Technology continues to develop and impact how individuals, businesses and communities function. In 2020 cyber security will need to be front and center of every organization’s agenda and for good reason. 1) Cyberattacks Will Get Worse Cyber breaches were all too common in 2019. The news flooded with stories of cyberattacks on schools, municipalities, cities and even big […]
The city of New Orleans experienced a cyberattack so severe Mayor Latoya Cantrell declared a state of emergency. The attack occurred on Friday, Dec. 13 and caused the city to shutdown government computers. Officials announced the shutdown via social media posts. City Shutdown Government Computers The attack started at 5 in the morning, according to […]
Not a day goes by without another phishing scam hitting the news. For many of us, these are just headlines. For the organizations and individuals affected however, a phishing attack can be disastrous. Phishing emails are increasing in frequency, sophistication and severity. How can you best stay protected? Email threats Criminals have realized that in […]
Cisco Outage On Thursday, October 10, 2019 a network outage hit Cisco Systems affecting their entire network. A Cisco spokesperson said in an interview with TechCrunch that the disruption was traced to an internal system change. The problem, however, isn’t the outage it’s the absence of a disaster recovery plan. The outage lasted for about […]
