United States Cybersecurity Magazine

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Why Data Security Has Become a Priority for Healthcare Professionals

Author(s):

Frankie Wallace, ,

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The healthcare industry has been particularly vulnerable to cybersecurity risks. The biggest data breaches in 2018 involved email, phishing attacks, and the misconfiguration of databases. One attack even lasted longer than a year. With so much patient data in the healthcare system, it’s becoming increasingly important to improve data security. There are a variety of … Read more

A Brief and Incomplete History of Cybersecurity

Author(s):

Caleb Townsend, Staff Writer, United States Cybersecurity Magazine

Cybersecurity History, evolved, evolution of man, blue men, computer, cyber

Many people assume that cybersecurity is a new vector, relatively starting within the last decade. However, cybersecurity history dates back to the seventies, before most people even had a computer. We have covered hacking incidents that took place before computers, but for the purposes of this article, our timeline starts in 1971, with an experiment. … Read more

Top 10 Cybersecurity Risks For 2019

Author(s):

Duncan Kingori, ,

2019 Cyber Risk Man Assessing Servers Blue Illustration Password

2019 Risks Cybersecurity reports by Cisco show that thirty-one percent of organizations have at some point have encountered cyber-attacks on their operations technology. Cybersecurity breaches are no longer news. It is a topic that is finally being addressed due to the intensity and volume of attacks. 2019 is a fresh year and you can be sure … Read more

Defense Against Man-In-The-Middle Attacks (MITM)

Author(s):

Jack Warner, ,

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What You Need For The Best Defense Against Man-In-The-Middle (MITM) Attacks Man-in-the-middle (MITM) attacks involve the interception of communication between two or more digital systems. Because of this, they are both difficult to detect and to resolve. The best solution, therefore, is defense. Unfortunately, that too has its’ challenges due to a varied range of … Read more

“DND”-R: Giving your Disaster Recovery Strategy a Dungeon Master.

Author(s):

Tricia A. Howard, ,

Dungeons and Dragons dice roll, disaster recovery.

Disaster Recovery (DR) has always been a very comprehensive and multi-departmental undertaking. This has only increased in connectivity in the digital age. With so many devices being connected to the network now, it is beyond the traditional natural disasters and power outages. We must view network security as an integral piece of any disaster recovery … Read more