Zoombombing: How it works and how to prevent it from happening to you
COVID-19 is likely to be the Oxford English Dictionary’s word of the year for 2020. But as well as entering our lexicon across the world, it has also changed...
Security awareness
COVID-19: How criminals take advantage of the pandemic
Cybercriminals are taking advantage of the feeling of widespread panic to carry out new waves of cyberattacks. The latest headlines are reporting everything...
4 Times a Security Breach Was Narrowly Avoided
We’ve all heard of prominent companies who have been a victim of a data breach. Little to no attention, however, is given to organizations that narrowly...
Train or entertain? Do both with this security awareness program plan [Updated 2020]
Security awareness and training is a vital part of any cybersecurity strategy. After all, human error is the root cause of a quarter of all breaches. For years,...
How to build security awareness & training to NIST standards
Review NIST’s cybersecurity training resources and guidelines and explore how you can use Infosec IQ to not only follow NIST recommendations, but also prepare your workforce for the cybersecurity threats they face.
Holiday Season Cybersecurity Scams and How to Avoid Them
The holiday season has arrived, and in this period, cybercriminals intensify their operations in order to monetize shoppers’ exposure to online fraud and...
How smoking led to social engineers gaining physical access to a network
Social engineering is a common infosecurity threat. I once tried to track down a missing friend by calling up hospitals in our city and telling them that my...
10 factors for implementing successful and effective security awareness training
"… And that is why for the next five to six hours we will be providing a comprehensive plan of how to show that you are at risk for phishing. If you'll all...
Cybersecurity is everyone’s responsibility, and the C-suite needs to understand that
The idea that cybersecurity should exclusively be the domain of a single department is highly outdated. We live in an era of hyperconnectivity, where anyone...
How to prepare for a ransomware attack
Ransomware has become a common and well-known threat to organizations. Its success is largely based on the fact that it is a simple yet effective way for an...