Information Security
Today, many organizations, especially those with limited resources to hire security professionals, are turning to a flexible and cost-effective solution – Fractional CISOs. These Virtual Chief Information Security Officers (vCISOs) fill a critical gap by…
Cybercrime has, unfortunately, become commonplace, with one expert estimating that computer-based theft will cost the world $10.5 trillion b...
2021 was a very exciting year for Thrive and not just because it was an especially busy year for protecting against cyber threats. With many...
“IT departments are for a bygone era and are ill-suited to the demands of a digital-first world.” Joe Peppard makes some compelling arguments in his article “It’s Time to Get Rid of the IT Department”…
Cyber attacks are one of the fastest spreading crimes in the digital world, costing more than $6 trillion in 2021, and making it the third-largest economic system just behind the United States and China. In…
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…
Most organizations are either familiar with, or have been victimized by, a Business Email Compromise (BEC). A BEC is a type of scam target...
Today marks the end of the road for 2 old friends at Microsoft, Windows Vista and Exchange 2007. Both have reached end of support with Mic...
Gone are the days of simple passwords. I remember the days (yes I am showing my age here), where everyone had the same password for everythi...
As spammers have graduated from simple Nigerian Prince SPAM emails to sophisticated Spear Phishing attacks, there hasn’t been as big a corresponding technology shift to stop this new attack. SPAM filtering continues to stop hundreds…
For the last 4 years, I have been very happy with my Linksys Wi-Fi enabled router at home. But when the kids knocked it off the shelf, I was suddenly in the market for a…