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CAT 1.1: What are the Changes?

On Wednesday, May 31st, the FFIEC sent out a press release announcing updates to its Cybersecurity Assessment Tool (CAT), which has not been updated since its initial release on June 30th, 2015. On the morning of Thursday, June 1st, an updated CAT...

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Is There Too Much Cybersecurity Technology?

Businesses are suffering from an influx of too much security technology packaged into too many solutions offered by too many vendors, says former RSA...

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Phishing Attacks - Do's and Don'ts to Protect Your Company

Our friends over a Rebyc Security recently wrote a post on phishing "Do's and Don'ts".

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Biometric Authentication in HSBC Telephone Banking Duped by BBC Reporter

HSBC’s voice ID authentication software designed to prevent bank fraud has been duped by BBC Click reporter Dan Simmons and his non-identical twin,...

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NIST’s new password rules – what you need to know

One of the biggest changes proposed by the new NIST Digital Identity Guidelines is getting rid of mandatory password changes. This would mean no...

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Patch your Microsoft Systems now to Protect Yourself from WannaCry Ransomware

The WannaCry ransomware is bad news. It is known to spread like a worm over the LAN once a machine is infected. Microsoft is urging everyone to...

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Are We Relying Too Much On User Awareness In Cybersecurity?

Steven Chabinsky, former Deputy Assistant Directory of Cyber for the FBI, says that we do rely too much on user awareness and we need to do a "180"...

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Cybersecurity in Enterprise Risk Management

If you aren't familiar with Enterprise Risk Management, or ERM for short, you should take some time in the near future to do so. Audits and...

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Bedel Security Hires Laura Zeck

Bedel Security is pleased to announce the addition of a new full-time team member. Laura Zeck, our Administrative Assistant, is from Terre Haute,...

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