CPO Magazine carried a October 19 post about a recently released Forrester study (commissioned by Cloudflare). Key findings: Working from home compelled firms to transform how they operated in the cloud. However, 80% of the IT decision-makers interviewed said their companies were unprepared to make the transformation. Existing IT practices made it difficult to support employee productivity without security compromises. As a result, 76% of the decision-makers said their firms intend to accelerate their shift…

Thanks to our longtime friend, frequent co-author and co-presenter Dave Ries for allowing us to repost this alert from his law firm, Clark Hill. This month is the 17th Annual National Cybersecurity Awareness Month in the United States. This year’s theme is “Do Your Part. #BeCyberSmart.” For businesses and organizations that have established cybersecurity programs, it’s a good time to review and update them. For those that do not, it’s a good time to start…

I have really been enjoying the 2020 Clio Cloud Conference with two more days to go. Yesterday, I had the pleasure of interviewing Clio CEO and co-founder Jack Newton. He was smiling broadly, as indeed he should have been given the enthused reaction of his conference audience. Jack was happily surprised by having over 4500 attendees, more than double the 2000 attendees at last year’s in-person conference. Never one to be daunted by a challenge,…

The hits just keep on coming. Global law firm Seyfarth Shaw announced that it has been the victim of a cyberattack presumed to be ransomware on October 10th. As I write this post on October 13, the following language appears on the firm’s website: https://www.seyfarth.com/malware-attack-information.html “On Saturday, October 10, 2020, Seyfarth was the victim of a sophisticated and aggressive malware attack that appears to be ransomware. We understand that a number of other entities were…

Microsoft decided to celebrate Cybersecurity Awareness Month with a series of articles designed for end-users (and consumers) on how to get more secure. The most recent article, published yesterday, is “Be Safer Over Wireless Connections.” This is an important topic – and it is (truly) written in plain English so you can understand the dangers of Wi-Fi and learn how to make yourself more secure when using Wi-Fi. The previous two articles are…

Thanks, as ever, to Dave Ries (friend, frequent co-author and frequent co-presenter) for passing along these three recent invaluable cybersecurity resources. 1. On September 30, 2020, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC)released a joint Ransomware Guide, which is a customer centered, one-stop resource with best practices and ways to prevent, protect and/or respond to a ransomware attack. CISA and MS-ISAC are distributing this guide…

An October 6 post from TechRepublic underscored what we so often preach. Using hotel wireless networks is risky. The FBI apparently agrees and has issued a warning that is entitled “A Covid-19 Driven Increase in Telework From Hotels Could Pose a Cyber Security Risk for Guests.” The fact that some people are taking advantage of low daytime hotel rates to escape their homes and “go to work” in a hotel room obviously prompted the warning,…