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In the News
Articles by Security Mentor and media mentions.
In the News
6/28/2016
The rise of connected devices in the home means the probability that your security camera can be hacked is mounting as consumers are not boosting the security of their networks.
In the News
6/20/2016
Will you buy another desktop computer or laptop? Or, can your smartphone meet your technology needs? Should your business continue buying PCs? The IT infrastructure industry is divided, but the answer affects more than you think.
In the News
6/14/2016
As the use of personal smartphones and other devices become more ubiquitous in the workplace, managers must balance the risk of the company’s security against lowering costs and convenience.
In the News
6/14/2016
As the use of personal smartphones and other devices become ubiquitous in the workplace, managers must balance the risk of the company’s security against lowering costs and convenience.
In the News
6/11/2016
With end users commonly acknowledged as the weakest link in security, the state of Missouri decided to move from an annual training session to monthly, 10-minute interactive lessons. Missouri adopted the security education program from Security Mentor in July 2015 to teach its user base of more than 40,000 state agency employees better practices for protecting the state’s sensitive information.
In the News
5/27/2016
Recent reports document an incident in which hackers stole $81 million from a Bangladesh central bank account at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. And a banking institution in a country in the Middle East reportedly experienced a recent data leak impacting corporate and customer data.
In the News
5/27/2016
Missouri's state government has recorded an uptick in social engineering incidents in recent months, not because the cyberattacks themselves are increasing, but because more end users are reporting the advanced threats. Convincing phishing emails playing on state employees’ emotions or a timely event—and waiting for uneducated users to click to deliver their ransomware payloads—are encountered multiple times per day.
In the News
5/1/2016
“Doctors just don’t care much about cybersecurity. They have other, more important, things to worry about. They expect the technology and security people to deal with those problems. Besides we can’t control them anyway. Most of them don’t work for us.”
In the News
4/18/2016
Dan Lohrmann, chief strategist of the Grand Ledge cybersecurity firm Security Mentor Inc., discusses the ransomware crisis and other cybercrime issues.
In the News
4/9/2016
Dan Lohrmann, Chief Strategist and Chief Security Officer of Security Mentor discusses Bring Your Own Devices (BYOD) and how it's important to prepare infrastructure, security and mindsets for the new normal which is already trickling into our environments now-with a flood of new devices coming soon.
In the News
4/1/2016
The rise in ransomware has taken a dramatic turn for the worse in 2016. Several hospitals recently declared states of emergency. Meanwhile, thousands of global businesses and consumers are now becoming victims of hacking attacks leading to extortion. This very serious situation requires the immediate attention of everyone from PC owners to small businesses to the large governments. Here’s the problem and what actions you must take now to protect yourself.
In the News
4/1/2016
With the surge in data breaches over the past several years, the prevailing wisdom is that no online data is completely safe from hackers. Banks, governments, insurance companies and small businesses globally have lost billions of dollars to cybercrime. Last year, the top security breaches affected something more precious than personally identifiable information.