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By Patrick Paradis, Information Security AdvisorDid you know that phishing techniques are increasingly sophisticated and common? To educate your users from falling into these traps, tools and testing services can be effective in business awareness campaigns.It is important to remember that perpetrators use social engineering techniques, such as phishing, to obtain personal, confidential or sensitive information from users. These malicious hackers send fake emails or post bogus websites,...
By Patrick Paradis, Information Security AdvisorCloud computing offers undeniable benefits to businesses, such as cost optimization, improved service levels and the use of on-demand services. However, cloud computing also entails significant security issues, such as the confidentiality of information.According to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), cloud computing is defined as “a model for enabling convenient, on-demand network access to a shared pool of configurable...
By Patrick Paradis, Information security advisorIn its data breach investigations report, Verizon discloses the main breaches (based on 47,000 incidents studied, including 672 confirmed data breaches), findings and recommendations for companies.First, financial cybercrime appears as the greatest offense present in 75% of cases, followed by espionage at 20%. Cyber theft of intellectual property, confidential information (defense or trade secrets) or regarding national and economic services are...
The ultimate HIPAA and HITECH compliance training!Our new HIPAA and HITECH online awareness training has been specifically developed to educate health professionals and anyone handling information relating to individuals inquiring about or accessing health care services.Estimated length: 40 to 50 minutes depending on the learner’s pace. All-new designOur HIPAA and HITECH online course brings a whole new and attractive design, which increases its efficiency. The content is supported by...
By Patrick Paradis, Information Security AdvisorAlthough security issues arise from cloud computing, security services can, in turn, also be sustained by cloud computing. In fact, the Gartner firm revealed this in a press release on April 15, 2013. Eric Ahlms, research director at Gartner, estimates that by 2015, 10% of security services for businesses will be using cloud computing. He explains that this growth will be due to the lack of qualified business resources as well as the possibility...
By Philip Veilleux, Information Security AdvisorThe IT world is a succession of dualities and oppositions: PC and Mac, Android and IOS, BlackBerries and personal devices...BlackBerries have ruled the business world for ages as it was THE technological piece geeks wanted as a smart phone. With the market penetration of personal smart phones like the Samsung, iPhone, Nexus and such, employees want to use their own devices in the office. Office rules mandate BlackBerry usage for email, therefore...
By Patrick Paradis, Information Security AdvisorA report by the FireEye firm lists several findings regarding malware hitting businesses every 3 minutes on average. This report particularly identifies key business sectors that are targeted by malicious programs, such as the technology field. It also reveals that the perpetrators of these attacks include more and more terminology of professional connotation used within businesses, such as the names of familiar files (e.g.: UPS, details,...
By Philip Veilleux, Information Security AdvisorNowadays, information security is a very common term used in the business world. Previously, security was simply a matter of installing a firewall to protect a corporate network by adding barriers to prevent intruders from access it.In the last few years, information has become electronic, or should I say virtual, in its primary form. What used to be on hard copy or paper form is now stored, processed and transferred electronically, which makes...
By Patrick Paradis, Information Security AdvisorIn February, President Obama signed an executive order to strengthen the protection of critical American infrastructures from increasing security threats and cyber attacks. The decree includes, among other things, improving how information is shared and identifying potential threats. It also stipulates the obligation, for federal agencies, to report intrusions which occurred on their systems. In addition, the U.S. president entrusted NIST to...
Experience has taught us that the human factor plays a very important role in information security.This presentation addresses:How we can improve security awareness with strong training, communication and reinforcement tools.How the most successful organizations develop a winning strategy to overcome information security threats.Enjoy! Raising information security awareness from Terranovatraining
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