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58 data records are stolen every second at an average cost of $141 each. Trading in intellectual property and personal data is so widespread that someone invented a calculator that can estimate the potential harm to your own business. Nearly 5 million data records are lost or stolen worldwide every single day, according to the Breach Level Index. That’s a staggering 58 records every second. High profile data breaches hit the headlines with worrying frequency. Just last year there werefalse

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Why you need to go beyond compliance. Businesses will continue to face a ton of cyber threats, some of which will impact organizations severely enough to require security measures that will reach far beyond compliance. A Ponemon Institute study showed that the average compromised record cost approximately $194 per record. Loss of business due to cyber breaches were estimated to be approximately $3 million. As you can see, it's important to make sure that the risk of cyber breaches is takenfalse

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

Thanks to all who attended and sponsored our 2017 Information Security Summit. It was a great turnout where we discussed a number of issues and threats facing InfoSec today. We were happy to see attendees share ideas and continue the discussion online with #summitbuzz17

"Those within cyber security circles know ransomware has become a lucrative billion dollar business for an army of cybercriminals…It’s time you learn about the tricks and trade of cybercriminals and how their threats are constantly evolving."- John Shaw, Vice President, Enduser Security Group, Sophos Please join Towerwall and Sophos for an exclusive lunch and learn. You'll find out about:

After the recent wave of WannaCry ransomware attacks, managed service providers said the key takeaway they are bringing to customers going forward is the importance of proactive security. "Our whole stance is around proactive security. When you have proactive [security], WannaCry is not going to have an impact," said Michelle Drolet, CEO of Framingham, Mass.-based Towerwall. Drolet said that proactive approach includes an integrated, layered approach to security to protect the different levelsfalse

Everything you need to know to stop ransomware. Please join Towerwall and Sophos for an exclusive lunch and learn to learn how to stop ransomware cold. You’ll find out about:

What you need to know to defend against targeted attacks. The threat of a targeted attack for any business is real and substantial. It's vital to ensure that your organization can identify constantly evolving threats, find abnormal and suspicious activity, and take effective action to keep your data safe. Consider that, on average, attackers are in a network for more than 140 days before they're detected, and 60% of network intrusions are eventually traced back to credentials, according to false

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