Tom DeSot

With problems in Iran, American businesses need to have a heightened sense of awareness around potential cyberattacks.  What can businesses do and what should they be aware of? The first thing people/companies need to be doing is training their staff on what to look out for. This is where we see most of the organizations fail. They put in place very robust technology, firewalls, IPS’s, IDS’s, antivirus, and things of that nature, but they fail to educate their staff on wat they should and shouldn’t be doing while they’re using corporate computing platforms. Iranian hackers are using fake links within…

Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) A CISA, or Certified Information Systems Auditor is someone that is certified to audit information systems (computers and networks) and the internal controls that a company has put around them to protect them from attack and subsequent compromise. What is a CISA Designation? The CISA designation is assigned to those individuals that have passed a rigorous exam developed and utilized by ISACA also known as the Information Systems Audit and Control Association.  These individuals are primarily employed to ensure that the controls that an organization has put in place effective and working as intended to…