Which stage is your company in? As far back as 1969, psychologists had identified a series of stages that grief-stricken patients pass through, from Denial to Acceptance, when confronted and forced to deal with an unforeseen tragedy. The same model… Read More ›
Internet Security
Ransomware: Here we go again. And again.
When we say “It’s when, not if,” we mean it. GoldenEye, a new strain of the Petya family of ransomware, turned the digital world on its head Tuesday morning after initiating from a cyberattack in Kiev, Ukraine. From there,… Read More ›
British Airways Revives Debate on IT Outsourcing
Did Third-Party Tech Team Cause Carrier’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Really Bad Weekend? At 9:30 AM local time on Saturday morning, what has been variously described by British Airways as a “power surge” and a “power supply issue” (they’re not… Read More ›
Who’s Watching Your Stuff: A Watch Out Wednesday Update
You take $86,000 here, and $86,000 there, and pretty soon you’re talking real money. A recent survey revealed a single cyber-security incident now costs the average American small or medium business $86,500. For Enterprises, the number is nearly ten times… Read More ›
The Real Cost of a Data Breach
There is no shortage of talk about new cyber threats and their impact on the regulatory landscape, but what are their real implications? We’ve broken them down into three categories: “Penalties With Teeth” for our HIPAA readers, “Do I Feel… Read More ›
Lunch & Learn Recap: Wireless Security with WatchGuard
The attendees at last week’s SLPowers Wireless Security Lunch and Learn, discovered that enabling Wi-Fi is easy. Security is the challenge.. They learned how our partners at WatchGuard, as specialists in Secure Wi-Fi, know exactly how to mitigate and manage those wireless threats. They can… Read More ›
Ho-Ho-Hold On Before You Click That Link: Tips For Safe Online Shopping
We’re in the midst of the holiday season and its accompanying shopping frenzy. In our modern age of technology, more and more consumers are avoiding the crowds and long lines and turning to the internet to purchase their gifts. In… Read More ›
Don’t Let Hackers Haunt Your Password Pumpkin Patch!
If you’re a regular reader of our blog, you know things are scary out in cyberspace. That’s why we’re encouraging our clients to use this day to encourage password sanity among their user communities. Just as you will likely comb… Read More ›
Theme Parks Need Cybersecurity Too
Elias Castillo is an SLPowers Project Engineer. Like most engineers at SLPowers, he lives and breathes cybersecurity. Even in his downtime. Even when researching family vacations. And there are two theme parks that are very thankful he does. We’ll let… Read More ›
Healthcare Data Breaches Have Cost Industry $6.2 Billion
We’ve been talking a lot this year about the surge in data breaches plaguing the healthcare industry. So it comes as no surprise that a recent study by Ponemon Institute found that the increase has cost the industry about $6.2… Read More ›