Take this Google Quiz, Screen capture/Google Google asks “can you spot when you’re being phished?” and gives you the opportunity to identify phishing examples in an online quiz: “Phishing is an attempt to trick you into giving up your personal information by pretending to be someone you know.” By taking the phishing quiz, individuals can determine a whether…
InfoSec Awards 2020 winners were recently announced at the RSA Conference in San Francisco, CA. The Infosec Awards have been running for eight years through Cyber Defense Magazine and reward the most innovative and best cyber defense companies from around the world: “These winners are the most innovative and proactive cyber security companies and service…
“Zero Trust is the path forward to protect today’s digital business” is the theme of the Forrester guide, “Five Steps To Zero Trust Security.” The complimentary guide can be downloaded at the Forrester website to “realize the benefits of a Zero Trust strategy more quickly.” A Zero Trust environment includes agile elements and can automatically adapt to…
“It only takes one password to make you vulnerable.” This quote comes from Secret Double Octopus. Secret Double Octopus is a company specializing in high assurance password-free authentication. Secret Double Octopus offers strong authentication solutions for Financial Services, Education, Government, Health Care, Legal and Retail. Secret Double Octopus uses password-free authentication with access to all applications, legacy and…
Downloaded by over 140 million users, Web of Trust (WOT) prechecks websites and gives it a specific safety and security rating. Web of Trust “secures you against scams, malware, rogue web stores and dangerous links.” Web of Trust is a free browser add-on and is also available as a mobile app on Google Play. WOT…
With the endless number of data breaches occurring everyday, the ability to determine if an online account has been compromised is pivotal. Have I Been Pwned is just one tool to help with this situation. Enter an email address into the website form and click the pwned? button and it will analyze whether or not the account…
Designed to alert you whenever you login into an account, Google Password Checkup, checks whether your user and password have been involved in a security data breach known to Google. It is recommended that an unsafe password should be changed if a security risk is found by Google, otherwise an account takeover could occur. Google Password Checkup…
With the increasing amount of data breaches, hacking activities and other similar activities, what should a tech user do? One helpful tool for determining whether your personal data has been subject to hacking is Firefox Monitor. When you sign up for Firefox Monitor, “you’ll get a full report on your compromised accounts and notifications any time your…