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Employee Security Awareness Training25 October 2017
Because humans are often the weakest link when it comes to cyber security, it is critically important to integrate employee security awareness training into your cyber security action plan. By educating employees on best practices, policies, procedures, popular attack methods and trends, organizations can significantly reduce their risk of a data breach. Increasing your investment […]
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Most Common Findings in Independent School Security Assessments27 June 2017
The independent school community faces a unique set of challenges when securing their sensitive data, with students, parents, facility, and administrators traversing the network from a variety of different platforms each day. COMPASS has had the pleasure of working with independent schools across the country over the past few years. Most of these engagements begin […]
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Cyber Security Insights from the ATLIS 2017 Annual Meeting03 May 2017
Last week approximately 400 independent private school information technology (IT) professionals gathered in Los Angeles for the 2017 Association of Technology Leaders in Independent Schools (ATLIS) annual conference. I had the honor of presenting during the Sunday cyber security workshop and leading a cyber security risk management session on Monday. The goals of the sessions […]
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Five Steps to Develop a Security Program29 March 2017
Developing a practical and effective cyber security plan is vital to incorporating security into your organization’s risk management strategy. A common misconception is that a cyber security plan is lengthy and difficult to follow. However, that does not have to be the case. Below are COMPASS’ recommended 5 steps for your cyber security plan. Threat […]
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Insider Threat Mitigation29 November 2016
It Only Takes One In today’s world of cyber security, it is not enough for organizations to simply focus on technical defenses to prevent a data breach. While many security vulnerabilities for servers, desktops, routers, etc. can be addressed through a patch update, there are no patches for employee negligence. Infosecurity Magazine states “Among companies […]
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Can the U.S. and China Cooperate on Cyber Security Initiatives?07 September 2016
Why these two global powers should work together for the common good of keeping the Internet free but secure from hackers.
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