Towerwall's InfoSec Blog

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."

Please join us for the The ISSA New England Chapter's 2017 Sponsor Expo Wednesday, August 2, 2017 from 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM EDT Verizon Labs 60 Sylvan Rd Waltham, MA 02451 You are invited to ISSA, New England Chapter's Annual Sponsor Expo and Chapter Meeting. Compete in the Security Bee (questions from the CISSP exam) and bring home a cash prize and award (win and place), fame and your place in history.

"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:

AlienVault recently announced a new addition to the AlienVault training portfolio: Incident Response for USM Appliance Analysts, a two-day course that we will start delivering Live and Online in May. AlienVault has had *many* requests from customers and MSSPs for training focused on the analysis of threats identified by the USM Appliance. This course provides security analysts with the knowledge and skills to fully leverage the AlienVault Unified Security Management (USM) Appliance to performfalse

Last week we hosted an informative webinar on today's ransomware threats with our security partner Sophos. Watch a recording of the webinar below. I am sure you are seeing the explosion of ransomware in the headlines. Businesses of every size are targets and analysts estimate ransomware is on pace to be a $1B/year crime in 2016. Sophos Intercept X is their newly released anti-exploit tool, which stops hackers at the door and prevents zero-day attacks and exploits before they hit your system.false

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Wednesday, October 12, 2016 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT Hosted by Towerwall and Sophos I am sure you are seeing the explosion of ransomware in the headlines. Businesses of every size are targets and analysts estimate ransomware is on pace to be a $1B/year crime in 2016. Sophos Intercept X is their newly released anti-exploit tool, which stops hackers at the door and prevents zero-day attacks and exploits before they hit your system. Intercept X is designed to run alongside your existing AV andfalse

Towerwall & SnoopWall Complimentary Webinar: Breach Prevention & Near-Term ROI Tuesday, July 26 11:00am – 12:00pm EST

The ISSA of New England's 2nd annual virtual chapter meeting will be on: Thursday, January 21 at 12:00 Noon. ( Yes, while you eat lunch you can join us online. ) Careers in Cyber Security is the theme of this meeting. The most pressing problem in security is for sure the lack of qualified people to fill the number of open roles. If you or your firm are looking for people to hire, this session is for you. If you are looking for a new and better role in 2016, this session is for you.