The Coronavirus Cyber Doc Diagnosis: Work from Home
The COVID-19 scare has more people than ever are working at home. While this isn’t a new trend, it is affecting people on a much more massive scale now in light of the current health frenzy. The giants have taken heed: Amazon, Facebook, Google, Microsoft among others have all disseminated their office workers in specific […]
Cyber Defense in Times of Crisis… and After
We all know this pandemic has affected the cyber industry in ways we never could have foreseen. According to VMWare Carbon Black, the attacks on banks and another financial organizations were up 38% between February and March and accounted for 52% of the threat traffic on their cloud. The concerns around the pandemic aren’t just […]
Cyber Geopolitics and COVID-19: What could come next?
The long and short term view has always been a requirement for those working in cybersecurity. Right now, the short term involves securing remote working infrastructures, while also responding to skyrocketing COVID-19 phishing lures. Essentially, fighting fires just to keep the organization going, while staying safe and healthy. However, we cannot forget the long term. […]
From the Front Lines: Cyber Community Insights
Dogs barking. Kids getting set up for online learning. Conference bridge crashing. Spouse or roommate is on the phone next to you. It’s 8 am and you haven’t had your coffee yet. Sound familiar? This is the new reality we are living in under COVID-19. For seasoned remote workers and new ones to this lifestyle […]
Destroying a Brand from the Inside: The CXO Security Threat
From video streaming to virtual gaming, our time spent online is hitting an all-time high as people find ways to entertain themselves while being quarantined. We’ve seen loads of our favourite celebrities taking to their social media channels to showcase how they are practicing social distancing and coping with the boredom. This isn’t limited to […]
The Cyber Doc is in: Working from Home Amidst Coronavirus
The COVID-19 scare has more people than ever working at home. While this isn’t a new trend, it is affecting people on a much more massive scale now in light of the current health frenzy. The giants have taken heed: Amazon, Facebook, Google, Microsoft among others have all disseminated their office workers in specific regions, […]
The Iranian Threat
MEASURES TO BE TAKEN In light of geopolitical events in the Middle East, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released advisory information to help organizations take steps in understanding the threat from Iran and to apply defensive measures appropriately. HolistiCyber’s deep experience in combatting Iranian threat actors allows us to understand the following: 1) […]
Trusted Advisor Program
Staying ahead of nation-state cyber threats is nearly impossible. The environments, techniques, and hackers themselves are changing at the speed of light, and organizations are struggling to stay ahead of the curve and minimize exposure.
Cybersecurity Strategy
In order to tackle today’s advanced and sophisticated cyber threats, you must think ahead in a pre-emptive way– adopting elastic and dynamic methods
How to Prevent the Next Attack? Lessons from the Capital One Breach
On July 29 Capital One Financial Corp., the fifth-largest U.S. credit-card issuer, disclosed that it was the victim of a breach that exposed more than 100 million consumer applications for credit
