Some of them about passwords . . . By view count, here are the top seven posters as of 12/10/2018!Another one of those Dan’s New Leaf Posts, meant to inspire thought about IT Governance . . . . Given what a hit the posters we did during the year were, we decided to run some reports to […]

Just in time for the next round of SOC reviews, we’ve reviewed and updated our metrics… Well it’s that time of year again: the days are growing shorter, the leaves are changing color and your compliance officer is gathering up SOC reports for this year’s round of reviews! Here at infotex we’ve long maintained a […]

K-12 teachers offered training to help give every student an education in cybersecurity. An article review. Cybersecurity has become an important part of new and continuing employee education in industries across the board, and for anyone who has struggled with that topic there is good news…though it may take a little while for the impact […]

Going through the motions when we should be going through a checklist! The risk of way too many error messages! Another one of those Dan’s New Leaf Posts, meant to inspire thought about IT Governance . . . . For infotex, 2018 was the year of the “Aggressive Technology Plan.” Something I’ve noticed, as we […]

New FBI statistics suggest compromised business email accounts have led to over 12 billion dollars in losses since 2013… An article review. So much attention has been paid to ransomware, botnets and other relatively recent developments that it’s easy to forget about some of the older threats that are still out there claiming victims. Our […]

While already happening in practice, the new legislation would officially make it one of the agency’s priorities. An article review. In an acknowledgment of what is recognized as a growing threat, legislation introduced recently in the House of Representatives would officially add industrial control systems to the Department of Homeland Security’s cybersecurity priorities. The bill, […]

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 organizations who have held their data hostage. That’s something that many people have probably […]

Risk isn’t the only thing to consider when planning a decision tree. Another one of those Dan’s New Leaf Posts, meant to inspire thought about IT Governance . . . . During tuning, we’re sometimes asked, as we help our MSSP Clients establish a detailed decision tree (modify our default to their own situation), “are […]