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From Black Friday through the end of December, stores generate 50-100% more income than the other days of the year comparatively. According to Adobe, online shoppers will spend an estimated $3B on Cyber Monday alone, and $83B between the holidays. These popular shopping days are ideal for hackers because larger quantities of valuable information are at […]

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Between the probing of voting databases, email hacking, and the candidates’ positions on information technology issues, cyber security is at the forefront of debate this election season. These cyber security concerns are crucial to our future as a nation because a high probability exists that the next President of the United States will face a cyber […]

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COMPASS Cyber Security takes pleasure in announcing an in-kind sponsorship with the Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts (BOPA). COMPASS will be BOPA’s exclusive cyber security consultant, fulfilling their need for policies and technology within their organization.   BOPA is a nonprofit cultural organization that inspires and engages audiences, cultivating the city’s creative economy […]

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You have one very secure password. It is over 10 characters long, has special characters, and upper and lower case numbers. So how could this be a bad thing? Say you use your one very secure password for all, or the majority, of your account passwords. What happens when one of those accounts gets hacked? […]

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The financial services industry is often targeted by socially or politically motivated ‘hacktivists.’ What you need to know and how you can protect your organization.

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Monitoring your network doesn’t just mean monitoring your network traffic. Find out what else you should keep in mind.

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Why these two global powers should work together for the common good of keeping the Internet free but secure from hackers.