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What is a SIEM, and Why Do I Need One?

by mwhitcomb | Feb 13, 2023 | Business Continuity Planning, Compliance, Cyber Attack, Cyber Crime, Cybersecurity, Incident Response Planning, IT Security, IT Security Management, Managed Security

A significant increase in integrated technology over the past 20 years has provided a few operational challenges for many large and small enterprises. Complex systems today need to work together seamlessly to do more at a faster pace and with a lower cost to operate....

Will Healthcare Ransomware Attacks Increase in 2019?

by Loricca,Inc. | Mar 19, 2019 | Cyber Attack, Cyber Security, Cybersecurity, Data Breach, Healthcare, Hospital Security, Ransomware, Security Breach, Security Breaches

Consumers were singled out in the early days of ransomware, but now ransomware distributors have no problem directing their malicious efforts toward much larger groups, locking organizations out of key systems and demanding a hefty fee that often doesn’t provide full...

If You Can’t Prevent Ransomware, You Can Outsmart It

by Loricca,Inc. | Sep 18, 2016 | Cyber Attack, Cyber Security, IT Security, IT Security Breach, Ransomware, Security Breach

Ransomware is everywhere these days. We encourage and work with clients to do everything possible to avoid becoming a victim. Cybercrime is nothing if not adaptive, and the technology and tactics of ransomware continue to evolve daily. They vary from hiding malicious...

Protect Your Company’s “Whales” from Email Fraud and Cybercrime

by Loricca,Inc. | Jun 27, 2016 | Cyber Attack, IT Security, IT Security Tips, Security Tip, Social Engineering

We have warned many times about the dangers of “phishing” scams. Cyber criminals try to trick people into revealing key personal or financial information or into clicking a link that will take them to a malware site where their system can be compromised and accessed...

The Reality of Ransomware in 2016

by Loricca,Inc. | Apr 14, 2016 | Breach, Cyber Attack, Cyber Crime, Cyber Security, Cybersecurity, Malware, Ransomware, Security Incedent, Windows XP Vulnerability

By all accounts, 2016 is shaping up to be the Year of Ransomware. Of course, ransomware is nothing new. Many people may still think of ransomware as the annoying pop up we have probably all seen at some point or another throughout the last decade – the fake FBI...

Cybersecurity Priorities – Following the Lead of the Feds

by Loricca,Inc. | Nov 5, 2015 | Cyber Attack, Cyber Hygiene, Cyber Security, Cybersecurity, IT Security, IT Security Breach

Last Friday, as many of us had our minds on Halloween plans, Tony Scott released the Cyber Security Strategy and Implementation Plan for federal cybersecurity. Scott, former VMWare exec and sitting federal CIO, released his recommended priorities for federal agencies...