Sue Poremba

The 12 Scams of Christmas 2013 When my son was in the midst of his college search, we sat in on presentations about different majors. He knew that he wanted to major in something to do with computers and technology, but he wasn’t sure of the direction in which he wanted to go. The presentation […]

November Patch Tuesday Addresses IE But Leaves Out Microsoft Word I mentioned in my previous post that this is the time of the year for predictions. The folks at SilverSky have a slightly different twist. As a follow up to its 2013 Financial Institution Threat Report, the company decided to find out what 2014’s security […]

How to Secure Your Company’s Greatest Risk: The User Is it too early to start thinking about 2014? It isn’t if you make or sell calendars (yes, I already have mine on hand for next year). It also isn’t too early to think about 2014 if you are concerned about network security. Security experts are […]

Harsh Security Standards May Lead to More Security Breaches Which situation do you think is worse: Your company getting a public relations and/or consumer confidence hit because you revealed that your network was breached or not disclosing the breach at all? Based on a recent ThreatTrack report, a lot of employers out there think the […]

How to Secure Your Company’s Greatest Risk: The User I first heard of the story, “Fake femme fatale dupes IT guys at U.S. government agency,” via a friend on Facebook who, when adding the link, stated, “My jaw dropped when I read this.” My jaw didn’t drop, but I did find myself shaking my head. […]

No Treats: Beware Haunted Hacking Tricks Ransomware isn’t new. In fact, a little over a year ago, I wrote a blog post that discussed the rise in ransomware and a particular type of malware that the FBI released a warning about. Ransomware is a malicious program that, when run on your computer, will hold your […]

Harsh Security Standards May Lead to More Security Breaches Earlier in October, Travelers Insurance took a poll of women business owners at the National Association of Women Business Owners annual conference. While the poll looked at a number of issues that face small business owners in general, two results jumped out at me. First, nearly […]

Five Recommendations for Protection Against Advanced Hacking Attacks When it comes to the content management sites we use, the easier the better. Let’s face it, the majority of people who are asked to design the company website, especially in SMBs, are often people who simply have some creative juices to make it look nice or […]

Harsh Security Standards May Lead to More Security Breaches If you need proof that any industry can be the victim of a breach, I think the recent network hack of PR Newswire covers it. PR Newswire is a major marketing source for companies of all sizes, sending out press releases and coordinating other communications efforts. […]

Harsh Security Standards May Lead to More Security Breaches Now that the government is open for business again, federal employees will be back on their computers and the mobile devices they weren’t allowed to touch during the shutdown. This is the perfect time to discuss a new survey from MeriTalk and underwritten by Akamai Technologies, […]

Ten Security Apps to Protect Your iPhone How do you know that mobile security is a hot topic? By all of the surveys and studies that have been conducted. It seems like my inbox and Twitter feed has blown up with a number of mobile security survey results over just the past few days. A […]

Five Recommendations for Protection Against Advanced Hacking Attacks October, as you may know, is Cyber Security Awareness Month. The event is sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security, which means that Cyber Security Awareness Month is affected by the government shutdown. Luckily, the event has taken off since its inception and other organizations are instituting […]