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Tips for Creating a Security Awareness Training Program

Posted on December 10, 2019 by Russell Radzikowski

Are your employees trained on how to keep confidential information safe? Information security and privacy rely on employees taking the right actions to safeguard this valuable asset. An awareness training program may be just what your company needs to tighten its security and privacy strategy. ...

Building Your InfoSec Program

What to Know About Security Awareness Training for Your Business

Posted on November 27, 2019 by Russell Radzikowski

Security awareness training used to be a topic that only specific industries, or enterprise businesses, cared about. But with the rapid increase in cybercrime in the last several years, startups and even small businesses can’t afford to stay ignorant about the massive damage that a single empl...

Updating Your Security Policies

7 Tips for Office LAN Security

Posted on June 14, 2019 by Darren Gallop

Office network security is the local area network (LAN) in the workspace or office. Security of this network is a top priority. It doesn’t matter how big your company is or if you’re a startup, you don’t want a malicious actor taking down your network or breaking into your propriet...

Answering Security Questionnaires, Updating Your Security Policies

6 Reasons to Update Your Security Policies Right Now

Posted on September 20, 2018 by Shannon McFarland

With frequent data breaches in the news and regulators hammering down on security and privacy issues, many executives and technical leaders are updating their policies and procedures. We recently asked Louis Sirico, an expert in RFID technology, and the Director of Information Technology at Co...

Building Your InfoSec Program, Updating Your Security Policies

How to Use a Password Manager

Posted on February 5, 2018 by Darryl MacLeod

Password managers are great. We all know the struggles of staring at the computer screen trying to remember the password to a login. Thankfully, password management tools exist to save the day. And your sanity. What is a Password Manager? Password managers store your login information for all the we...

Building Your InfoSec Program, Updating Your Security Policies

Securicy Policy Builder Launches in TechStars Boston Accelerator Program

Posted on February 1, 2018 by Darren Gallop

Securicy, a Cape Breton, Nova Scotia and Boston, Massachusetts-based provider of end-to-end cybersecurity tools and resources for small and mid-sized business, announces today the launch of Policy Builder, the inaugural product in its cybersecurity solution suite. Policy Builder is ...

Building Your InfoSec Program, Updating Your Security Policies

4 Ways Startups Can Protect Network Security: A Risk-Based Approach

Posted on December 1, 2017 by Darryl MacLeod

You have a great idea for a startup. So you come up with a solid business plan. You pitch it over and over and over. You get funding. Everything is in place. Then a data breach happens. Your customers aren’t happy. Your investors aren’t happy. What went wrong? network security? For most startups...