Beware Phony (or Exaggerated) Software Piracy Claims
2/3/20
By: Jeff Alitz
For more than a decade, software companies or software trade groups/alliances have pursued aggressive cost-recovery strategies against customers and former customers for their alleged unauthorized use (i.e, no license available) of software and other intellectual capital published …
Ransomware Attacks Reached Unprecedented Numbers in 2019
1/15/20
By: Melissa Santalone
According to a study published by Emsisoft Malware Lab, an unparalleled number of ransomware attacks hit U.S. businesses and government agencies in 2019. In total, 113 state and municipal governments and agencies, 764 healthcare providers, and 89 …
A Recent Study on Cybersecurity Among Small Businesses
12/18/19
By: Michael Kouskoutis
A recently published report, entitled “Under Attack: The State of MSP Cybersecurity in 2019,” surveyed 200 managed service providers across the country to evaluate the state of cybersecurity among smaller businesses. (A managed service provider …
What Constitutes a Reasonable and Defensible Process?
2/27/19
By: John Goselin
Society has coalesced around the general principle that businesses, governments or individuals in possession of personal confidential information (whether medical or financial) or personal identifiable information have a duty to protect that information from cyber bad guys …
A Majority of Federal Agencies Are “At Risk” For Further Data Security Incidents
6/6/18
By: Allen Sattler
The Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) performed a cyber security risk assessment of 96 federal agencies, and it recently published its findings in the “Federal Cybersecurity Risk Determination Report and Action Plan.” The OMB reported that …