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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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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?
GDPR for California: AB 375 – California’s Consumer Privacy Protection Act
On July 25, 2018, the State of California passed AB 375. This bill mandates the nation’s most comprehensive privacy rights for consumers. Many of you have read about the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), [...]
Steps for an Effective Cybersecurity Incident Response Plan
Written by Kevin McDonald, COO and CISO of Alvaka Networks. Originally published January 2016 on TechTarget. Kevin discusses steps to help you prepare a cybersecurity incident response. When your system is compromised, you generally have one [...]