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Best Practices for Securing Your Organization in 2019 Data breaches are on the rise and getting their fair share of media attention. It is no longer a question of "if", but "when" an organization will get breached. So, how are organizations preparing for the inevitable?

Fresh and familiar threats to concern IT departments. As we embark on 2017, it's time to reflect on a year where cybersecurity has played a major role. Even presidential campaigns haven’t been free from hacking scandals and data leaks. The average cost of a data breach for companies grew from $3.8 million last year to $4 million in 2016, according to the Ponemon Institute. Companies of all sizes have embraced the cloud and open source has become the standard for infrastructure software. Bothfalse

When is the right time to rent yourself a CISO? The enterprise is facing a dangerous combination of mounting cybersecurity threats of increasing subtlety—and a widening gap in the skills required to identify and combat them. Having someone who knows how to lead the charge in identifying and analyzing threats, creating strategic security plans and ensuring compliance requires the right level of expertise.

Complacency in addressing known vulnerabilities puts users at risk If you have even a passing interest in security vulnerabilities, there’s no chance that you missed the news about the DROWN vulnerability. It’s one of the biggest vulnerabilities to hit since Heartbleed, potentially impacting a third of all HTTPS websites. By exploiting the obsolete SSLv2 protocol, this flaw makes it possible for an attacker to eavesdrop on a TLS session. Because we use SSL and TLS encryption to shop, sendfalse

Once again, the Information Security Summit hosted by Towerwall and MassBay was a resounding success. Hundreds of attendees and vendors participated in diverse data security panels and networked with industry leaders and peers. The Summit opened with Michelle Drolet, CEO of Towerwall, and Shamsi Moussav, Computer Science Professor at MassBay Community College, presenting scholarships to MassBay students Kirk Barge and Julius Newton. Michelle Drolet said,

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: The enterprise is facing a dangerous combination of mounting cybersecurity threats of increasing subtlety and a widening gap in the skills required to identify and combat them. Knowing how to lead the charge in identifying and analyzing threats, creating strategic security plans, and ensuring compliance, requires the right level offalse

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:

We are proud to announce that our own Candy Alexander will receive the ISSA "Hall of Fame" Award. See below for more information: Honoree to be Recognized Among RSA Founders at ISSA International Conference on Oct. 22 in Orlando BOSTON, MA--(Marketwired - Oct 9, 2014) - Towerwall (www.towerwall.com), an IT security services provider for small to mid-size businesses, today announced that Candy Alexander, CISSP CISM, GRC Consultant for Towerwall, been inducted into the Hall of Fame by thefalse