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Do your third-party vendors know how to keep your data safe?

98% of organizations worldwide are connected to breached third-party vendors. The top 2%? They're not “lucky,” they're just equipped with robust third-party risk management (TPRM). Get a comprehensive TPRM that has a cyber security awareness training aspect. Without this, third-party contractors, suppliers, or vendors may leave sensitive information vulnerable to hackers. ...
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Third-Party Risk Management
Using Generative AI Responsibly: Exploring 5 Common Use Cases
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Using Generative AI Responsibly: Exploring 5 Common Use Cases

Mon, 12/11/2023
The rise of generative AI like ChatGPT and Midjourney has been one of this decade’s most revolutionary technological advancements. This technology has allowed businesses to scale their operations more efficiently and enabled entirely new functionalities within existing tools. While generative AI has had a largely positive impact on the world, its negative aspects cannot be...
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Phishing
Security Awareness Training
Voice Generation AI: A Major Threat to Communication Carriers' Security Systems
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Voice Generation AI: A Major Threat to Communication Carriers' Security Systems

Mon, 11/13/2023
Voice-based cyber attacks have existed for a long time and have wreaked havoc worldwide. They are a low-effort, high-reward attack that can be scaled to extreme heights with very little effort apart from finding phone number lists to call. This is part of the reason why vishing attacks have seen a 54% increase in 2022. A potentially even more aggravating factor is the recent...
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Phishing
Security Awareness Training
AI in Cyber Security: Pros and Cons, and What it Means for Your Business
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AI in Cyber Security: Pros and Cons, and What it Means for Your Business

Fri, 10/13/2023
AI has been making waves in virtually every industry, and cyber security is no exception. Several companies are adopting the technology into different business functions, such as logistics and IT. But as AI quickly leaks into the business landscape, it’s also been the subject of criticism. Recently, news reports have revealed that ¾ of global businesses are considering or...
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
How to Develop Security Awareness Training
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How to Develop Security Awareness Training

Mon, 10/09/2023
According to Valimail’s Spring 2019 Email Fraud Landscape, about 3.4 billion phishing emails are sent each day, making it one of the most common types of cyber attacks. This number shows how crucial it is to train your employees so they can recognize and report malicious emails. That’s where cyber security awareness training comes in. With the right training program, you can...
Phishing
Risk Management
Third-Party Risk Management
Security Awareness Training
How Artificial Intelligence Benefits Cyber Security Awareness Training
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How Artificial Intelligence Benefits Cyber Security Awareness Training

Fri, 09/29/2023
AI is changing how people live and work. Thanks to intuitive machine learning systems, the ability to predict, personalize, and customize has reached new levels. These capabilities of prediction, personalization, and customization make AI the perfect match for cyber security awareness training. AI cyber security training lets you meet individual employee learning needs...
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Security Awareness Training
Risky Business: When Third-Party Troubles Become Your Own
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Risky Business: When Third-Party Troubles Become Your Own

Tue, 09/05/2023
Businesses don’t stand and operate alone. Organizations partner with an average of 10 third-party vendors to manage their operations. Especially when talking about large corporations—they collaborate with various other organizations or firms helping them manage and advance their operations. These firms include suppliers, manufacturers, service providers, software vendors,...
Risk Management
Third-Party Risk Management
ChatGPT and Its Recent Cyber Security Scares
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ChatGPT and Its Recent Cyber Security Scares

Mon, 08/28/2023
Conversational AI has lately been the talk of the town for most knowledge workers worldwide. While this technology has existed for a few years, OpenAI’s ChatGPT released this year is leaps and bounds ahead of anything seen before. This trailblazing web app has been used for anything from writing wedding speeches to helping people do their jobs more efficiently. One thing is...
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
How to Enhance Third Party Risk Management with Cyber Security Training
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How to Enhance Third Party Risk Management with Cyber Security Training

Mon, 06/12/2023
Did you know that on average, every company is connected to ten third-party businesses? There’s the payroll services company that remotely manages employee wages. The Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) cloud storage provider that backs up customer account data. The security company that provides access control to company buildings and systems. To achieve an efficient supply chain,...
Risk Management
Third-Party Risk Management
Are You Being Played? AI's Role in Social Engineering and How You Can Protect Yourself
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Are You Being Played? AI's Role in Social Engineering and How You Can Protect Yourself

