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Hardware Bugs Pose a Lasting Threat

Newly disclosed vulnerabilities highlight a concerning security trend… An Article Review. Over the winter, the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities called the security risk posed by hardware bugs to the attention of the public…as well as hackers and security r...
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The Cost of Being Unprepared

A new study has identified the most profitable malware, showing just how much unprepared businesses have paid. An article review. Despite pleas from various experts and authorities, it looks like a significant number of organizations ultimately decide to pay the criminal ...
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How Well Do You Know Your Endpoints?

Many organizations spend time and money deploying endpoint protection, then think they can forget about it… An article review. Not too long ago when it came to endpoint security it was common practice to simply install an antivirus program, set it to automatically u...
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Temporary Passwords: A Potential Weak Link

Some small organizations continue to use customer data to generate initial passwords, despite the risks. An article review. When rolling out a new online banking platform organizations are often faced with the task of issuing new usernames and passwords to existing users,...
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Gimmicks and Bribes in Awareness Training

Motivating employees toward awareness can take more than prizes and prodding… An article review. Keeping your employees on top of security related issues can sometimes seem to be a daunting task, and it’s not something that can ever be considered finished: it&...
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Cybersecurity Starts With Your Employees

…Because They’ll always be your biggest threat. An article review. With cybercrime incidents almost perpetually in the headlines with damages often in the hundreds of millions of dollars, it seems natural that both corporations and governments are spending a l...
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The Top 3 Articles of 2018

The Top 3 Articles of 2018 2018 has now come to an end, but what a year it was for articles on the infotex blog! Not only did the “infotex writing team” published twenty-two article reviews, (thanks in large part to our Clients for sending them to us), but we a...
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FERPA Does Not Require…*

Notification is not explicitly required following a breach, but… Recently we published a short piece on the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) and how it factors in to your incident response program. While we were working on that piece, though, we came...
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In Case You Missed It: The Coming Year’s Biggest Trends

We’re pretty proud of Dan’s predictive prowess and can’t resist taking another look at his tech trends for 2018. An article review. Our own Dan Hadaway released his Magnificent Seven article, an annual list of the top trends in bank technology, just befo...
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FERPA’s Incident Response Checklist

How does FERPA factor in to your incident response plan? An article review. If you’re part of an educational institution you’ve probably heard of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, or FERPA, but do you know the role it plays in incident response? I...
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