The New Year is always a time for looking back on the past, and more importantly, looking forward and reflecting on the positive changes we want or need to make in the coming year. McAfee predicts that 2012 will continue to see cybercriminals improving their toolkits in many areas that pose a material threat to Read more…
Tags: cloud security, cyber security awareness, mobile security, new year resolution
As all IT professionals are painfully aware, it is impossible to ignore the role of people in an organization’s information security program. Information security, like everything else, is at its core a human enterprise influenced by factors that impact the individual. During our December #SecChat, we set out to address this topic with our followers, Read more…
Tags: #SecChat, cyber security awareness
Holiday season is like any other time of year for IT security except moreso. Users shop, hunt for bargains, book travel, and check and manipulate their bank accounts a lot more than they do the rest of the year. They’re also often stressed and strapped for cash, so they’re more susceptible to phishing, fake promotions Read more…
Tags: #SecChat, 12 Scams of Christmas, cyber security awareness
In early November, McAfee released its “Twelve Scams of Christmas”, a rundown of the 12 most dangerous online scams this holiday season. The list included mobile malware, malicious apps, and phony Facebook promotions and contests, among other threats. With so many vulnerabilities surrounding us, all it takes is just one weak link in the chain Read more…
Tags: #SecChat, cyber security awareness, enterprise security
Cyber Security Awareness Month gets into full swing today here in the U.S. You can read more about the launch announcement here and can join live via Facebook. As I mentioned previously, McAfee employees are taking to K-12 classrooms with the NCSA’s C-SAVE program to explain cyber security, safety and ethics to children across the Read more…
Tags: C-SAVE program, cyber security awareness, education, National Cyber Security Awareness Week, NCSA, Stop.Think.Connect
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