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Credit to Author: Susan Biddle| Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2017 14:00:59 +0000

Healthcare professionals are the epitome of a mobile workforce: constantly on the move and highly dependent on fast, accurate information. They need a secure wireless solution that performs flawlessly on the array of devices they rely on every day. Hospitals, clinics and elder care facilities have countless ways to exploit wireless technology for better patient outcomes and improved operational efficiency. From accessing patient records with computers on wheels or handheld tablets to getting telemetry from medical devices, nurse call systems…

Credit to Author: Anthony Giandomenico| Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2017 17:40:59 +0000

By now, everyone should be aware of two things related to IoT devices. The first is that these devices are being deployed everywhere, with no sign of slowing down. The second is that many of these devices are notoriously insecure.

Credit to Author: John Maddison| Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2017 14:40:59 +0000

Richard Hannah is Vice President of Information Services and he oversees the entire IT environment at Gibson Energy. The company has doubled in size in recent years, and a major focus of Hannah’s has been to modernize and streamline the company’s IT infrastructure.

Credit to Author: John Maddison| Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2017 13:50:59 +0000

The majority of these breaches have one thing in common. IT teams are failing to practice basic security hygiene. Cybercriminals target known vulnerabilities because they know that most organizations will have failed to patch or replace their vulnerable devices. WannaCry targeted a vulnerability for which a patch had been available for months. Shame on them. But Petya followed a month later and targeted the exact same vulnerability. And millions of devices were still affected. So, shame on us.

Credit to Author: Derek Manky| Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2017 13:35:59 +0000

The cybercriminal marketplace is adept at adopting the latest advances in areas such as artificial intelligence to create more effective attacks. We anticipate this trend to accelerate into 2018, enabling the destructive trends mentioned in this blog.

Credit to Author: Anthony Giandomenico| Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2017 13:50:59 +0000

The holiday shopping season is also a big event for cybercriminals. Fake web sites, intercepting your financial data, charity scams, email phishing attacks, fake shopping sites, texting and SMS scams, and more are all designed to steal you personal and financial information. So, in addition to checking your credit card balances and making out your shopping lists, you also need to take precautions before doing your holiday shopping online. If done right, it can be a safe and convenient way to buy gifts – if you follow a few simple rules.

Credit to Author: Nirav Shah| Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2017 13:40:59 +0000

Organizations require a robust and extensible Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) solution to address this new security landscape. Fortinet is tackling these challenges head on with the release of the FortiGate 300E and 500E NGFW appliances.

Credit to Author: Nelson Ngu| Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2017 17:50:59 +0000

FortiGuard Labs has been tracking a tax refund phishing scam in Malaysia. Let’s get into the details of how this works.