Mon, 05/08/2023
While there’s no denying that AI has its advantages, it also comes with its fair share of drawbacks. One of which is its role in making social engineering easier to pull off. Cyber criminals are beginning to utilize AI software to generate the voice of chief executive officers and fool employees into revealing sensitive information or initiating monetary transfers. An...
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Why Your Third-Party Vendors Have Almost Definitely Been Breached and What to Do About It
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Why Your Third-Party Vendors Have Almost Definitely Been Breached and What to Do About It

Mon, 04/17/2023
The news from Human Resources is that employees are happier than ever. Working from home using third-party vendor services makes work easier and more flexible. The news from IT is less enthusiastic. A recent report showed that a whopping 98% of organizations have at least one third-party provider that has suffered a data breach in the last two years. Third-party vendor...
Risk Management
Third-Party Risk Management
The Security Risks of Improper Employee Offboarding and How to Prevent It
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The Security Risks of Improper Employee Offboarding and How to Prevent It

Fri, 03/17/2023
Employees come and go for a variety of reasons. If you’re lucky, they’ll be very cooperative with the offboarding process, but this isn’t always the case. And even if they are, you still have to take it with a grain of salt. Some say that calm and cooperative offboarding is often the most dangerous because people aren’t as diligent when the situation seems lax. If these...
Cyber Threats
Human Risk
March 2023 Marks the 19th Anniversary of Fraud Prevention Month in Canada
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March 2023 Marks the 19th Anniversary of Fraud Prevention Month in Canada

Mon, 03/13/2023
March is Fraud Prevention Month, and Terranova Security wants to take this opportunity to emphasize the importance of raising awareness on information security best practices. Let’s stop online fraud in its tracks. As security professionals focused on Information Security Awareness (ISA), much of what we do is fraud prevention. Our aims and actions have a direct link to Fraud...
Cyber Threats
Identity Theft
Yes, Cybercriminals Can Use ChatGPT to Their Advantage, Too
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Yes, Cybercriminals Can Use ChatGPT to Their Advantage, Too

Tue, 01/31/2023
In the age of robots and artificial intelligence comes another player in the AI market: ChatGPT (Generative Pre-trained Transformer). Since its release, cyber security professionals have unlocked various opportunities with its features. Namely, it can answer prompts, write codes on demand, detect phishing emails, and crack passwords. In a nutshell, ChatGPT can be an invaluable...
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
How to Transition from Data Protection to Cyber Culture
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How to Transition from Data Protection to Cyber Culture

Wed, 12/28/2022
The way we think about data protection is changing. Cyber culture is emerging as the new norm, and organizations must adapt their strategies to stay ahead of the curve. Data protection has traditionally focused on preventing breaches and protecting sensitive information. However, cyber culture goes beyond this by encompassing all aspects of online life. It includes everything...
Cyber Threats
Human Risk
How to Protect Against Identity Theft
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How to Protect Against Identity Theft

Thu, 02/25/2021
Imagine waking up one day and the organizations you deal with – your bank, your workplace, the tax office, your educational institution – don’t recognize you as you. Sounds like science fiction, right? In its extreme version, it is. But versions of this story are playing out for people and organizations daily as incidences of identity theft occur more frequently around the...
Cyber Threats
Identity Theft
Learn How Security Awareness Can Help Prevent Insider Threats in Your Organization
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Learn How Security Awareness Can Help Prevent Insider Threats in Your Organization

Tue, 12/08/2020
Actionable security awareness tips on how employees can prevent insider threats  A misplaced USB drive with confidential data. An opportunistic employee sharing confidential information with a competitor. An employee who accidentally clicks a phishing email. These are all examples of insider threats to your organization. Insider threats unfortunately are not simply the stuff...
Cyber Threats
Human Risk
Security Awareness Training
Cyber Security Breaches – Reduce The Human Risk Factor
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Cyber Security Breaches – Reduce The Human Risk Factor

Wed, 10/24/2018
You can have the most powerful, cutting-edge security technology in the world, but if a user clicks on the link in a malicious email, lets a stranger tailgate into your building or uses 1234 as their login password, they unwittingly open your organization up to a cyber security breach. The fact is that the human risk factor remains your greatest point of vulnerability when it...
Cyber Threats
Human Risk
Data Breach