Category: Cybersecurity

4 Simple Tips to Stay Cyber Secure While Traveling This Holiday Season

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Cybersecurity Tips While Traveling/Away From Home:

Cybersecurity can be a daunting task but luckily we know that the majority of breaches come from the same main surfaces. Therefore, some simple steps can make a drastic difference in staying secure:

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Doorbell Cams: How to Mitigate the Privacy Risks They Pose

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Paul Tracey is the Founder & CEO of Innovative Technologies, a Managed Security Service Provider in New York, and is a national speaker, cyber security educator, small business advocate, and author of Delete The Hacker Playbook and Cyber Storm.

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Doorbell Cameras:

      • Doorbell cams and Home security cameras pose as much if not more risk than benefit.
      • In some cases, if an attacker gains access to these devices they can gain access to the video feed and microphones. This creates several risks even if the cameras are not inside the house.

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Cybersecurity: How to Safely Use Your Credit Card Online

Available for Interviews:  Paul Tracey

Paul Tracey is the Founder & CEO of Innovative Technologies, a Managed Security Service Provider in New York, and is a national speaker, cyber security educator, small business advocate, and author of Delete The Hacker Playbook and Cyber Storm.

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Safely Using Your Credit Card Online:

    • Online checkouts are a top priority for hackers and you should NEVER use a debit card for online purchases. To mitigate risk always use a credit or prepaid card to shop online. Your money is insured for fraudulent withdrawal in either event, but when you use a debit card you actually lose the cash until it’s resolved.

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Ransomware 101: Don’t Be a Victim

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Paul Tracey is the Founder & CEO of Innovative Technologies, a Managed Security Service Provider in New York, and is a national speaker, cyber security educator, small business advocate, and author of Delete The Hacker Playbook and Cyber Storm.

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Ransomware:

We should all know by now that ransomware is a threat to everyone, not just companies.

The data tells us that 95% of ransomware attacks originate with social engineering and phishing emails. So if we want to mitigate the majority of risks, social media and email hygiene are a necessity. 

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Reduce Your Risk of Becoming a Cyber Crime Victim

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Paul Tracey is the Founder & CEO of Innovative Technologies, a Managed Security Service Provider in New York, and is a national speaker, cyber security educator, small business advocate, and author of Delete The Hacker Playbook and Cyber Storm.

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Staying Cyber Secure:

Internet security threats such as malware, ransomware, botnets, Wi-Fi threats, phishing, hacking, data loss, malicious websites . . . What can we do to protect ourselves from cyber attacks?!

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Zombie Cookies! Accept or Deny Them When Surfing the Internet?

Available for Interviews:  Paul Tracey

Paul Tracey is the Founder & CEO of Innovative Technologies, a Managed Security Service Provider in New York, and is a national speaker, cyber security educator, small business advocate, and author of Delete The Hacker Playbook and Cyber Storm.

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Zombie Cookies and How to Best Protect Your System:

    • Cookies are not inherently dangerous however they can be used in a malicious manner. 
    • Persistent cookies remain on a computer indefinitely, Persistent cookies are used for two primary purposes:

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5 Scary Internet Mistakes We Commonly Make

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Paul Tracey is the Founder & CEO of Innovative Technologies, a Managed Security Service Provider in New York, and is a national speaker, cyber security educator, small business advocate, and author of Delete The Hacker Playbook and Cyber Storm.

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The Common Internet Mistakes We Make:

We have all heard the reports or possibly done business with a company that’s been breached. Our digital security issues are not going away.  The truth is we can do a great deal to protect our data just by changing some of our online behaviors. Here are 5 easily correctable mistakes being made when we are online:

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6 Paramount Points When It Comes to Cybersecurity Today

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Paul Tracey is the Founder & CEO of Innovative Technologies, a Managed Security Service Provider in New York, and is a national speaker, cyber security educator, small business advocate, and author of Delete The Hacker Playbook and Cyber Storm.

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Doorbell Cameras:

1) It is more important to ensure your business is protected from cyber criminals now than ever.

The probability that a business will be attacked is 100% if the business has any device PC, laptop, cell phone, or IoT device that connects to the internet.

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Medical Identity Theft: How to Protect Against Fraud

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Paul Tracey is the Founder & CEO of Innovative Technologies, a Managed Security Service Provider in New York, and is a national speaker, cyber security educator, small business advocate, and author of Delete The Hacker Playbook and Cyber Storm.

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Medical Identity Theft:

Medical Identity Theft is when a criminal obtains your personal information to commit fraud and we classify that fraud as medical when health care services were the target of that fraudulent activity. The US Dept of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General defines Medical Identity theft as the use of personal information Like your name, social security number, insurance, or other medical numbers to submit fraudulent claims on a victim’s behalf to Medicaid and other health insurers without your authorization.

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Cybersecurity Is Changing: What Security Issues We Need to Know

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Paul Tracey is the Founder & CEO of Innovative Technologies, a Managed Security Service Provider in New York, and is a national speaker, cyber security educator, small business advocate, and author of Delete The Hacker Playbook and Cyber Storm.

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Multifactor Authentification:

    • Workforce Shortage. As cybercrimes continue to increase at exponential rates this segment of the workforce is not growing fast enough to meet the demand.  It is estimated that 700,000 people joined the cybersecurity workforce in 2021, however, 2.7 million more were needed. Businesses are moving much slower to attract these workers than is required and obtaining talent in this sector will become increasingly difficult.

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