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Potentially Serious Patch for January 14th Patch Tuesday
For the first Patch Tuesday in 2020, there is a potentially serious flaw that is being patched. KrebsOnSecurity.com is reporting that Microsoft has already shipped patches to the US military and high value targets. It…
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Journey to Public Cloud
One of the largest trends in IT seen over recent years has been public Cloud adoption. Gartner predicts that the market will reach $206.2 billion by the end of 2019. Reasons to cite for the…
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2019: A Year in Review
Thrive has experienced another year of valuable growth and additional capabilities acquisitions in 2019 that will greatly benefit our near 1000 customers. As the final blog post of the year AND the decade, we will…
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IoT Devices: Your Data is only as Secure as your Weakest Link
The holiday season is quickly approaching bringing us holiday joy and cheer as well as the latest IoT (Internet of Things) smart home gadgets. With this in mind, we take a deeper dive into IoT…
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Protect Your Home from Cybercrime
There is a big misconception that cyber security ends when you leave your place of employment. The fact of the matter is that our new connected, and always on lives are prime targets for cyber…
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How to Protect Your Business from 2019’s Worst Hacks and Vulnerabilities
“Those who fail to learn from history are condemned to repeat it.” It is critical to learn from yesterday’s vulnerabilities before they become tomorrow’s hacks. It is through this lens that we look back on…
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User Education is Critical to Fending Off Cyber-Attacks
Cyber threats are currently top of mind for stakeholders in every vertical. Our consulting team is fielding many requests for Security Health Assessments (SHA) to help organizations better understand their current risk profile and identify…
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The Cyber Security Threat Predicted to be the Most Costly in 2020 & Six Steps to Prevent It
Most organizations are either familiar with, or have been victimized by, a Business Email Compromise (BEC). A BEC is a type of scam targeting organizations with the goal of leveraging a compromised email account to…
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Enable Two-Factor Authentication
If you talk to any security expert about securing online accounts, the first thing they will tell you is “enable 2FA.” However if you start looking at the number of accounts where Two-Factor Authentication is…
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Focus on the Basics
I was meeting with a company the other day, and security was naturally brought up. In their opinion, they felt that they had a good handle on security and their overall network — they perform security awareness training, they have a SIEM solution, they have AD monitoring and firewall monitoring, and a plethora of other items that would keep their business safe. Digging in deeper I started asking about what types of incidents they got notified for, and how do they get notified? That was when I realized that they were trying to do everything correctly, but they didn’t actually have the manpower to do everything they wanted.
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