The only thing to be afraid of when it comes to cybersecurity is not having a plan.

 

Topics: cybersecurity, Technology Consulting, 2FA, Information Security, Two Factor Authentication, Managed Services, Security

Topics: firewall, Penetration Testing, Information Security, 2FA, Email Security, Mobile, Enterprise Mobility Management, Antivirus, Advanced Persistent Threats, Cybercrime, Vulnerability Testing, Hacking, Ransomware, Dual Factor Authentication, Two Factor Authentication, Biometric Authentication, Passwords, cybersecurity, phishing, whaling, Mimecast, Information Governance, Access Control, Network, Email Management, Malware, Training, Security

Has your password been stolen? Are you worried one of your firms' email addresses has been compromised? 

 

There's an easy way to find out. 

Topics: Passwords, 2FA, Two Factor Authentication, Email Management, Email Security

Topics: Two Factor Authentication, 2FA, Passwords, cybersecurity, firewall, Email Management, Information Security, Email Security

Read our CTO Mike Paul's article in Legal Ink Magazine! 

 

Topics: Two Factor Authentication, 2FA, Passwords, cybersecurity

Topics: Two Factor Authentication, 2FA, Passwords, cybersecurity

Many law firms and businesses put off creating and using a standardized workstation image. Instead, they use whatever operating system comes pre-configured on the computers they purchase. Sometimes they will install a clean operating system and configure each machine from scratch for each newly purchased computer. This is a mistake which can be both expensive and dangerous. Thankfully, your computer environment can be made more secure, and your IT costs can be reduced, by implementing a standard workstation image.

Topics: 2FA, Imaging, Data Backups, Disaster Recovery, IT Tips, Technology Consulting

How are your New Year's resolutions going?

Topics: Passwords, 2FA, Duo, Two Factor Authentication, cybersecurity, IT Tips, Technology Consulting

 

At Innovative Computing Systems, we promote a cybersecurity perspective called “defense-in-depth.” Essentially, we believe law firms, legal departments and individuals need more than one or two layers of information security. Users and clients must be confident that even if one defense fails, another will stand up and attempt to prevent or mitigate an attack. We have long recommended that clients utilize two-factor authentication as one of those layers of defense.

Topics: 2FA, Two Factor Authentication, Dual Factor Authentication, Duo, cybersecurity, Information Security

Our partners at SentinelOne recently reported that 50 percent of organizations have been victim to cyberattacks. Eighty-five percent of those said they had been attacked three or more times.

Topics: 2FA, Cybercrime, cybersecurity, Training, Two Factor Authentication, Information Governance, FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center, Hacking, Secret Service, Email Security

Yesterday, shortly after our CEO Michael Kemps' article was published by the American Bar Association, the Association of Legal Administrators (ALA) released the newest issue of their magazine Legal Management. Michael has an article in it, too!

Topics: Publications, ALA, ALA 2016, Ransomware, IT Tips, Cybercrime, cybersecurity, Technology Consulting, Endpoint Protection, 2FA, Two Factor Authentication

We wanted to inform you of a serious security breach at Yahoo!

 

Earlier today, Yahoo! issued a press release stating that 500 million users' accounts were breached in a 2014 hack of their systems. Account information accessed includes usernames and passwords, security questions and answers and other confidential user information. 

 

Yahoo! said in the press release that: 

 

A recent investigation by Yahoo! Inc. has confirmed that a copy of certain user account information was stolen from the company's network in late 2014 by what it believes is a state-sponsored actor. The account information may have included names, email addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, hashed passwords (the vast majority with bcrypt) and, in some cases, encrypted or unencrypted security questions and answers. The ongoing investigation suggests that stolen information did not include unprotected passwords, payment card data, or bank account information; payment card data and bank account information are not stored in the system that the investigation has found to be affected. Based on the ongoing investigation, Yahoo! believes that information associated with at least 500 million user accounts was stolen and the investigation has found no evidence that the state-sponsored actor is currently in Yahoo's network.

If you were a victim of the attack, we encourage you to review these steps you can take to file a report and help protect yourself from identity theft. 

 

Yahoo! also recommends – as we do, too – that users take advantage of two-factor authentication to provide an extra layer of security to their Yahoo! accounts. 

Yahoo! is not what we would consider a best-of-breed solution for email or other business matters. If you would like to discuss more enterprise-level, law firm standard solutions, please email sales@innovativecomp.com or call 1.800.541.0450, and one of our professional Account Executives will be happy to discuss security and file sharing with you in-depth.

Topics: cybersecurity, Passwords, Security, Hacking, Yahoo, Two Factor Authentication, Dual Factor Authentication, 2FA, Email Security