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09 Apr
2020 Read More

How scammers and fraudsters are using the COVID-19 pandemic to exploit the public

How scammers and fraudsters are using the COVID-19 pandemic to exploit the public – and how you can fight back Much like with previous national disasters, malicious actors are now taking advantage of the COVID-19 virus and the public’s vulnerability to launch a wave of attacks to acquire valuable personal information such as …

How scammers and fraudsters are using the COVID-19 pandemic to exploit the public Jeffrey J. Johns

28 Feb
2020 Read More

Time to dust off that Pandemic Plan

Time to dust off that Pandemic Plan Federal officials in the US have started warning of the spread of coronavirus in the U.S., some officials have noted that it’s no longer a question of if, but a matter of when. …

Jeffrey J. Johns Time to dust off that Pandemic Plan

21 Feb
2020 Read More

California Consumer Privacy Law (CCPA) – Have You Implemented the Appropriate Steps?

California Consumer Privacy Law (CCPA) – Have You Implemented the Appropriate Steps? Effective January 1, 2020 the new CCPA law went into effect and it doesn’t just affect business in California. It potentially impacts any Company that collects personal information …

California Consumer Privacy Law (CCPA) Jeffrey J. Johns

24 Jan
2020 Read More

Phishing: Is your business prepared?

“Employees are commonly known as the weakest links for any IT environment. They are consistently and ultimately the last line of defense of a cyber related attack. In a recent study, 95% of data breaches have causes attributed to human …

Jeffrey J. Johns Phishing: Is your business prepared Social Engineering Tips

24 Aug
2018 Read More

Social Engineering in 2018

Social Engineering in 2018 A little over a year ago the WannaCry and NotPetya Ransomwares raised havoc across the world causing massive computer outages. A year later these types of attacks are only on the rise and we should expect …

Jeffrey J. Johns Social Engineering in 2018

26 Jul
2018 Read More

Windows 7 End of Life: Are You Prepared?

It feels like just yesterday we were preparing for Windows XP and Server 2003 end of life. If you haven’t already, now is the time to get a plan in place to migrate off Windows 7 as support will end …

End of Life Jeffrey J. Johns Windows 7

13 Apr
2018 Read More

Cyber Insurance: FFIEC Guidance and the Role in Risk Management

Cyber Insurance: FFIEC Guidance and the Role in Risk Management The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) issued guidance for financial institutions to consider if they are determining whether to use insurance as a component of their risk management programs. …

Cyber Insurance: FFIEC Guidance and the Role in Risk Management Jeffrey J. Johns

23 Mar
2018 Read More

Sending Payments in a Digital Age

Sending Payments in a Digital Age If you utilize mobile banking you undoubtedly have seen and more than likely have used the payments options your bank provides. But how many of us that use mobile banking truly utilize these payments …

Chad Thrasher Sending Payments in a Digital Age

26 Oct
2017 Read More

Two-Factor Authentication

Two-Factor Authentication Two-Factor Authentication or 2FA, for short, is an underutilized security feature that could help protect massive breaches from occurring. For those of you who do not know 2FA is simply a stronger form of computer security than simply …

Authentication Information Technology Multi Factor Two-Factor Authentication

08 Sep
2017 Read More

FOS Security Tip: Equifax Data Breach

FOS Security Tip: Equifax Data Breach As you might have heard by now, Equifax has disclosed a massive data breach in which hackers gained access to some of its systems, compromising the personal information of about 143 million U.S. consumers. …

Data Breach Jeffrey J. Johns