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16 Effective Steps For Securing Corporate And Personal IoT Networks And Platforms

“ Many IoT platforms try to use their internet connections as a means of sharing connectivity with other devices or within their ecosystem. This tendency is riddled with ethical and logistical problems. IoT, by definition, is about the “thing” it’s performing, not the connection it inherently needs. Zero trust should be applied here, and the connection should be inaccessible.

~ Tom Roberto

 

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16 Strategies To Ensure A Phishing Exercise Has A Strong And Lasting Impact

“ Employee education is paramount. Curricula provides a fun and entertaining approach to employee security awareness and training. If you can get your employees to engage in such a program, you’ll decrease your risk of security issues by a significant factor. Too many of these programs “over-tech” and overcomplicate the process. Curricula is designed for everyone and is a secret in my arsenal.

~ Tom Roberto

 

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Tech Experts Share 13 Essential Facts About Biometric Tech Everyone Should Know

“ Adaptation is the problem with all biometric technologies. Everyone wants something better than a password, but giving companies access to any kind of fingerprint, retina scan or facial recognition feels creepy and prevents 100% adoption in enterprise environments. If people don’t use the product, it’s not useful in the end. Biometrics needs to fix its image with the general public, not CTOs.

~ Tom Roberto

 

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15 Smart Strategies For Ensuring A Successful Red Team Exercise

“ The most common and worst threats usually come from internal employees and their lack of knowledge or poor processes. Exercises that focus on social engineering and are internal to the business allow you to see where your threats occur and how you might be able to educate your team to avoid future problems. You’d be shocked at how easy it is to target a company from the inside out.

~ Tom Roberto

 

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14 Expert Tips For Choosing A Secure Messaging App

“ Look for open-source and end-to-end encryption. The most popular options are Signal and Wickr. I prefer Wickr because of the company’s mission statement and longevity in the space. Knowing that the source can be independently reviewed is massively important. It’s also important that the end-to-end encryption is designed in a way that makes use of keys, hashing and more advanced cryptography.

~ Tom Roberto

 

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11 Ways To Address Security From The Start Of Your Tech Project

“ When looking at a product, you should always be designing for set functionality, like an appliance. When the environment is static, it’s far easier to have strong security. Open-ended functionality, open architecture or long lists of variables end up crippling security protocols and create a breeding ground for hacks and potential security breaches. It’s not bad to be locked down and static.

~ Tom Roberto

 

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10 Cybersecurity Protocols Every Tech Professional Should Follow

“ We’re focused more on human nature than software patches. The biggest cybersecurity holes are created by employees and human beings rather than systems and encryption. We educate employees on social engineering and tactics used to exploit their human nature. By focusing attention on decision making, we find people are less likely to rely on computers to protect them from foolish human errors. They think.

~ Tom Roberto

 

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Assure Your Customers Their Data Is Secure With These Six Best Practices

“ Client data is the most precious thing we handle day-to-day. In recent months we’ve migrated to using stronger encryption and password requirements as well as updating all SSL certificates. We’ve also enabled multi-factor authentication on every service that offers this. Protecting data goes beyond access. We’ve started “whitewashing” confidential info so that it is anonymously stored.

~ Tom Roberto

 

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10 Possible Impacts Of The Facebook Privacy Scandal

“ Seeing Facebook in the news will facilitate conversation around the company’s leadership, business practices and what privacy in 2018 really means. While this is all positive, it is up to the public to instigate change. If people leave the platform or demand action, that will compel others to act. The FTC’s investigation will only force deeper cloaking for others. Hiding is a lot easier than changing.

~ Tom Roberto

 

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Nine Things That Are Poised To Impact Cybersecurity

“ With the rise in popularity of blockchain and decentralized networking, security concerns need to be rethought. It’s true that these technologies decrease centralized attacks, like DDoS. They also essentially eliminate data tampering. That said, the next big security task is protecting data in decentralized environments. The enterprise will no longer own the hardware layer.

~ Tom Roberto

 

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