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Byron Martin: Oct 5, 2023
Cybersecurity Awareness Month is observed every October to raise awareness about the importance of cybersecurity and promote good cybersecurity...
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Byron Martin: Oct 2, 2023
October isn't just about falling leaves and pumpkin spice; it's also Cybersecurity Awareness Month, established in 2004 and dedicated to raising...
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Byron Martin: Sep 26, 2023
If you’ve turned on the news sometime during the past few years, you’ve probably heard of more than one instance where a business closed due to a...
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Byron Martin: Aug 28, 2023
Compliance standards are some of the most important things a business needs to maintain to be profitable and well-respected while staying out of...
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Byron Martin: Jul 26, 2023
The days when cybersecurity was solely the concern of IT departments are long gone.
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Byron Martin: Jun 20, 2023
Many organizations assume that moving to a cloud-based collaboration app such as Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace means email security and backup is...
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Byron Martin: May 8, 2023
The average time it takes to identify a breach is 197 days. That's crazy. And then the average time to contain a breach is 69 days.
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Byron Martin: Mar 23, 2023
Have you heard of a cybersecurity tabletop exercise or tabletop drill?
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Byron Martin: Feb 23, 2023
“If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” But is this approach harming your business?
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Byron Martin: Feb 15, 2023
Tek Video: Endpoint Security vs. Antivirus Endpoint Security and Antivirus. There's a big difference.
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Byron Martin: Feb 13, 2023
10 Considerations for Hiring In-house IT vs Partnering with an MSP Does your business’s IT management need an upgrade?Are you wondering why your...
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Byron Martin: Jan 20, 2023
Why Your IT Provider Should be SOC 2 Accredited A SOC 2 audit isn’t just a one-time exercise. The audit must be completed yearly, inspecting...
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Byron Martin: Oct 10, 2022
83% of small and medium-sized businesses are not financially prepared to recover from a cyberattack.
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Byron Martin: Jul 28, 2022
You’ve probably heard about email encryption and maybe you’ve even wondered when it’s necessary.
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Byron Martin: Jun 1, 2022
In the last year, businesses and agencies sent a record 6.3 million data breach notices to Washingtonians.
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Byron Martin: Mar 23, 2022
According to IBM’s 2021 Cost of a Data Breach Report, the healthcare industry suffered the highest average cost of a data breach for the 11th year in...
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Byron Martin: Feb 16, 2022
Let’s face it, our world is filled with regularly occurring data breaches and cybersecurity events. Organizations need assurances that the companies...
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Byron Martin: Dec 28, 2021
Cyber Resilience. Can companies like Vestas, which had a ransomware attack on November 19th, rebound from a cyberattack? Watch Now!
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Byron Martin: Dec 20, 2021
The threat of a cyber-attack is too high, and the consequences can be devastating. At this point, it's important for all businesses to have cyber...
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Byron Martin: Dec 7, 2021
The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) saw a 69% increase in the number of cybercrime reports it received in 2020 compared to 2019. On...
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Byron Martin: Nov 29, 2021
The cyber insurance market is getting stricter and for many organizations, it’s getting more challenging and expensive to secure coverage.
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Byron Martin: Nov 10, 2021
Who is hiding in your network? Threat hunting was created out of a necessity among organizations to stay on top of advanced persistent threats (APTs).
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Byron Martin: Aug 3, 2021
Hackers initiate 2,244 attacks per day. Every link clicked, email opened, app downloaded, and network joined is an opportunity for hackers to...
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Byron Martin: Jun 23, 2021
Your cybersecurity has to win every time, but the attacker only needs to win once.
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Byron Martin: Jun 2, 2021
1 in 4 businesses reported ransomware attacks on cloud data.
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Byron Martin: May 25, 2021
Forbes estimates 646 million IoT devices were used in hospitals, clinics, and medical offices in 2020. The Internet of Things has transformed the way...
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Byron Martin: May 13, 2021
The shutdown has caused panic in many southeastern states.
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Byron Martin: Apr 15, 2021
60 percent of small businesses that are victims of a cyber-attack go out of business within six months.
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Byron Martin: Mar 17, 2021
642 healthcare data breaches of 500 or more records were reported in 2020, according to HIPAA Journal. That equates to 1.76 data breaches reported...
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Byron Martin: Feb 5, 2021
Interesting conversation around the IT and Cybersecurity demands of the modern wind farm and the critical technology running behind the scenes....
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Byron Martin: Feb 2, 2021
What does Oregon law require you to do, and who are you required to notify? What happens if you don’t notify anyone?
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Byron Martin: Jan 22, 2021
New data breach protections give Washington one of the most robust data breach notification policies in the country.
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