How Has Cybersecurity Evolved in 2023?
How has cybersecurity evolved? What are the future trends in the industry? The game of cat and mouse “played” by defenders and attackers will continue to drive the evolution of cybersecurity. The game is ongoing, with each side adopting and adapting the strategies and tactics of the other. In this article, we will explore how cybersecurity has evolved and...
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Cybersecurity: Why Is it Important?
With cyberattacks on the rise, more organizations are coming to understand why cybersecurity is important to their bottom line. It is essential for businesses of all sizes to use robust cybersecurity best practices to protect their systems, networks, and data. Let’s dive into why cybersecurity is so important for businesses to prioritize. Cybersecurity: Why Is it Important to Organizations?...
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The Best Cybersecurity Training for Employees
There’s a saying among cybersecurity professionals that humans are the weakest link. Luckily, this is only true if you treat them that way. If you train your people effectively, they become the vanguard in your cybersecurity defenses. To achieve this, you need the best security training for employees. The Best Cybersecurity Training for Employees Includes Interactive Learning Types...
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2023 Trends in Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity is a never-ending game of chess in which players constantly try to outsmart each other. The cybersecurity chessboard is constantly shifting, and new threats emerge every day. To stay one move ahead of cybercriminals, you need to understand the fast-moving trends in cybersecurity. Trends in Cybersecurity to Watch For in 2023 and Beyond Trends in Cybersecurity Trend Problem Solution...
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The Importance of Cybersecurity in Business
In today's interconnected age, the importance of cybersecurity in business can’t be overestimated. A business with inadequate cybersecurity is like a car without seat belts, airbags, and a well-trained driver. It may run accident-free for a while, but it will ultimately lead to a devastating and costly crash. Without proper cybersecurity measures, a business can be left vulnerable to a...
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Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2023
We like to think of Cybersecurity Awareness Month almost like a yearly booster shot; just like we need boosters to protect ourselves from the changing threat posed by viruses, we need Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2023 to reinoculate ourselves and our employees against ever-evolving cyber threats. What Is Cybersecurity Awareness Month? Held every October since 2004, Cybersecurity Awareness Month is a...
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ChatGPT: What is Generative AI & Why Does it Matter? (As Explained by a Bot)
ChatGPT is a Type of Generative AI (and this post is an example) (The best way to understand ChatGPT and Generative AI is to show what it can do. So, everything below this line was written by ChatGPT based on the prompt "Write an article about Generative AI and ChatGPT that explains what it is and how it can be...
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Top 5 Cybersecurity Keynote Speakers for Your Event
Cybersecurity Keynote Speakers are in High Demand Cybersecurity is a critical issue for businesses and organizations of all sizes and industries and it is more important than ever to stay informed and educated on the latest threats and best practices for protecting sensitive information. One of the best ways to do this is by attending conferences and events where top...
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Lastpass Breach: What to Do About It
How to Protect Yourself & Your Wealth from the LastPass Hack You may have already heard about the LastPass breach, victimizing one of the leading password management programs, not once, but twice in the past few months. LastPass recently updated information about the two breaches in a letter to users on the LastPass website. The First LastPass Breach Leads to...
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Election Meddling by Cyber Intrusion Limited by Cybersecurity Experts
Bad day for nation-state election meddling is a good day for voters Regardless of your political bent, today is a good day for democratic elections. No significant cyberattacks on the U.S. midterm elections materialized. Cybersecurity experts, government officials and local and national election offices were well prepared to defend the vote from cyber intrusions in the 2022 midterms. As a...
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John Sileo Cybersecurity Expert Top Tips
I get asked at almost every keynote speech how the audience members can protect themselves, their families and their wealth personally. So I put together a series of videos to take you through some of the first steps. I hope this gets you started, and that I am lucky enough to meet you in person at a future speech! Freeze...
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Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2022: Five Disastrous Pitfalls to Avoid at All Costs
Security Awareness Training that Won't Put Your Peeps Asleep National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, which takes place every year in October, is a lot like spring cleaning. It’s when we buckle down and finally get to that pile of papers we’ve been staring at all year. It's also when we learn to build new systems that prevent the pileup in the...
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Prepping for Russian Cyberattacks
This post is a summary of a full interview about Russian Cyberattacks that John conducted with Bottomline Publications. As Russian cyberattacks increase, a bit of prep isn't paranoid The world is a bit on edge, wouldn't you say? With geopolitical tension escalating and Russian recruitment of members from REvil, a criminal computer-hacking organization, it's a good time to buckle down...
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Overturning Roe v. Wade Privacy Implications
After the supreme court overturned Roe vs. Wade on June 24th, 2022, politics and privacy were turned upside down overnight. Politics aside, there are serious privacy implications as a result of the decision to end women’s constitutional right to abortion. Tech companies are at the forefront of making critical privacy decisions that could have legal, social, and political consequences no...
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Did Apple Passkey Just Kill Traditional Passwords?
And Will Passkeys Permanently Marry You to Apple? Humans are weak and so are our passwords. We make easily memorizable (read: guessable) passwords that accidentally invite cybercriminals and identity thieves into our homes, offices and bank accounts like a neighbor for afternoon tea. The solution? Remove humans from the tea party. Enter Apple. At the company’s annual WWDC developer conference,...
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Automotive Cybersecurity: Don’t Bank on Untrained “Drivers”
Would you send your newly licensed 16-year-old out to drive on the interstate without spending months teaching them safety skills and the rules of the road? I hope not! Even if their car had all of the latest safety technology - front and side airbags, auto-locking seatbelts, crash-warning sensors - and a low-deductible insurance policy, you still wouldn't take the...
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Anonymous vs Russia Hacktivism for Ukraine
Who thought that Anonymous vs Russia would be the top billing cyber event of the Russian invasion of Ukraine? We watch in horror and disgust as Russia continues its assault on the Ukrainian people. Tanks roll down streets, missiles are launched, neighborhoods are shelled and innocent civilians are killed. Some things never change in war. As each new conflict begins...
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Hackers Hot for Hotspots: Protect Your Remote Workforce
Your remote workforce is only as strong as its weakest link — which, believe it or not, may be a public WiFi hotspot. Insecure networks have been at the forefront of a recent spike in business-impacting cyber attacks, namely among organizations that have deployed a remote workforce who accessed malicious WiFi networks or hacker-enabled hotspots. Have we become so dependent...
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Face Computers: Privacy Violation by Pupil Dilation?
Smartwatches, holograms, self-driving vehicles — we may have just rung in the year 2022, but here on Earth, we’ve started to live (blindly) like the Jetsons in 2062. The latest technological advancement coming out of Orbit City, err, Silicon Valley is the face computer, wearable tech that will plunge users into the notorious “metaverse.” Just saying the word metaverse makes...
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Ransomware Attacks in 2022: What You Need to Know
Every company is vulnerable to cyber attack — and I mean every company, small and large. Are you responsible for delivering half of the East Coast’s fuel supply? Vulnerable. Are you the largest beef supplier in the world? Yep, still vulnerable. The alarming surge in ransomware attacks has put a target on every company’s back, including massive organizations like Colonial...
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