In our technologically advanced world, few things are scarier than the possibility of devices and systems being hacked by cybercriminals.

The importance of monitoring your computer system and personal information simply cannot be overstated. In today's online environment, hackers hungry for users' account information and other sensitive details seem to be lurking around every corner. To keep these attackers at bay, companies must always have an eye on system and account activity, and be able to react quickly should anything...

A denial-of-service attack is any attempt to interrupt or inflict downtime upon IT systems, but a basic DoS threat is smaller in scale than its DDoS counterpart. With the former, the influx of traffic may come from a single source, while in a DDoS attack, traffic comes from numerous sources – making it more difficult to deal with.

The bring-your-own-device trend has made significant waves in both the private and public sectors as workers increasingly rely on their own devices to handle their unique needs.

During an audit a few years ago, I revealed to the client’s security team that corporate payroll information on every employee, including the CEO, was being archived in an output queue (called PAYROLL) for weeks at a time. Due to poor configuration, this information was accessible to every employee.

Though methods vary between companies, the counterintuitive truth is that managers may have to be more transparent with their motives in order to accomplish the oversight they want.