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Microsoft Office Add-ins, Reason for Concern?
by Adam Cravedi on February 12, 2020 at 1:00 PM
This question came into Compass IT Compliance from a client the other day: “How risky are 3rd party plugins? Should I be concerned about them?”. I had to stop and think about this for a while. In my years of working on vulnerability and penetration testing projects for Compass IT Comp …
“Fake It ‘Til You Make It” Doesn't Work in Cybersecurity
by CJ Hurd on January 23, 2020 at 1:00 PM
“Fake it ‘til you make it” – a term that I have heard a thousand times and have probably used before and never thought much of it. That’s until I heard my 14-year-old say it. Let me give you a little context – my son is a freshman in high school and has been in six different schools s …
Breweries – Can they be Hacked?
by Peter Fellini on January 15, 2020 at 2:27 PM
100 bottles of beer on the wall, 100 bottles of beer! Has anyone thought about what goes into making beer? I recently received my “Professional Craft Brewing” certification from Johnson & Wales. Throughout the program we went out and worked in commercial breweries.
Top 5 vCISO Takeaways of 2019
by Derek Boczenowski on January 8, 2020 at 1:00 PM
As the end of the year rapidly approaches, everyone does their best to reflect upon the prior year (or decade, since it is the end of one of those as well) and see what they might have learned from the past year. What were the top songs, top movies, and top vacation destinations, just …
3 Keys to Getting Your Cybersecurity Program Back on Track
by Patrick Hughes on January 2, 2020 at 1:39 PM
2020 is finally here, whether we are ready for it or not! With the new year brings new challenges to organizations across all industries. With technologies on the rise and criminals only gaining more and more resources, organizations may struggle to keep up in 2020.
Nest Cameras – Basic Defense In Depth
by George Seerden on December 26, 2019 at 1:00 PM
I’m sure many of you have seen or heard of the recently released viral video showing a young girl being yelled at in her room via her internet connected Nest camera. Obviously, this was on a home network, but it occurred to me that a large amount of commercial entities also have inter …