April 22th, 2021

Another 4.20 has come and gone, and for many institutions it means another year of puffing and passing the cannabis can down the road. A short blurb in your policy stating...

April 15th, 2021

Many financial institutions have developed extremely detailed disaster recovery (DR) / business continuity (BC) plans. Those plans normally...

April 8th, 2021

As Americans we often see the United States as the constant leader on a global scale - be it in athletic competitions, industry, military strength, or just...

April 1st, 2021

You’ve just put the final touches on the latest revision to your corporate Disaster Recovery plan. You have made arrangements to...

March 25th, 2021

Here are some helpful tips for audit and examination preparation to hopefully make the process go smoother for your institution and...

March 18th, 2021

Many organizations have opted to move some IT functions to the cloud. Sales management, off-site backups, document management, file sharing, and others are among...

March 11th, 2021

With the number of breaches that seem to occur each year it can be difficult to keep track of where your data may have ...

March 4th, 2021

On Tuesday, March 2, 2021, Microsoft released out-of-band advisories detailing serious vulnerabilities in...

February 26th, 2021

Beginning 2021, institutions that utilize FedLine services (FedLine Web, FedLine Advantage, FedLine Command, and FedLine Direct) must conduct an...

February 18th, 2021

Have you ever been in the grocery store check-out line and heard the person in front of you recite their entire life history while they're checking...

February 11th, 2021

As we watch the first COVID-19 vaccinations roll out to those who need it most, it got this particular Security Engineer thinking about how vaccinations...

February 4th, 2021

In a previous WST, you may have noticed a bulleted item for a Ransomware Self-Assessment Tool (R SAT). Or you may not have. Regardless, it's...

January 28th, 2021

Did you know that filing Suspicious Activity Reports, or SARs, is not limited to ...

January 20th, 2021

The writing has been on the wall for a while now regarding Adobe Flash Player, ...

January 15th, 2021

People often make judgements and decisions about risk. Modern technology environments are complex and pervasive ...

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...

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, ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

July 28th, 2020

Adobe will stop distributing and updating Flash Player after December 31, 2020. We shouldn’t be surprised by this...

April 29th, 2020

We wanted to expand on our WST about securing remote access from a few weeks ago with some additional...