Security (Legacy)

One of Brite’s partners, Check Point, complied the a list of Top Attacks and Breaches that took place last week, March 14th – 20th, 2016.  Cyber threats transform at a rapid rate.  Yesterday’s technology may not protect against tomorrow’s attacks. Fortunately, Brite has many partners that are continuously developing new technologies to protect your data.   Click…

The countdown is on! The Rochester Security Summit is 26 days away, and this is the first edition of Rochester Security Summit Thursday. Every Thursday until the event, we’d like to give you a bit of what conference attendees will experience. First, let’s talk about the theme of this year’s event. The theme of this…

We’ve all made the mistake. The dreaded “Reply All” button response that was meant for one person but sent to the entire office. Mistakes happen and a small one like that is nothing to fret over, other than the potential awkward conversation in the hallway. Of course, there’s always the bigger mistake. Sharing sensitive company…

Getting your education takes a long time. Securing a home loan tends to be a longer process, as well. Both make sense and are commonly referred to as “the way it is.” What doesn’t make sense is the information that was revealed in NopSec’s 2015 State of Vulnerability Risk Management. Summed up: Remediation issues are…

When managing privileged accounts on your network there is a particular feeling that you want to avoid. You, and your information security team, should never feel like a game of hide-and-seek has broken out. On average, there are three to four times more shared and privileged accounts than employees in an organization. So while you’re…

Homer Simpson’s catch phrase is one, simple word: D’oh! And no better word could sum up how we’re feeling after reading SplashData’s annual list of worst passwords of the year. In fact, if people were smart enough to use D’oh as their password, it’d be more secure than about 99% of 2014’s worst. Most alarming,…