Government May 9, 2023

The Biden Administration’s 2023 Cybersecurity Strategy

4 min read - The Biden Administration recently introduced a new national cybersecurity strategy, expected to aggressively address an increasingly complex and dangerous threat landscape. Improving cybersecurity may not be the top priority for the Biden Administration, but it is an issue that the…

Zero Trust April 27, 2023

Zero Trust Data Security: It’s Time To Make the Shift

4 min read - How do you secure something that no longer exists? With the rapid expansion of hybrid-remote work, IoT, APIs and applications, any notion of a network perimeter has effectively been eliminated. Plus, any risk inherent to your tech stack components becomes…

Zero Trust April 17, 2023

How Zero Trust Changed the Course of Cybersecurity

4 min read - For decades, the IT industry relied on perimeter security to safeguard critical digital assets. Firewalls and other network-based tools monitored and validated network access. However, the shift towards digital transformation and hybrid cloud infrastructure has made these traditional security methods…

News April 12, 2023

New White House Cybersecurity Strategy Plots the Road Ahead

4 min read - The White House recently unveiled its new National Cybersecurity Strategy. The 35-page document lays out how the United States will confront cybersecurity challenges over the next several years. For anyone interested in security, it’s important to understand where the federal…

News March 27, 2023

More School Closings Coast-to-Coast Due to Ransomware

4 min read - Instead of snow days, students now get cyber days off. Cyberattacks are affecting school districts of all sizes from coast-to-coast. Some schools even completely shut down due to the attacks. The federal government recently warned that K-12 schools face a…

News March 8, 2023

Cryptocurrency-Related Crime Boomed in 2022

4 min read - Cryptocurrency crime is flourishing, according to multiple year-end reports. For starters, cryptocurrency losses due to cyber theft rose to $3.7 billion last year. That’s a 58% increase over the $2.3 billion malicious actors stole from investors and exchanges in 2021,…

News February 15, 2023

Losing the Ransomware War, and the Plan to Fight Back

2 min read - In the war against ransomware, we appear to be losing. Leading up to the recently concluded Second International Counter Ransomware Initiative Summit, a Biden Administration Official said, “So, we’re seeing the pace and the sophistication of the ransomware attacks increasing…

Government February 15, 2023

What’s Going Into NIST’s New Digital Identity Guidelines?

4 min read - One of this year’s biggest positive cybersecurity events comes from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). For the first time since 2017, NIST is updating its digital identity guidelines. These new guidelines will help set the course for…

Government January 25, 2023

Who Will Be the Next National Cyber Director?

4 min read - After Congress approved his nomination in 2021, Chris Inglis served as the first-ever National Cyber Director for the White House. Now, he plans to retire. So who’s next? As of this writing in January of 2023, there remains uncertainty around…

Government January 20, 2023

How Much is the U.S. Investing in Cyber (And is it Enough)?

3 min read - It’s no secret that cyberattacks in the U.S. are increasing in frequency and sophistication. Since cyber crime impacts millions of businesses and individuals, many look to the government to see what it’s doing to anticipate, prevent and deal with these…