October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month – And We’re Participating!

By | October 16th, 2013|Uncategorized|

National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM) brings our industry together for a common cause– to build awareness about cyber security and provide people with the tools they need to protect themselves from risk. It is an important topic for businesses and consumers alike.To honor NCSAM, we’re teaming up with STOP. THINK. CONNECT. and a number [...]

News Recap: Insider Threats are Leading Cause of Data Breaches

By | October 11th, 2013|Uncategorized|

This month, Forrester released its Understand the State of Data Security and Privacy report, which revealed that internal threats are the leading cause of business data breaches in the past 12 months. The report surveyed SMB and enterprise businesses from the U.S., Canada, France, Germany and the UK.Grant Hatchimonji from CSO reported that 36 percent [...]

News Recap: National Cyber Security Awareness Month Begins

By | October 4th, 2013|Uncategorized|

October marks the beginning of National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM), a national effort to keep Americans aware of the tools and resources they need to stay secure online.The Department of Homeland Security and the National Cyber Security Alliance began NCSAM ten years ago, and it has since grown into an advocacy month in which [...]

News Recap: Department of Energy Spends $30M on Cyber Security Efforts

By | September 27th, 2013|Uncategorized|

In a move to help guard against national cyber attacks, the U.S. Department of Energy recently awarded $30 million to 11 vendors to protect the nation’s electric grid, oil and gas infrastructure.“Keeping the nation’s energy flowing is vital to the safety and well-being of Americans, our economic prosperity, and modern society as a whole,” said [...]

News Recap: Pew Research Center Finds Most Internet Users Want Online Privacy

By | September 9th, 2013|Uncategorized|

The Pew Research Center recently released research that revealed 86 percent of 792 U.S. Internet users polled have taken steps to mask their digital footprints. From July 11 to 14, the Princeton Survey Research Associates polled people via phone interviews.One of the report’s authors and a faculty member at Carnegie Mellon University, Sara Kiesler, was [...]

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