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Sudo Vulnerability, Emotet and Netwalker Takedown,...

Heff and Forrest analyze recent cybersecurity news, including the recent Sudo vulnerability, Emotet and Netwalker Takedown, and Bonobos data breach.
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Prepare and Train for Cybersecurity in 2021 With These 5 Blogs

How to prepare for cybersecurity in 2021. We outline the top five blogs to help you train employees, understand the threat landscape, avoid...

Guide to HIPAA Compliance Simplifies Data Security and Privacy

We created our 2019 Guide to HIPAA compliance to help you close gaps in security and compliance, ultimately helping you avoid a data breach.

Guide to HIPAA Security Rule, Privacy Rule, and Breach Rule

Guide to HIPAA Security Rule, Privacy Rule, and Breach Rule. Did you know that protected Health Information (PHI) is extremely valuable to...

PCI PIN Assessment FAQs

PCI PIN refers to the security requirements and assessment for merchants that accept, process or transmit payment card personal identification...

How to Prevent Ransomware Attacks

Ransomware attacks are a type of malware. Malware means “malicious software” or “malicious executable.” On the evil scale, ransomware is near the...

SecurityMetrics News | Microsoft Source Code Exposed,...

Heff and Forrest analyze recent cybersecurity news, including the recent Microsoft source code leak, the T-Mobile breach, Whirlpool ransomware...

Top 5 Cybersecurity and PCI Compliance Blogs of 2020

At SecurityMetrics, our mission remains to help you close data security and compliance gaps to avoid data breaches–not just with security tools,...

What is a Managed Firewall and Do You Need One?

Qualified managed security service providers (MSSPs) typically provide a managed firewall service as a solution for firewall operation,...

5 Steps of a PCI DSS Audit

PCI DSS assessments, also called PCI audits, may seem daunting for you and your business. But, we’ve broken down the process into 5 steps to help...

SecurityMetrics News | Threat Intelligence Digest |...

In this SecurityMetrics News episode, Heff and Forrest analyze recent cybersecurity news, including the unprecedented SolarWinds security breach...

SolarWinds Data Breach and SecurityMetrics Response

As you may be aware, Austin-based software company SolarWinds recently experienced the largest security compromise in U.S. history. This breach...

HIPAA Guidelines Simplified in the 2021 HIPAA Guide

Network security is more crucial than ever for healthcare providers. The stresses that healthcare practices and networks have faced this year are...

Holiday Online Shopping and Cyber Attacks

As the online payments increase, so do cyber attacks and scams, and you will likely see more junk emails and phishing in your inboxes around this...

COVID-19 Cyber Attacks: Threat Report and Best Practices

Advanced persistent threats (APTs) and COVID-19 Cyber Attacks: The SecurityMetrics Security Operations Center (SOC) is actively monitoring the...

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