by Jeremy Sporn | Apr 8, 2020 | Phishing
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Pivot Point Security has been answering numerous calls from clients and others with questions and concerns brought about by COVID-19. To help with many common issues, Pivot Point CISO and Managing Partner, John Verry, recorded a...
by John Verry | Aug 9, 2019 | InfoSec Strategies, ISMS Consulting
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One of my favorite historical figures is Vilfredo Pareto; an Italian engineer, economist, sociologist, political scientist and philosopher. He developed what is now called “The Pareto Principle,” also known as the 80/20 rule, the law...
by Leigh Ronczka | Jun 13, 2019 | Security Awareness Training
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A client called the other day to tell me about a highly evolved phishing attempt cast straight at his law firm. Kudos to their employees for not taking the bait. Here’s how the attack played out: First, an employee who regularly...
by Lou Romero | Jun 19, 2018 | InfoSec Strategies
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For the last 20 months or so, we’ve worked with nearly 200 government municipalities on cyber loss control projects, now largely completed. Data security is a major concern for many municipal governments, so in this post—the fourth...
by John Verry | May 22, 2018 | Security Awareness Training
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Recently I had a conversation with the CIO of a midsize law firm that had recently lost quite a bit of work product (and one of its biggest clients along with it) to ransomware because an equity shareholder had fallen victim...