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Towerwall Founder and CEO Michelle Drolet's latest article "Secure Your Future with a Virtual CISO" is featured in the Infosecurity Magazine. Read more below:

Cyber risk report cites server misconfigurations as the No. 1 vulnerability. It's often said, "There's nothing new under the sun." And that appears to be the case in the world of cybersecurity where hackers most often exploit known vulnerabilities to gain access to private computer files, according to HP's 2015 Cyber Risk Report. Maintaining strong computer security, the report says, is largely a process of plugging up known holes.

Towerwall Founder and CEO Michelle Drolet's latest article "Know When to Onboard a Virtual CISO" is featured in the Web Security Journal. Read more below:

Frequently, companies don’t realize that the mobile apps they use are reason for concern. Once their data is breached, they begin to investigate. However, there are telltale signs that indicate an insecure mobile app. If you know what to look for, you may be able to avoid a catastrophic data breach. Mobile apps are everywhere and their benefits are many, offering functionality, flexibility and increased productivity. These apps have altered the way we do business. Unfortunately, all of thesefalse

The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Thursday lay down 400 pages worth of details on how it plans to regulate broadband providers as a public utility. These are the rules - and their legal justifications - meant to protect net neutrality. They were passed last month, and details have been eagerly anticipated. The main gist of the lengthy document released on Thursday are these three new rules:

Our Michelle Drolet is quoted in TechTarget's article "Four ways DevOps can boost AWS security". Read more below:

Four ways to implement and maintain security testing. Cybercriminals had a fantastic time in 2014 – breaching major retailers such as Home Depot and Kmart, major financial institutions (notably JPMorgan Chase), and a slew of smaller companies.

Towerwall is proud to offer our new vCISO Program.

secuProvided by William Gallagher Associates Insurance Brokers, Inc. News broke last week that Anthem, the nation’s second-largest health insurance carrier, was the victim of a data breach by external hackers. This breach affects both current and potentially former clients of Anthem. WGA is monitoring the situation on an ongoing basis, and here is what we know at this point. Anthem is working with the FBI to determine the extent of the compromised data. To provide members with the most currentfalse