Towerwall's InfoSec Blog

Thanks to all who joined us at the Worcester Business Journal's IT Forum. We hope that you found the event informative. The following is some post event information that we thought would be helpful.

Did you know that 74% of employees say their job is more fulfilling when they are provided opportunities to make a positive impact at work? Towerwall is proud to be a sponsor of Foundation for MetroWest's 2017 Community Leadership Breakfast. The Breakfast is one of MetroWest's key events of the year: it gives corporate decision makers and civic leaders the opportunity to hear from a major thinker in corporate philanthropy, connect with each other, and learn more about the Foundation'sfalse

Any breach of the General Data Protection Regulation could lead to severe fines. The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) went through four years of preparation and debate before being passed by the EU parliament last year. Strict GDPR requirements lay out how companies should process, store, and secure the personal data of EU citizens. The enforcement date is May 25, 2018, and any company not in compliance by that date could be in for a very nasty shock indeed. The short answer to ourfalse

Date: October 25, 2017 Time: 3:00pm-6:30pm Location: DCU Center 50 Foster Street, Worcester Single Ticket Rate: $40.00

Happy National Cyber Security Awareness Month! Kick off October with our recent Lunch with a vCISO webinar"Do You Know Your Risk Tolerance – The Role of a vCISO."

Companies must respond to data breaches properly to limit the damage. Unfortunately, Equifax did not. There have been some very high-profile data breaches in the last few years, but the latest disaster to hit the headlines concerns one of the largest credit bureaus in the United States. It’s estimated that the Equifax data breach exposed 143 million consumers, with cybercriminals accessing birth dates, addresses, and even Social Security, credit card and driver’s license numbers, making itfalse

Join Sophos CEO Kris Hagerman and SVP Dan Schiappa at the Revere Hotel in downtown Boston to learn more about the latest development in Sophos’ innovative approach to endpoint protection. Seating is limited; reserve your seat today to discover:

Wednesday, October 11, 2017 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM Skyboxx 319 Speen Street, Natick, MA Despite record investments in cyber security technology, the data continues to paint a bleak picture:

WELLESLEY HILLS, MA (September 20, 2017) – Massachusetts Bay Community College is pleased to announce it has received a generous donation of $10,000 from this year’s annual Information Security Summit to support student scholarships in the field of cyber security. The Information Security Summit, held each year on MassBay Community College’s Wellesley Hills campus, was established in 2013 to help professionals advance their programs and knowledge base on the latest network security andfalse

The need for continuous monitoring, effective metrics and skilled workers. The laudable aim of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is to build a common language through a set of best practices and security principles that any organization can apply to combat cybercrime. We’ve looked at what NIST’s Cybersecurity Framework can do for you. We’ve also drilled a little deeper to reveal the importance of solid analysis in assessing your risk and requirements to ensure thatfalse