complex, is not enough. Do not get me wrong, requiring strong passwords (14 or more characters, composed of uppercase and lowercase letters, and including symbols and numbers) is essentia …
Revisiting the Apache Log4j Vulnerability
by Danielle Corsa on March 3, 2022 at 1:00 PM
By now, most are aware of the Apache Log4j vulnerability that was announced in December of 2021. The exposure is widespread in Java applications, and I have been discovering that many companies are affected by it. Remediation is imperative to ensure that attackers do not exploit affec …