The majority of businesses today work in conjunction with a variety of third-party vendors. Their day-to-day operations often depend on these external relationships for needs like supply chain management and resource development. These partnerships are widely...

A Growing Digital Economy Means More Cybersecurity Threats As we enter 2021, financial experts are forecasting a 4.2 percent GDP growth despite the ongoing COVID-19 global pandemic. This is not surprising, since today’s economy is largely driven by technology. In...

Top 5 Reasons Why the Enterprise is Getting Cybersecurity Wrong The recent Russian hacking operation has once again laid bare the fallacy that the enterprise and government are doing cybersecurity right. Many people are wondering: how are these large entities getting...

Earlier this month, the federal government acknowledged that data breaches had occurred at multiple agencies including the Treasury and Commerce Departments. In the wake of these events, little is still known regarding who all was compromised, and what information has...

What is CPRA and How Does it Affect CCPA? This past November, Californians voted to pass Proposition 24, also known as the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA). With 56 percent of the vote, this legislation will act as an expansion of the California Consumer...

How COVID and Ransomware Have Affected Healthcare Cybersecurity Cybersecurity has always been a top concern for the healthcare system. Both large healthcare networks and smaller clinic chains are a popular target by cybercriminals. Due to the large amounts of...

How To Save Costs and Maximize Value on Cybersecurity Tools Vendor Overload Although spending on cybersecurity tools continues to rise, to an estimated $1 Trillion in 2020, breaches are on the rise with no end in sight. With an average of 75 tools per organization,...

Cyber Defense Group’s August Reading Suggestions It is the time of year when many of us open a book or catch up on our audiobook lists over a vacation or over a weekend at the pool.  Here are some of our favorite cybersecurity reads as well as inspirational finds that...

To Pay or Not to Pay: How to Deal With – and Avoid – Ransomware Incidents Although ransomware incidents are not the leading data breach threat, their impact is considerable..  Victims of ransomware experience loss of data, high-cost expenses such as cleanup and...