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Hannah Grace Holladay / May 7, 2024
Audits are hard, but when done well, they are always beneficial. We understand if you don’t believe us. We know that audits are overwhelming and complicated. They can feel like daunting tasks that will only create fines or more work for your organization. But that doesn’t have to be the case. There are many benefits of an audit, and even more when you have a partner to help you. If…
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Tori Thurmond / January 8, 2024
What Is Data Classification? Data classification systematically categorizes information based on sensitivity and importance to determine its level of confidentiality. This process helps apply appropriate security and compliance measures to ensure each category receives proper protection. As a result, sensitive information is safeguarded while less critical data is allowed appropriate flexibility. Why is Classifying Data Necessary? Knowing how to classify data is critical given today’s advancing cyber threats. With over…
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Tori Thurmond / January 10, 2024
An auditor can be seen as a nit-picky, negative, overly involved outsider coming into your environment, asking questions and looking for any control that’s insufficient. This mindset causes organizations to fear auditing and auditors, when in reality, an audit is a healthy habit and auditors are trained to help you better understand and protect your assets. Audits don’t need to be so intimidating. Instead, a successful, quality audit should include…
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Tori Thurmond / October 12, 2023
Another day, another breach. There have been quite a few cybersecurity events breaking the news involving major companies lately—one of the notable events involving Clorox. Back in August, the multibillion-dollar corporation discovered unauthorized activity in some of their IT systems. The organization enabled their business continuity plan (BCP), but was forced into processes that affected their production capacity. The product shortages resulted in the organization losing money each and every…
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Tori Thurmond / September 15, 2023
A $33 billion company breached because of a 10-minute phone call, and, according to vx-underground, all the hackers had to do was a simple search on LinkedIn. You’ve probably heard about the MGM breach that happened earlier this week, but did you know that the attack was a result of social engineering? A notorious hacking group, ALPHV (aka BlackCat), searched one of MGM’s employees on LinkedIn, called MGM’s help desk,…
