The Bedel Security Blog

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Backups vs. Retention

We often run into situations where different staff in an institution have different understandings of the goals and operations of their backup...

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Cyber New Year’s Resolution: Start with a Gut Check

Ever get that feeling that you don’t know what you don’t know about the effectiveness of your cybersecurity program?

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Tricky Phish Testing

Phishing remains one of the top threats to organizations today. Every user regularly receives emails designed to trick them into clicking on a link,...

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Multi-factor Authentication Threats Heat Up

Just a few months ago, we wrote an article about the dangers of using SMS (text) to support multi-factor authentication (MFA), called Breaking the...

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The Regular Risk Assessment Revolution

The cybercriminals are still on top of their game, changing targets and tactics. The work-from-home revolution continues and the drive for automation...

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Culture of Security: Critical Conversations

Have you ever been in an organization where everyone can see the cause of an issue, but no one has the guts to say it out loud?

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vCISO Questions and Answers 14: What do examiners say? What kind of due diligence should we do on a vCISO?

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vCISO Questions and Answers 13: What should you look for in a provider? What does a typical contract look like?

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vCISO Questions and Answers 12: Incidents and Pandemics

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Choosing a Cybersecurity Framework

It is a good practice to identify a cybersecurity framework as part of an institution’s Information Security Program. A framework helps to identify...