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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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Password Reuse Attacks15 June 2017
It is common practice for people to use the same password for multiple sites. It is estimated that 73% of online accounts are guarded by duplicated passwords. This is highly convenient for users because nobody wants to remember several passwords. Why would you not just use the same password? Well, employing the same password to […]
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A Risk Manager’s Approach to Cyber Security07 June 2017
Risk management is the practice of balancing an organization’s business mission with the inherent risks and threats that could negatively impact the organization to ensure that adequate risk treatment methods are in place. To guarantee that this occurs in a structured manner, organizations typically have a risk manager (formal or informal) that is responsible for […]
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Internet of Things18 May 2017
It would not surprise me if you have never heard the term “the internet of things” (IoT), meant to encompass the plethora of devices that can communicate with the internet. The category of gadgets is growing, personally, I’ve added a third. My top choice is the cell phone, “mother of all internet of things,” and […]
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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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Business Email Compromise27 April 2017
According to the latest figures from the FBI, Business Email Compromise (BEC) schemes have resulted in at least $3.1 billion in losses to approximately 22,000 enterprises in 79 countries over the past two years. A BEC is generally a low cost, low risk scam carried out by hackers. This cyber-attack typically has a high rate […]
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