Category: Cybersecurity

Money: Avoid Getting Scammed

Available for Interviews: Suzanne Powell

Suzanne Powell Suzanne is the founder of Capital Strategies Group, and acting Vice-President of Meridian Wealth Management. She is also the author of the newly released book, The Ultimate Money Moves for Women Over 50.

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How to Avoid Getting Scammed:

    • Keep one credit card with fraud protection at a low balance and use it for any internet purchases that are not a major retailer. 
    • Do not use your debit card for any internet purchases ever.

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The Ubiquity of Hacking and Getting at the Root of the Problem

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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Cybersecurity and Hacking:

Hacking involves the misuse of devices like computers, smartphones, tablets, and networks to cause damage to or corrupt systems, gather information on users, steal data and documents, or disrupt data-related activity. They can also trick users into opening malicious attachments or links which further compromise sensitive personal data.

Unfortunately, hackers are increasingly growing in size and sophistication, and are using strong and malicious methods of attack that are designed to fly under the radar of cybersecurity software and IT teams.

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Is Someone Spying on Your iPhone?

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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Protecting Against Stalkerware & Spyware:

    • Stalkerware is a subset of spyware, It is specifically designed to spy on the personal habits of someone. The stalkerware is designed to gain access to GPS location, microphones, and call and text records. 
    • Stalkerware is a type of spyware that usually is in the context of an abusive or controlling relationship and is meant to terrorize.

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6 Ways You Can Protect Your Privacy on Workplace Computers

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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Workplace Computers:

Sometimes it’s easy to forget that that computer you work on day in and day out is not really yours. You might think that your personal life is none of their business, but technically, it is! That means, that everything you do on it is subject to your employer’s information. Here are 6 things you would be wise to avoid or pay attention to when using your employer’s devices:

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QR Codes: Scanners Beware! Here’s How to Protect Yourself

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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QR Codes:

 

      • QR codes can be extremely dangerous if we are not vigilant about checking where they resolve to.
      • QR codes can and are used repeatedly at every stage of attacks. They have proven to be quite effective with phishing attacks.

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Multifactor Authentification: How secure is it? (The Real Dangers in the APP Store)

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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Multifactor Authentification:

We all know that we are encouraged to use multifactor authentication, which we recommend as well but how good is it really? Can it be compromised? The answer can come as a shock when we look at the security of cell phones. 

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President Biden Warns of Russian Cyber Attacks. Here’s What to Do

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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Protection Against Cyber Attacks:

The threat on infrastructure has taken on additional significance in the eyes of government agencies for this announcement to come from President Biden. The Whitehouse is pretty much begging you to stop ignoring the warnings and act now.

Not sure this applies to you? It does!

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The 4 Biggest Cybersecurity Risks Businesses Face

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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Top Cybersecurity Threats:

1. Phishing Attacks

Phishing attacks remain the most damaging and widespread threat to personal and business data. Phishing accounts for over 90% of breaches and has grown 65% in the last year. Phishing attacks are much more sophisticated and are much more convincing when pretending to be legitimate contacts. The issue is difficult to combat because social engineering attacks human behavior and not technology weaknesses. 

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Stealth Mode or Incognito Mode for Your Web Browsing. How Private Is It Really?

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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Incognito Web Browsing:

    • Incognito or private mode will keep your local browsing private, but it won’t stop your ISP, school, or employer from seeing where you’ve been online. In fact, your employer or school has access to all your browsing activity no matter what you do. 

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The 3 Biggest Threats Companies Need to Tackle This Year

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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The Biggest Risks Facing Companies & Organizations in 2022:

1. Cyber Attacks and Ransomware. 2022 is poised to be the most profitable year for cybercriminals to date. Protecting your companies’ technology infrastructure and data should be priority number one. In 2021 we saw the number of data compromise victims (160 million) is higher than Q1 and Q2 2021 combined (121 million).

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