1505, 2022

Phishing protection: how to keep your employees from getting hooked

Tekmart Infrastructure SecurityTeam/ May 15, 2022/ Best practices for data center operations, CIO Resources, CTOs Quick Reads, Cybersecurity risk assessment and management, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Email and messaging threats, Expert Advise and Opinion, Hackers and cybercrime prevention, Industry News and Expert Advice, IT Managed Services, IT Management, man-in-the-middle attacks (MitM), MSPs and cybersecurity, Security, Web application and API security best practices

Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesThis is a must read for CIOs and other line managers. Share this list of phishing techniques and detection tips to help employees avoid phishing schemes. Plus, review technologies to protect your enterprise from phishing attacks. By Sharon Shea and Steven Weil Phishing attacks are becoming increasingly sophisticated, complex and common. According to a 2020 Proofpoint study, 90% of organizations

1505, 2022

How to prevent network eavesdropping attacks at the datacenter, or even at your small home network.

Tekmart Infrastructure SecurityTeam/ May 15, 2022/ Best practices for data center operations, Cloud computing, Cloud Security Management and Cloud Operations Security, Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Email and messaging threats, Expert Advise and Opinion, Hackers and cybercrime prevention, Industry News and Expert Advice, IT compliance and governance strategies, man-in-the-middle attack (MitM), man-in-the-middle attacks (MitM), Web application and API security best practices

Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesOne of the biggest challenges of network eavesdropping attacks is they are difficult to detect. Read about prevention measures to help keep your network safe from snoopers and sniffers. By Sharon Shea Network eavesdropping attacks, also known as network sniffing or network snooping attacks, occur when malicious actors take advantage of insecure network connections to exfiltrate data as it is being communicated. Just

2909, 2021

Types of phishing scams

Tekmart Infrastructure SecurityTeam/ September 29, 2021/ Best practices for data center operations, Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Email and messaging threats, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Partner Content, Partner Resources, Timeless Aricles, Timeless Articles, Timeless Tips, Travelling Techie Quick Reads-Timeless!

Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesIT teams must take proactive measures to address security awareness when it comes to email. Learn about the types of phishing scams to mitigate risk. By Katie Donegan IT professionals know the stakes are high when it comes to email phishing security. Phishing is deceptively dangerous because suspicious links are hyperlinked within email text and can be hard to distinguish as dubious

0706, 2021

man-in-the-middle attack (MitM)-a tech explanation

Staff Writer/ June 7, 2021/ Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, man-in-the-middle attacks (MitM)

Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesA man-in-the-middle (MiTM) attack is one in which the attacker secretly intercepts and relays messages between two parties who believe they are communicating directly with each other. By TechTarget Contributor The attack is a type of eavesdropping in which the entire conversation is controlled by the attacker. Sometimes referred to as a session hijacking attack, MiTM has a strong chance of success

0706, 2021

What is email spoofing?

Staff Writer/ June 7, 2021/ Datacenter Infrastructure News, Email and messaging threats, Expert Advise and Opinion, Hackers and cybercrime prevention, Tech Definitions, Technical Explanations

Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesEmail spoofing is a form of cyber attack in which a hacker sends an email that has been manipulated to seem as if it originated from a trusted source. By Peter Loshin Email spoofing is a popular tactic used in phishing and spam campaigns because people are more likely to open an email when they think it has been sent by a known sender.

2304, 2021

principle of least privilege (POLP)-a tech explanation

Tekmart Data Center Team/ April 23, 2021/ Data security, Data security strategies and governance, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Datacentre disaster recovery and security, Email and messaging threats, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Principle of least privilege (POLP), Tech Definitions, Technical Explanations

Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesThe principle of least privilege (POLP) is a concept in computer security that limits users’ access rights to only what are strictly required to do their jobs. Users are granted permission to read, write or execute only the files or resources necessary to do their jobs. This principle is also known as the access control principle or the principle of minimal privilege. By

1612, 2020

social engineering attack surface-a tech definition

T-Blog Editor/ December 16, 2020/ About data center as a service (DCaaS), Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, Best practices for data center operations, Email and messaging threats, Tech Definitions

Reading Time-approximately: < 1 minuteThe social engineering attack surface is the totality of an individual or a staff’s vulnerability to trickery. Posted by: Margaret Rouse WhatIs.com Contributor(s): Matthew Haughn Social engineering attacks usually take advantage of human psychology: the desire for something free, the susceptibility to distraction, or the desire to be liked or to be helpful. Social engineering is often used by hackers and other

1211, 2020

12 Microsoft 365 security best practices to secure the suite

T-Blog Editor/ November 12, 2020/ Email and messaging threats, Expert Advise and Opinion, How-Tos and Other Useful Tips and Tricks, Industry News and Expert Advice, Information security threats, Timeless Tips

Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesMigrating to or operating cloud-based Microsoft 365 can bring with it a host of problems and misconfigurations. Check out 12 best practices to tighten Microsoft 365 security. By Johna Till Johnson Part one of this two-part series on Microsoft 365 (formerly Office 365) security weaknesses examined some of main misconfigurations that cause problems when trying to securely operate or migrate to the cloud-based Microsoft

0211, 2020

7 essential remote worker security policies for IT departments

T-Blog Editor/ November 2, 2020/ ‘New Normal’ courtesy of Covid-19, Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, Data security technology and strategy, Enterprise Desktop Management, Expert Advise and Opinion, How-Tos and Other Useful Tips and Tricks, IT Managed Services, Security

Reading Time-approximately: 5 minutesWith the COVID-19 pandemic forcing so many to work remotely, IT admins need to update the security aspect of their organization’s work-from-home policies to keep pace with this trend. By John Powers When COVID-19 first hit, organizations focused on enabling remote work for their employees, but the next step is to ensure that proper security policies keep work-from-home users’ data

1510, 2020

How security testing could change after COVID-19

T-Blog Editor/ October 15, 2020/ Data security, Data security strategies and governance, Data security technology and strategy, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, How-Tos and Other Useful Tips and Tricks, Industry News and Expert Advice, Timeless Tips

Reading Time-approximately: 5 minutesAs companies look to bring employees back into the office, security teams must consider how to handle security testing due to initial remote work deployments and shadow IT. By Mark Whitehead, Guest Contributor When state governments across the U.S. began issuing shelter-in-place orders over the past couple of months, businesses had to quickly learn how to enable a fully remote workforce for