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1110, 2018

Alvaka’s COO/CISO Kevin B. McDonald to Present at 1903 Solutions’ 8th Annual Technology Showcase

By |October 11th, 2018|Articles|Comments Off on Alvaka’s COO/CISO Kevin B. McDonald to Present at 1903 Solutions’ 8th Annual Technology Showcase

IRVINE, Calif., October 11, 2018 (Newswire.com) - At their Annual Technology Showcase, 1903 Solutions is continuing an eight-year tradition of bringing together some of the best-of-the-best in technology. For this year’s event at the Hilton [...]

2709, 2018

Network Monitoring Operational Maturity Growth

By |September 27th, 2018|Alvaka Blog|Comments Off on Network Monitoring Operational Maturity Growth

I just read a press release about a new product, NetBeez, which performs active network monitoring from the user perspective. I suppose it has a narrow fit, but it seems to me that most modern [...]

3008, 2018

Pentagon’s lack of cyber authority leaves data at risk…

By |August 30th, 2018|Articles|Comments Off on Pentagon’s lack of cyber authority leaves data at risk…

Lawmakers on the Senate Armed Forces Committee claim that the Department of Defense is not taking strong enough action against defense contractors in regards to protecting Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI), which is putting all of [...]

2908, 2018

Victim of “sextorter” shares her experience [Video]

By |August 29th, 2018|Alvaka Blog|Comments Off on Victim of “sextorter” shares her experience [Video]

Mimi Grant from ABL shares her personal sextortion experience in this vlog. In our previous blog, Sextortion: The New Threat No One is Talking About, Alvaka's CEO shared the email that Mimi received and resources [...]

1608, 2018

Sextortion: The New Threat No One is Talking About

By |August 16th, 2018|Alvaka Blog|Comments Off on Sextortion: The New Threat No One is Talking About

Written by Alvaka Networks CEO, Oli Thordarson. Oli discusses a client's experience with a sextortion scam email and provides some helpful suggestions on how to both handle and avoid this type of online phishing. I [...]

708, 2018

Should I buy cyber insurance?

By |August 7th, 2018|Alvaka Blog|Comments Off on Should I buy cyber insurance?

A friend of mine asked me if he should buy cyber insurance for his business. Whether your need is for a self-hosted/owned, cloud or hybrid infrastructure this is not an easy answer. As I thought about it, I decided this is probably a topic of interest to many financial managers at small to mid-size enterprises. How should you decide this question and who can you seek for legitimate counsel that is qualified to answer this question without having a conflict of interest?

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