Category Archives: Security Threats

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Vendor Cyber Risk Assessment: How to Answer One Without the Stress

The email lands on a Tuesday. A government agency, a funder, a big customer, or your insurance company wants you to complete a vendor cyber risk assessment. It's a spreadsheet with a long list of questions, a due date, and words like "NIST," "least...

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How Hackers Use Social Engineering Tactics in Phishing Scams

Social engineering is a popular term in the cybersecurity industry. What is it, though, and why are companies so terrified? It is a type of hacking that induces victims to provide information by tricking and manipulating them. Social engineering...

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Educating Your Staff to Spot Social Engineering

One of the newest techniques used by hackers to gain private data is social engineering. This method uses human psychology to gather data rather than simply attacking a system. When you consider it, this approach is quite brilliant because it...

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Top 8 Phishing Scam Tactics and How to Identify Them

Phishing has been a common hacking method for over two decades now. You would think that everyone already knows how it works and how to avoid becoming a victim, right? Sadly, that is not the case for these Phishing Scam Tactics. There are more...

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The Role of Technology in Businesses in 2023

Technology has always played a key role in businesses across different industries in 2023. But recently, this role has grown even more because IT is used more and more in businesses around the world. To draw more customers and stay ahead of the...

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Top 10 Data Breaches in 2022

Cybersecurity tools and strategies have improved by a huge margin over the years. However, data breaches remain to be one of the biggest online threats. This means you can never let your guard down especially when you are operating online. In fact,...

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