If you haven’t heard yet, Windows XP will no longer be supported after April 8, 2014. That’s just a couple of weeks away! Why should you even care? Well, because you may have an important, or even mission-critical, computing device you use for your business, or for personal use, that is running on Windows XP. According to NetMarketShare at the end of February, 2014, 30% of all folks using Windows desktop computers were still running Windows XP. This is around ½ a BILLION computers, folks! After support ends, (more…)
Archive for March, 2014
Will the Demise of XP Shut Down Your Business…or Heart?
Tuesday, March 25th, 2014Tags:awareness, compliance, cybersecurity, data protection, IBM, Information Security, infosec, midmarket, non-compliance, personal information identifier, personal information item, PI, PII, policies, privacy, privacy laws, privacy professor, privacyprof, Rebecca Herold, risk assessment, risk management, security, surveillance, training, upgrade, Windows XP, XP upgrade
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More Phone Scams For the General Public
Thursday, March 20th, 2014It seems that right now phone scam season is going strong! Last week I posted about some common scams targeting businesses. Those same scams are also targeting the general public, so please be on the lookout for them. In addition to those, here are some others that seem to be targeting primarily individuals and the general public. (more…)
Tags:awareness, compliance, cybercrooks, cybersecurity, data protection, IBM, Information Security, infosec, Keywords: phone scams, midmarket, non-compliance, personal information identifier, personal information item, phishing, PI, PII, policies, privacy, privacy laws, privacy professor, privacyprof, Rebecca Herold, risk assessment, risk management, robocall, security, social engineering, surveillance, training
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Phone Scam Open Season – Business Risks
Friday, March 14th, 2014It seems that right now phone scam season is going strong! I got 2 calls last week from scammers. I got another scammer call during a meeting last night. Two of my LinkedIn contacts got calls in the past week that they asked me about. A local newspaper columnist got a call from a scammer. As folks are becoming more aware of phishing attempts via email and other types of malware, they are also becoming more lax about spotting phone scams, often stating the belief that most crooks are using online phishing scams instead of any other type of rip-off. (more…)
Tags:awareness, compliance, cybercrooks, cybersecurity, data protection, IBM, Information Security, infosec, Keywords: phone scams, midmarket, non-compliance, personal information identifier, personal information item, phishing, PI, PII, policies, privacy, privacy laws, privacy professor, privacyprof, Rebecca Herold, risk assessment, risk management, robocall, security, social engineering, surveillance, training
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