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12/12/2024

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12/11/2024

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10/11/2024

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10/10/2024

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10/03/2024

Mark, your calendar and join me on Friday, October 11th for Blue Ridge Community College's "Artificial Intelligence & Cybersecurity Conference".
Attend in person or via Zoom and hear from industry leaders in AI and Cybersecurity.

Martinsburg, WV. In 2004, the President of the United States and Congress declared the month of October to be Cybersecurity Awareness Month, a dedicated month for the public and private sectors to work together to raise awareness about the importance of cybersecurity. Over the years, it has grown in...

10/03/2024

Are you ready?

The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) is expected to become a mandatory requirement for companies working with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) on November 12th. That is if Congress doesn't take any actions over these 60 days. While voluntary for some time, CMMC 2.0, the streamlined version of the framework, is expected to become a legal requirement for contractors in 2025. Once this happens, all defense contractors and subcontractors will need to obtain certification to demonstrate compliance with the specified cybersecurity practices at one of three levels, depending on the sensitivity of the information they handle.

The time to dust off all the work you were doing before CMMC 1.0 was pulled back and re-released as CMMC 2.0 is long overdue. Even though the Cyber AB is working to qualify certified assessors, they are going to be a commodity for a long time and if you haven't spoken to an approved company in the Cyber AB marketplace, you may be putting your existing Federal contract at risk. For contractors, failing to comply with CMMC once it becomes a legal mandate could lead to loss of contracts or even legal penalties. As the CMMC framework becomes more tightly integrated into federal procurement processes, companies that haven't yet aligned their cybersecurity practices with the certification will need to accelerate their efforts. With the shift to a mandatory CMMC.

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09/30/2024

I know all of you anxiously await every year for October to arrive. No, it's not because fall has arrived, no it's not because Starbuck's has released their Pumpkin Spice drinks or that Halloween is right around the corner.

It's because October is "Cybersecurity Awareness Month". Get access to great recommendations and a lot of free resources from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency

Take a few minutes and check out all the resources available to protect your business and family.

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09/11/2024

If you have a parent or grandparent that uses Medicare, take some time to ensure their data is not being exploited by cyber criminals.

They are eligible for free credit monitoring, it's not great, but it's something.

Nearly 1 million Medicare beneficiaries are being warned that their personal information may have been compromised in a cybersecurity incident last year.

08/08/2024

I'm pretty confident every American adult is included in the 2.9 billion records. This would be a perfect time for you to identify any important or sensitive account passwords that you haven't changed in over a year or two and create a new password.

If you need any help with it, let me know in the comments.

In one of the largest data breaches in history, the personal information of nearly 3 billion individuals has been stolen from National Public Data, a background check and fraud prevention service provider.

06/20/2024

Are you a small or medium business owner that doesn't believe you are at risk of being a victim of a cyber-attack because your too small, what about those large organizations you rely on.

CDK provides online support for car dealers nationwide and this attack took them offline and forced car dealers to revert back to processing with paper or stop operations.

Thousands of car dealerships were ground to a halt during a normally busy holiday Wednesday by a cyber incident at CDK Global, a major software provider for dealers across the US.

11/13/2023

If you use Gmail, especially if you have more than one account, check out this article about changes coming.

Here's how to save yours.