Compass IT Compliance Blog / Ransomware

What Kind of Penetration Testing Actually Reduces Ransomware Risk?

What Kind of Penetration Testing Actually Reduces Ransomware Risk

Nearly every organization agrees ransomware is a serious threat, but far fewer are confident they could survive an attack intact. Part of what makes it hard to plan for is that ransomware is not really a single attack. It is the last step in a chain that started somewhere else, usuall …

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Securing Sea & Road: Cyber Threats in Maritime & Logistics

Cybersecurity on Sea & Road: Protecting Maritime & Logistics Operations

The shipping, trucking, and logistics sectors are increasingly in the crosshairs of cyber attackers. In the past few years, both major and minor incidents have shown that no size or mode of transport is immune. Whether it is a vessel navigating global trade routes or a fleet hauling f …

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Here's Why Your Car Dealership Needs Cybersecurity

Car Dealership Cybersecurity

In previous blogs, we’ve explored TISAX and the cybersecurity challenges facing the automotive supply chain. However, there’s another critical area in the automotive sector increasingly targeted by cybercriminals: auto dealerships. As the backbone of vehicle sales and services, dealer …

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Insider Threats – Your Employee May Be Your Greatest Risk

Office Employees

In February of 2018, Ashley Liles was working as an IT Security Analyst at an Oxford based company that suffered a ransomware attack. Ashley jumped at the opportunity, not to help the company, but to enrich himself by piggybacking on the initial ransomware attack and attempting to tri …

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MSP Breaches Opening the Door to Further Attacks on Clients

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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 …

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Access Control to Combat Domestic and Global Threats

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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 …

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