Security

Your Business Is Currently At Risk: What You Should Know

Your Business Is Currently At Risk: What You Should Know

Do you know those horror stories you catch every so often where a huge business has their network hacked and millions of their customers and employees have their personal and financial information leaked onto the Dark Web? Your organization isn't likely as big as theirs, but regardless of how much money, people, and diverse revenue streams an organization has, having...

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Could Watermarks Help Users Navigate AI-Related Threats?

Could Watermarks Help Users Navigate AI-Related Threats?

  • By Rafiq Masri
  • October 6, 2023
  • Security

Many individuals are concerned about the future of AI, including the White House, which encouraged companies like Amazon, Anthropic, Google, Inflection, Meta, Microsoft, and OpenAI to commit to helping with the management of artificial intelligence. Other companies, including Adobe, Cohere, IBM, Nvidia, Palantir, Salesforce, Scale AI, and Stability, have joined in this pledge to maintain “the development of safe, secure,...

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Cyberattack at NSC Affects 890 Schools

Cyberattack at NSC Affects 890 Schools

  • By Rafiq Masri
  • October 4, 2023
  • Security

A major nonprofit has disclosed a major data breach that has affected 890 schools across the United States. The National Student Clearinghouse (NSC) has announced that they have been the victim of a data breach that has put its clients’ data at risk. Let’s take a look at what this means. (more…)

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Deepfakes Can Be Viewed as a Serious Problem

Deepfakes Can Be Viewed as a Serious Problem

Let’s talk a little bit about deepfakes. If you aren’t aware of this technology, deepfakes are essentially synthetic media. Typically they come in the form of videos or images that use artificial intelligence (AI) to replace a person’s likeness with another’s. With deepfake technology, people can convince an audience that a person said something they didn’t say. This deliberate digital...

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What are the Most Prevalent Obstacles to Cybersecurity?

What are the Most Prevalent Obstacles to Cybersecurity?

  • By Rafiq Masri
  • September 27, 2023
  • Security

October being Cybersecurity Awareness Month, now seems to be the appropriate time to consider your own business’ cybersecurity. While there are many, many factors that contribute to how protected your business is against threats, one of the most impactful and insidious is how receptive your employees are (or aren’t) to security-centric behaviors. (more…)

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The Security That Helps Protect Your Personal Data

The Security That Helps Protect Your Personal Data

  • By Rafiq Masri
  • September 25, 2023
  • Security

Data privacy has never been such an important issue for businesses and individuals alike. In some places, calls for overarching legislation to protect consumers have often been met with significant pushback by lawmakers who are reluctant to put extra regulations on businesses, while others have passed important laws dictating how organizations handle individual data.  (more…)

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All Data Should Really Be Encrypted

All Data Should Really Be Encrypted

  • By Rafiq Masri
  • September 11, 2023
  • Security

Encryption, like so many elements of cybersecurity, is often seen as just another buzzword that the public simply doesn’t need to concern themselves with… but as cyberattacks continue at their current rates, the opposite is the actual truth. Let’s talk about what encryption is, and why it has become more important than ever that it is put into practice in...

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Leaks are Rarely a Good Thing, Your Business Data is No Exception

Leaks are Rarely a Good Thing, Your Business Data is No Exception

  • By Rafiq Masri
  • September 6, 2023
  • Security

Data is commonly regarded as one of a business’ most valuable resources. As such, it is critical that you protect it from threats of all kinds, including data leaks. Data leaks are nothing to take lightly, as their impacts range from a serious hit to your business’ reputation to an equally serious hit to your business’ finances. Obviously, this is...

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Zero-Trust or VPN? Which is the Superior Option?

Zero-Trust or VPN? Which is the Superior Option?

  • By Rafiq Masri
  • September 1, 2023
  • Security

Security is part of running your business where you have to adapt and make changes on the fly. One best practice that has always been a staple of any security infrastructure, however, is the virtual private network. The VPN might be important, but it’s one aspect of business technology that is changing thanks to the adoption of zero-trust access policies....

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Your Business May Not Be as Secure as You Think It Is

Your Business May Not Be as Secure as You Think It Is

  • By Rafiq Masri
  • August 25, 2023
  • Security

If you’ve spent any time at all reading our blog—or even looking at the topics we cover, for that matter—you’ve seen how often we talk about the importance of your business’s cybersecurity. The fact that we have to is frankly a little depressing. Trust me, I’d love to be able to spend all my time bringing your technology to the...

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