Balancing Security and Sharing

For most organizations, it can be a challenge to balance the need to protect and secure data with the need to promote internal knowledge sharing. But it doesn’t have to be the case.

Data Loss Prevention Best Practices

FireOak’s recommended practices for data loss prevention.

SSL Certificate Review

SSL Certificate Review Over the past few years, the major web browser vendors have all announced plans to discontinue support for SSL/TLS certificates that use the “SHA-1” signature algorithm due to security concerns. The SHA-1 algorithm is comparatively weak and its use could allow an attacker to impersonate your sites and domains online. A similar…

How Healthy is Your Cybersecurity Program?

Do you know how your organization’s information security program stacks up? Where you’re the most vulnerable? Technology alone isn’t enough.

LastPass Multifactor Authenticator Review on Daily Tech News Show (DTNS)

We’re thrilled that Eric’s technical review of the new LastPass Multifactor Authenticator got a shout-out as pick-of-the-day on the Daily Tech News Show (DTNS)! Read the full review — Part 1 and Part 2. Read related Information Security News and Resources: Data Loss Prevention Printers: your organization’s Achilles heel? Are printers ruining your organization’s security?

Multi-Factor Authentication

When implemented properly, multi-factor authentication dramatically strengthens security defenses, making it much more difficult for attackers to use stolen credentials.

How to Mitigate a PR Nightmare if You Experience a Data Breach

Data breaches can happen to any organization. Incorporate these components into your Information Security Incident Response Plan to be prepared for a potential data breach.

Technology Can’t Fix Governance: A Case Study in Ransomware

An organization we work with was recently the victim of a ransomware attack. Read the full story.

Sharing Confidential Information Via Email

Good practices for sharing confidential information via email.

Printers: Your InfoSec Achilles Heel?

Best practices for preventing printers from exposing your organization’s network.

Information Security Update: HP Network Printer Vulnerabilities

Information Security Update: New HP Network Printer Vulnerabilities June 17, 2017 Many models of HP networked printers include a flaw which allow an attacker to compromise a printer’s embedded network controller and install a persistent backdoor. Once infected, such a device can be used to launch attacks inside of your network, including intercepting local LAN…

Data Privacy Day 2017

Data Privacy Day 2017 By Heather Sullivan, Senior Communications ConsultantJanuary 28, 2017 When most people think about data protection, their first thought — maybe even second, third and fourth thoughts — is about financial information, and that is an important place to start. But really think about how much data your business, you, your family,…

What’s in Scope? Credit Card Transactions and PCI

All organizations that accept credit cards are responsible for following the PCI standard. Read on to decode what this means for you.

Data Loss Prevention and Internal Scanning

Data Loss Prevention and Internal ScanningWithin many organizations, most confidential data is stored in an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system such as Salesforce, WorkDay, or SAP. Since these systems have solid technical and security controls built-in, executives often have a false sense of security, and they trust that their digital assets, confidential data, and intellectual property are…

Are Printers Ruining Your Security?

On March 24, 2016 printers at several colleges and universities around the world were used to print racist and anti-Semitic messages. The FireOak team suggests several ways to prevent such incidents from happening at your organization.

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