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End-of-Service or End-Of-Life (EOL), is a term applied to hardware or software when a manufacturer stops supporting it with any updates. This can be very problematic since any vulnerabilities that are found (and can subsequently b... Keep Reading

The Internet of Things (IoT) is a blanket term applied to physical objects that have wireless connective capabilities. And its use is growing. While businesses and consumers have been eager to reap the benefits of IoT devices, the... Keep Reading

The Illinois State University hack took place in the beginning of March, as reported by Illinois’ own Pantagraph, The Washington Times, and other publications. Direct-deposit payroll information from at least a dozen faculty and s... Keep Reading

Hacker Goes Directly to Media to Expose VTech Security Issues The Hong Kong-based toy company, VTech, recently experienced a data breach that exposed the customer data of 6.2 million children and 4.9 million adults across 13 diff... Keep Reading

Point of Sale Malware at Retail Stores Inside Hilton & Starwood Hotels The last few weeks have seen several major hotel chains including Starwood Hotels and Hilton Hotels report data breaches targeting the credit card data used a... Keep Reading

Cisco Shuts Down Cert Tracker After Pearson Breach A third party technology examination company, Pearson VUE, was recently a victim of a malware attack that has exposed personal user data and passwords, according to Network Compu... Keep Reading

Vendor Risk Software Not a Panacea for Vendor Management An expanding threat and security risk environment from an ever-increasing vendor pool has you doing more robust risk analyses of your vendors, so you think you may need Ven... Keep Reading

Ranking Retail Security: Web Applications & Legacy Systems Are Weak Black Friday and Cyber Monday are almost here. Earlier this week, we released our 2015 Retail & eCommerce Security Report that examines a variety of security ri... Keep Reading

A modern enterprise uses the cloud and cloud service providers (CSP), period. Your employees might use DropBox or OneDrive to access work data remotely. You might communicate with your vendors mostly through a portal that accepts ... Keep Reading

SecurityScorecard Wins Coveted Innovation Award SecurityScorecard was recently named a top 16 winner from SINET, the Security Innovation Network. SINET chose SecurityScorecard as one of the winners out of over a hundred security ... Keep Reading