TOSS C3 Interview: Cyber Securit and Compliance for SMBs
I was recently interviewed by TOSS C3 as part of their Expert Interview Series. We discussed the importance of cyber security and PCI compliance for small businesses. I cover everything from changes and improvements to PCI over the years, to the impact a data breach can have on a business.
Forbes Interview: How can small business protect themselves from a cyber attack
A while back I was contacted by Karsten Strauss, a journalist with Forbes.com, He was looking for information for an article he was working on. The topic was how can small businesses protect themselves from a cyber attack and data breach. He was hoping to get some insight on what a new business should do - first thing - to protect its data, its transactions, and customers' info from cyber threats.
Vulnerability Scanning from AWS
At Aeris Secure, we really enjoy Amazon's infrastructure, AWS. Like most organizations, we went from having a sense of pride in our nice physical servers to eventually resenting the trips to the collocation that cloud providers make unnecessary. We enjoy all of the services that one can access with the flip of a switch, most of which require little configuration and monitoring overhead to keep running.
Passwords & Underpants
I don't know how I missed it before, but I stumbled upon a little InfoSec analogy that has been floating around for a while now. It goes a little something like this: "Passwords are like underpants...". They then proceed to list all the things that passwords and underwear have in common.
Everyday Cybercrime and What You Can Do
I'm a big fan of Ted Talks. I came across one that was very interesting and relevant to security. James Lyne, a cybersecurity specialist with Sophos, discussed the basics of everyday cybercrime and the simple steps each of us can take to protect ourselves from cyber attacks.