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Software updates are risk management you can’t afford to ignore

Software updates are risk management you can’t afford to ignore

October 24, 2022

By Rick Ball, VPC Cyber/Continuity of Operations Branch Director “What is so important about software updates and patch management”, you ask? There has been a lot of talk/discussions on these two topics recently on LinkedIn, as well as some other reputable blogs and social media.  There will always be pros and cons to this question,

Here’s your first step to developing a cybersecurity program

Here’s your first step to developing a cybersecurity program

October 13, 2022

An example of how Cyber risk is measured is as follows: Cyber risk = threat x vulnerability x information value.

If you or your team fail this test, you might need implicit bias training

If you or your team fail this test, you might need implicit bias training

October 10, 2022

In truth, regardless of gender, race, creed, or faith, everyone may have a snap, subconscious reaction to people of other groups. But it’s the illicit bias — what we can think of as pure racism, religious intolerance, homophobia, etc. — that we can train against.

Protect yourself against cyber terrorism and attacks

Protect yourself against cyber terrorism and attacks

October 10, 2022

Do you or your business store any data on local computers, servers, or in the “cloud”? Do you or your business conduct financial transactions on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis? If the answer to either, or both, of these questions is yes, then you are a target for a Cyber-attack.

Get online CHFSP certification with one of the only virtual certifiers in the U.S.

Get online CHFSP certification with one of the only virtual certifiers in the U.S.

September 1, 2022

Get online CHFSP certification with one of the only virtual certifiers in the U.S.

Here are the differences between workplace violence, de-escalation, and active threat awareness trainings

Here are the differences between workplace violence, de-escalation, and active threat awareness trainings

July 21, 2022

The differences between workplace violence training, active threat, de-escalation, and awareness trainings have significant overlap.

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