Aspiring information security professionals have a multitude of options available to acquire professional credentials. A few ways that people can obtain credentials can include taking college courses, taking certification exams, enrolling in a cybersecurity boot camp, etc. One of the most important things that an aspiring information security professional needs is a security clearance, which…

HIPAA or the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act is a law created in 1996 to protect private health information that can be created, received, maintained, or transmitted (Secretary & (OCR), 2013). In order to protect a person’s electronic private health information (ePHI), certain safeguards are put into place. These safeguards are the administrative, physical,…

The NIST Cybersecurity Framework is a great resource for businesses to use in order to address and manage cybersecurity risks in a cost-effective way. Government agencies, businesses, and organizations do not need to utilizie the NIST framework and can still mitigate risks (NIST, 2020). There are many different cybersecurity frameworks availabie to use. Some of these cybersecurity…

Malware has ravaged the internet since the 1970s. Attackers are always coming up with new malware to use for attacks on just about anything. In this article, it talks about multiple cyber attacks that have targeted healthcare-related companies, hospitals, and healthcare organizations around the world. These attacks were ransomware attacks and most likely have threatened…

As one could infer, IPv6 is an improved version of the IPv4 protocol. IP or Internet Protocol is a protocol that is used to identify devices across the internet so they can be located (Fruhlinger, 2020). IPv6 is more advanced than IPv4 because of the following reasons: It has more efficient routing without fragmenting packets Eliminates the usage…

Public-Key Infrastructure or PKI is a framework that enables the encryption of public keys and includes their affiliated crypto-mechanisms (appviewX, 2020). It is a very impressive and detailed framework, yet it is very expensive for groups to use. The U.S. federal government is able to use it extensively because they have the funds to use on…

In order to determine what the best value that should be assessed when evaluating the worth of an information asset depends on the organization. Both replacement costs and lost income while repairing or replacing are critical aspects of an organization. Determining what value an organization focuses on depends on the organization itself and the situation. If the replacement…

As said before, system monitoring and usage of network traffic log files are important for gauging baseline performance and observing events. A baseline is used for later comparison, the system or users will compare the baseline to daily network traffic logs for any abnormalities. A log file records all events of daily use of a system, computer,…

As we know, change is a never-ending cycle that affects every aspect of life. When change comes there will always be positive and negative reactions to it. Regarding significant cybersecurity-related technology changes, there will definitely be positive and negative reactions. There are plenty of potential reactions to change many of which depend on the situation that causes the…

As we know, Single-Sign On of SSO is a centralized session and user authentication service that allows a user to use login credentials across multiple applications. There are a few benefits to the the usage of SSO, such as less time spent on manually logging in to an application, reduces human errors, and can free up time that can be spent on…