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Cybersecurity’s Newest Advocate: the CFO
Cybersecurity Fundamentals, Risk Level: 3 Alex Nette 10/22/21 Cybersecurity Fundamentals, Risk Level: 3 Alex Nette 10/22/21

Cybersecurity’s Newest Advocate: the CFO

Investment and cybersecurity risk quantification have joined forces to better protect your organization. Are you ready?

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A New Career Could Mean a Stolen Identity
Social Engineering, Awareness, Risk Level: 3 Alex Nette 10/21/21 Social Engineering, Awareness, Risk Level: 3 Alex Nette 10/21/21

A New Career Could Mean a Stolen Identity

Job scams are all too real, and somebody could use all your personal information you put on the application to steal your identity. Check out our list of ways to avoid having your job hunt turn into a job nightmare!

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What is a VPN? And How Does it Work?
Cybersecurity Fundamentals, Risk Level: 3 Alex Nette 10/8/21 Cybersecurity Fundamentals, Risk Level: 3 Alex Nette 10/8/21

What is a VPN? And How Does it Work?

You’ve heard of a VPN, but how does it really work? And does it help me or hurt me when using it? Hive Systems has the answers.

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Not the Invasion They Warned Us About: TikTok and the Continued Erosion of Online Privacy
News, Privacy, Risk Level: 3 Andrew Bradley 8/2/21 News, Privacy, Risk Level: 3 Andrew Bradley 8/2/21

Not the Invasion They Warned Us About: TikTok and the Continued Erosion of Online Privacy

No, it’s not an alien invasion, it’s a data privacy invasion, and Will Smith can’t stop it.

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Apple’s One Last Thing: Privacy
Awareness, News, Privacy, Risk Level: 3 Alex Nette 4/28/21 Awareness, News, Privacy, Risk Level: 3 Alex Nette 4/28/21

Apple’s One Last Thing: Privacy

Last week Apple announced its latest software updates for iPhone and iPad, iOS 14.5. And, like we’ve said time and time again, it’s critical you update and not just for the security patches this time.

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Shop Safely on Black Friday and Cyber Monday with These Tricks
Awareness, Risk Level: 3 Alex Nette 11/24/20 Awareness, Risk Level: 3 Alex Nette 11/24/20

Shop Safely on Black Friday and Cyber Monday with These Tricks

You have two goals when shopping online this holiday season: get the best deals and shop safely.

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What’s the Difference Between a Cyber Incident and Data Breach?
Cybersecurity Fundamentals, Risk Level: 3 Alex Nette 5/27/20 Cybersecurity Fundamentals, Risk Level: 3 Alex Nette 5/27/20

What’s the Difference Between a Cyber Incident and Data Breach?

You hear about both in the news all the time, but what do they really mean?

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easyJet Suffers Massive Data Breach of Sensitive Information
News, Awareness, Risk Level: 3 Alex Nette 5/21/20 News, Awareness, Risk Level: 3 Alex Nette 5/21/20

easyJet Suffers Massive Data Breach of Sensitive Information

While you’re most likely not travelling at the moment, if you previously flew on easyJet, you may need to take action to protect your information.

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Marriott Has Been Hacked...Again
News, Awareness, Risk Level: 3 Alex Nette 4/2/20 News, Awareness, Risk Level: 3 Alex Nette 4/2/20

Marriott Has Been Hacked...Again

Hotel giant Marriott was hacked….again. Find out what that means for your data and how you can stay safe and avoid having your identity stolen

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The Tax Refund You’re Counting on is in Jeopardy
Awareness, Risk Level: 3 Alex Nette 2/4/20 Awareness, Risk Level: 3 Alex Nette 2/4/20

The Tax Refund You’re Counting on is in Jeopardy

It’s tax time, and that means hackers are ready to take your refund from your back pocket. Stop them in their tracks with these tips!

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Hackers Have Found a Way to Pretend to be You
Vulnerabilities, Risk Level: 3 Alex Nette 12/4/19 Vulnerabilities, Risk Level: 3 Alex Nette 12/4/19

Hackers Have Found a Way to Pretend to be You

Think about everything that’s on your cell phone right now. What would happen if someone got control of all of it?

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You Need to Update to iOS 13
Vulnerabilities, Risk Level: 3 Alex Nette 9/26/19 Vulnerabilities, Risk Level: 3 Alex Nette 9/26/19

You Need to Update to iOS 13

iOS 13 brings a host of new features (dark mode!) this fall, but it also contains a number of important cybersecurity fixes.

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