My Summary of Verizon’s 2024 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR)
The Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) has been published annually for the past 17 years. It provides…
CrowdStrike Global Outage
This morning, a faulty update from CrowdStrike caused systems to encounter a Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) error on W…
How To Use CIS Cybersecurity Controls To Protect Your Business
In a world where cybercriminals half a world away are preying upon small businesses and nonprofits day and night, i…
Business Fraud Prevention: 101
Nowadays, business fraud is a big business. According to Alloy’s 2024 State of Fraud Benchmark Report, 56% of surve…
Why Multi-Factor Authentication Is Important for Businesses
Passwords are a lot like keys. Some keys are better and more sophisticated than others, and a locked door is obviou…
What Are Honeypots and Honeytokens in Cybersecurity?
Companies these days are setting up multiple levels of defense in their cybersecurity programs, from advanced firew…
Meet the Marco Technology Assessment
Yes. We know — most “technology assessments” are very different. Ours isn’t just a simple scan, where we spit out a…
How To Conduct a Security Tabletop Exercise
Companies facing the daunting task of containing and recovering from a disaster are often caught off guard by the m…
What Is a SOC in Business and Why Do You Need One?
SOC stands for more than one thing in our industry, so it’s no wonder that we get a lot of questions about it at Ma…