Setting New Year’s Resolutions is great, but when it comes to cybersecurity, you can’t set new goals once a year. Why? Because new threats seemingly appear daily, regulations get updated, and new trends emerge. As the days tick by and we officially begin summer, business owners and Chief Information Officers at companies around the country …
The Titanic was “unsinkable,” they said. No one envisioned the collapse of the Twin Towers at the World Trade Center. Yet, both structures had been built with exact precision, every detail meticulously planned. What left these behemoths with vulnerable weak points? Humans. What does this have to do with cybersecurity? A lot, actually. We talk …
Websites are an integral part of running a business today. Having a reliable, user-friendly site is critical for attracting and serving customers. There are infinite ways to build, host and maintain a website. So does it matter where you host your business’ website? As with anything in business, location is everything and it matters in web …
A data breach can be costly for any business. A violation of sensitive cardholder data can cost your customers, damage your business’s reputation, and rob you of your peace of mind. But the bottom line is that a data breach can hurt your bottom line. And for small businesses, the financial impact might be more …
This short animated video provides an overview of the PCI Data Security Standard in a more entertaining way.
Yet another data breach involving theft of credit card data has been announced. On March 13th, Batteries.com received notice from a customer about potential unauthorized activity on their credit card. They later discovered the Batteries.com network had been breached from around February 25, 2009 to April 9, 2009. The breach involved theft of names, addresses, and …
In an ongoing saga, one of the most popular web hosting message boards, www.webhostingtalk.com, has been dealt another serious blow to its security. Late last month, Webhostingtalk was hacked in a deliberate, sophisticated, and calculated manner. The attacker was able to circumvent their security measures and access via a backdoor protected by a firewall to …
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