NSA Discovered Critical Vulnerabilities in Microsoft’s Windows Operating System
Microsoft released a set of patches for the serious flaws for the different versions of Windows after the National Security Agency (NSA) discovered and reported a security vulnerability for the Windows platform. On Tuesday, January 14, Microsoft...
What is the CCPA and How to Become Compliant with Penetration Testing
What is the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and How to Become Compliant with Penetration Testing California businesses are now required to comply with the CCPA, effective January 1, 2020. In the last few weeks MainNerve has received...
How to Protect Your Business from Ransomware Attacks
Ransomware is an old threat that has come roaring back with a vengeance. Don't leave your company exposed to threats and attacks that can be prevented. Aside from the ransom itself, these attacks can be a heavy burden for your small to mid-size...
GDPR and Penetration Testing
GDPR and Penetration Testing: Requirements and What You Need to Know If you haven’t heard of GDPR yet, all the privacy policy changes emails that were sent probably went to spam. Our goal is to help you understand what it is, and more...
School Systems Receive Failing Grade for Cybersecurity Measures
As it turns out, many schools spend a lot of their money on teachers and students. Some spend money on new devices for the students, but in a recent New York Times article many school systems were called out for breaches and other cybersecurity...
Hacking: Phishing, Malware, Password Spraying – DHS warns U.S. about Hackers
In late June, 2019, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) warned US companies of increased malicious cyber-activity, or hacking, from Iranian Hackers. DHS also urged US companies to do everything they can now to protect against some of the...
Penetration Testing vs. Vulnerability Scanning
Besides cost, there are many differences between penetration testing and vulnerability scanning or assessments. Based on NIST SP 800-115, Technical Guide to Information Security Testing and Assessment, penetration testing is "Security testing in...
DFARS and Cybersecurity: What Defense Contractors Need to Do
If you are a defense contractor, you have probably been deluged with all kinds of emails promising the end of your business and ability to work with the US Government […]
INFORMATION TO INTELLIGENCE GLOBAL SUMMIT – MARCH 7-9, 2019 – NEW ORLEANS, LA
Come see what's new with i2® * FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE * Fayetteville, NC March 22, 2019 – The Information to Intelligence Global Summit, hosted by Blue Light in New Orleans, May 7 – 9, 2019, and sponsored by IBM and Arrow, brings the i2® community...
PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS APPLIED TO ENHANCE SCHOOL SAFETY
Introducing The Safe Campus – A solution preventing school violence, enhancing safety, and addressing emergency needs * FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE * Fayetteville, NC March 21, 2019 – Blue Light LLC (www.bluelightllc.com) is thrilled to introduce their...