In with the new year, out with the Flash - WST
January 20th, 2021
The writing has been on the wall for a while now regarding Adobe Flash Player, ...
Continue readingBack to Basics: Understanding Risk Concepts - WST
January 15th, 2021
People often make judgements and decisions about risk. Modern technology environments are complex and pervasive ...
Continue reading2021 Security & Compliance Checklist - WST
January 7th, 2021
Yep, another year has flown by and a new year is here. Now is a great time to take a close look at your 2021 schedule ...
Continue readingSolarWinds and the Big Hack - WST
December 17th, 2020
Well, hacking is certainly in the news this week! We initially resisted adding to the cacophony of news stories and email alerts flooding your inbox, ...
Continue readingCannabis-Banking: Movement on the Hill - WST
December 10th, 2020
While Congress may not be making much progress passing a second COVID stimulus relief bill, something historic did happen in Washington D.C. last Friday...
Continue readingFile Share Permissions - WST
November 6th, 2020
During our IT audits, we consistently find file shares containing sensitive information with poor access restrictions. Most of the time, the super sensitive...
Continue readingBudge-IT - WST
October 8th, 2020
It’s October and for many that means it is budget time. Or, did you assume it will just be a part of IT’s budget? According...
Continue readingBrowser Password Storage Thoughts - WST
October 1st, 2020
Browser Password Storage Thoughts - WST There is some risk when allowing a user’s browser to remember passwords. If a bad actor gets access to a machine, they...
Continue readingFighting the Good Fight - WST
September 24th, 2020
Earlier this month, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) put out a cryptic statement regarding the unlawful disclosures of suspicious activity reports (SARs). According to FinCEN, various media outlets were intending to publish a series of articles based on...
Continue readingIT Asset Management-Secure your environment and save money too! - WST
September 17th, 2020
Do you keep an accurate and up-to-date inventory of your IT assets? If not, you may be wasting money and decreasing your overall IT security posture. One of the most important aspects of managing your IT environment is...
Continue readingIncrease in Cybercrime During COVID-19 - WST
September 3rd, 2020
As the pandemic continues to rage on, we’ve discovered some of the hardest working people during this time are fraudsters and scammers who never seem to be impacted by high unemployment rates. According to a recent FinCEN Advisory...
Continue readingDon’t Let OneDrive Mess up your Vulnerability Scan! - WST
September 3rd, 2020
Recently, many of our clients have had significant increases in the number of vulnerabilities found during their Internal Vulnerability Scans. One of the primary reasons for this is...
Continue readingDon’t Suffer from Alert Fatigue – WST
August 20th, 2020
We live in a busy, and often stressful world. With most of us carrying around at least one always-connected device, we...
Continue readingDMZ - WST
August 7th, 2020
Much like the contested area that separates two foreign powers that do not trust each other, a network DMZ is a place where you...
Continue readingAdobe Flash is almost done - WST
July 28th, 2020
Adobe will stop distributing and updating Flash Player after December 31, 2020. We shouldn’t be surprised by this...
Continue readingDon't Let Urgency Lead to Insecurity, Part 2 - WST
April 29th, 2020
We wanted to expand on our WST about securing remote access from a few weeks ago with some additional...
Continue readingKeep Yourself from being Roasted - WST
April 9th, 2020
First an attacker must use the initial user account they compromised to scan Active Directory for accounts with a SPN (Service Principal ...
Continue readingComplaint Management Programs - More Important Now Than Ever -WST
April 7th, 2020
Chances are that a Consumer Complaint Management Program review has become a key part of your most recent ...
Continue readingDon't Let Urgency Lead to Insecurity-WST
March 31st, 2020
Across the country, institutions are finding themselves dusting off almost forgotten pandemic plans and quickly trying to adjust to new...
Continue readingAttackers are Opportunistic, Keep New Remote Users Safe - WST
March 19th, 2020
As institutions and companies around the world scramble to support a new or enlarged remote workforce, we are already seeing attackers...
Continue readingCOVID-19 Is your Pandemic Plan ready? - WST
February 28th, 2020
You already have a rock-solid pandemic plan, right? Of course you do. But given the current coronavirus (COVID-19) news, it...
Continue readingWe Accept the Risk - WST
February 20th, 2020
Risk. The hot potato of any organization. There are so many options of what to do with a risk potato once it's ...
Continue readingInfosec Blocking and Tackling - Vulnerability Management - WST
February 20th, 2020
Vulnerability management! Now there is a sexy subject. Managing the various vulnerabilities in your environment (which is generally a lot ...
Continue readingUpgrading 2008 R2 Domain Controllers - WST
June 27th, 2019
With Microsoft ending support for Windows Server 2008 R2 on January 14, 2020, related anxiety-induced reluctance and procrastination are completely understandable ...
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