Biden Administration Unveils New Cybersecurity Strategy
The new plan calls for technology providers, and not end users, to be responsible for security… An article review. Following multiple high profile cybersecurity incidents in 2021 and 2022 the Biden Administration recently announced new long-term goals for the nation’s cybersecurity, and under the new plan companies that provide technology would carry more of the […]
Adam Reads: The “Project Management” Guidance Summary
A new way of helping people “read” new guidance… Look for more in the future! To save you time, we are proud to present “Adam Reads” . . . recorded versions of our Guidance Summaries! Below you can find an embedded player for the audio file. If you are having issues with that working, you […]
NIST Prepares Updates To Cybersecurity Framework
A draft version of the new framework may be available as early as this summer… An article review. As the cybersecurity landscape is constantly evolving, the tools we use to address risk need to evolve as well–and by this summer we should be getting our first look at planned changes to the NIST cybersecurity framework. […]
“Pop-Up Awareness” Awareness Poster
Another awareness poster for YOUR customers (and users). Now that we have our own employees aware, maybe it’s time to start posting content for our customers! Check out posters.infotex.com for the whole collection! Download the large versions here: Awareness Poster (Portrait) Awareness Poster (Landscape) You are welcome to print out and distribute this around your […]
Considerations – Why you should choose infotex, Inc. as your next MSOC!
Reasons why we should be considered! infotex provides a number of services that can be checked out if you click over to offerings.infotex.com! We even made a movie with all the reasons why infotex should be your next MSOC!
GoTo Breach Response
infotex and GoTo To all infotex managed security service Clients: As recently reported by major news outlets there was a data breach affecting GoTo (formerly LogMeIn) wherein attackers stole encrypted backups containing customer information in November 2022. Based on the advisory from GoTo the products they offer that are affected include LogMeIn Pro, LogMeIn Central, […]
“New Year’s Resolutions” Awareness Poster
Another awareness poster for YOUR customers (and users). Now that we have our own employees aware, maybe it’s time to start posting content for our customers! Check out posters.infotex.com for the whole collection! Download the large versions here: Awareness Poster (Portrait) Awareness Poster (Landscape) You are welcome to print out and distribute this around your […]
Aging Email Platforms Represent a Growing Risk
A relic of the internet’s less secure past, many small firms struggle to secure their email systems… An article review. With a great deal of cybersecurity related news focused on new threats and similarly new techniques aimed at combating them, it can be easy to forget some of the older threats that have never gone […]
Our Blog Policy
While we’re not a news service, we often use current events to comment on trends and our services. This blog is intended to get people thinking about topics and trends in Technology Risk Management, through our article reviews, as well as through original blog articles about current events and our MSSP services (such as our […]
NIST Announces Retirement of SHA-1
The cryptographic algorithm is vulnerable to attack and is no longer considered secure… An article review. NIST has announced that it plans to retire the SHA-1 cryptographic algorithm by the end of 2030, citing multiple vulnerabilities in the standard, effectively ending its use after nearly 30 years. Introduced in 1995, SHA-1 used a 160-bit hash […]