United Healthcare Ransomware Attack

After a debilitating ransomware attack at United Healthcare that has caused some health care providers to lose up to $1 billion a day, the US Office of Health and Human Resources is investigating the hack.  United Healthcare paid $22 million to the Russian ransomware...
Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)

Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)

Two Factor Authentication Did you know that you can prevent 99% of account attacks by using multi-factor authentication (MFA)? MFA also known as two factor authentication is one of the most important security measures you can take. 99.9% of account attacks are...
What is a vCISO?

What is a vCISO?

A virtual chief information security officer (vCISO) is a third-party cybersecurity expert who provides organizations with strategic advice and guidance on information security matters. Typically there are one of three reasons to hire a vCISO: Your company’s...
Crypto Done Right

Crypto Done Right

By Debra Baker CryptoDoneRight is now a nonprofit and has found a home at the Cloud Security Alliance. Ever wonder what cryptographic algorithms to use?  What is better for symmetric encryption, AES-CTR or AES-CBC?  For that matter what is symmetric...