When we talk about hashing we are not talking about making a form of potatoes. Hashing is a mathematical algorithm that changes the input...

I will never forget the time at a business show someone approached the AP-Cyber booth. They admitted they were out of compliance with...

We hear about breaches in the news constantly. We all hope we aren't the next ones to be affected. However, the truth is we will likely...

Regulations serve a great purpose. They make sure folks are meeting a minimum standard. People want to know that if they disclose...

The number one thing that everyone asks for when they come to us is a penetration test. They hand us external facing IP addresses and...

There are multiple security controls listed in cyber best practices related to change management. Yet, when I talk to people many times...

We all use software programs to accomplish various tasks. We've discussed in a past blog about conducting cyber evaluations before...

There is tons and tons of information about us that we give away freely everyday. There is social media where we are openly sharing...

There are many applications that do all kinds of amazing things available. Users always want the latest and greatest. Many organizations...

Way back when cyber used to be all about your perimeter. Organizations would put in a firewall and other tools in an effort to keep the...

I have met people that do not have many technical skills and are afraid that means that they can not adequately protect their...

I was at a public event years ago covering a cybersecurity booth. Someone approached and said she had to meet encryption requirements for...

When you conduct a vulnerability scan of your systems, things will come with ratings. You will also see ratings when a software vendor...

The cloud has all the answers doesn't it? One might think that way from all the advertising out there. However, not all cloud services...

One of the big things that surprised me when I first started trying to help local small businesses was the lack of a plan or knowledge...

Least privilege isn't sexy. It isn't a highly technical toy that promises to do all kinds of nifty things to ward off evil attackers....

There are many cyber things that play a role in your security. But an obvious and often overlooked security item is physical security...

We keep hearing about all these AI discoveries recently. But is it AI or is it ML? What's the difference? AI is when a machine thinks for...

We talked in a previous blog about how it was important to know what you have. The previous blog focused on an inventory of your software...

Everyone hates having to remember long passwords. As time has gone on, passwords have had to get longer. We started adding complexity. We...