Let’s face it. Security is expensive. Many organizations think of security as an unwanted expense when budgeting for the next fiscal year. However, no matter what industry an organization is in, security IS its business too.
Let’s face it. If you haven’t had a security incident within your organization, you will. Are you prepared? An IRP is a plan or playbook that needs to be established and practiced on a normal basis. When a breach happens, this is your playbook of who, how, and what steps to take to protect your organization and minimize impact. Let’s break down the steps of an Incident Response Plan (IRP).
Your company has been proactive in having a penetration test performed and you have the report in hand - so now what do we do with it?
If you are an organization with digital assets to protect, you’ve most likely heard the term Penetration Testing, also known as Pen Testing. Penetration testing is the process used to find vulnerabilities and leverage them to hack an organization.
Breaches are at all time high. Over 50 billion devices are connected to the internet. Some of them are secure, and some of them are not. Which category does your organization fall into?
The year is 2021. We don’t have flying cars or robot maids, but nearly 5 billion souls worldwide are now connected to the Internet and to each other. This is a beautiful thing and a remarkable feat of human ingenuity. However, every rose has its thorn (to borrow from the great post-modern philosopher Bret Michaels) and to us who work in cybersecurity, 2021 was thornier than ever.
What is MDM?
Even organizations with solid cybersecurity programs will have findings from a security assessment. After all, cyber attacks and attackers continue to learn and evolve, always trying to be one step ahead of their prospects. Through our years of performing security assessments, here are the Top 5 areas that we have found to need remediation work post-assessment.
Appalachia is proud to be a member of The ASCII Group, a community for managed services providers, IT service providers, and managed security service providers. Recently Jason McNew, Senior Engineer, Cybersecurity Risk & Compliance, was invited to contribute his experience and knowledge of ransomware, along with a few select members to help the ASCII community.
Adapting...with a smile!