What do you think of when you hear cybersecurity? Information technology (IT)? The Internet? Hackers? Data breaches? Maybe you just think, “All this internet stuff is scary, glad we have an IT team to protect us.” A common misconception is that I...

On Oct. 12, 2017, the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) Internet Crime Complaint Center (“IC3”) received its four millionth consumer internet crime complaint. IC3 recently published its 2017 Internet Crime Report highlighting trends and...

Q.  As a closely held middle-market company, I have not heard many stories about similar-sized companies being subject to cybercrimes? Do I really need to be worried about it? Yes, you absolutely do! According to the recent State of Cybersecurity in...

A recent audit report revealed the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) plans to implement a new Automated Cybersecurity Examination Tool (ACET) to determine the effectiveness of credit union cybersecurity programs. Conducted by the NCUA’...

The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) recently released an update to the Cybersecurity Assessment Tool (Assessment). This update to the Assessment addresses changes to the FFIEC IT Examination Handbook by providing a revised...

As businesses continue to grow, so does the amount of data stored and shared. Companies are constantly trying to keep up with the ever-evolving changes in technology and staying aware of the exposure facing their information technology (IT) systems a...