Cybersecurity Awareness Month is Ending... Now What?

This year's Cybersecurity Awareness Month may formally end tomorrow, but cyber threats will continue to target end users every month, week, day, hour and minute of the year.

The 18th annual Cybersecurity Awareness Month is coming to an end and chances are organizations are already swapping out Cybersecurity Awareness Month posters from their break rooms for November themes and initiatives. Unfortunately, we know from first-hand experience that cyber threats never rest, and encourage our clients and community to keep their guard up year-round to keep themselves and their organizations cyber safe.

If your organization is looking for a November activity to keep cybersecurity top-of-mind, our cybersecurity team is hosting a webinar exploring one of the fastest growing cyber services across all industries, Purple Team Assessments. The webinar will focus on several aspects of a Purple Team Assessment and is scheduled for Wednesday, November 10 at 10am ET.

Registration is open at www.schneiderdowns.com/the-benefits-of-a-purple-team-assessment. Attendees qualify for 1 CPE and a recording will be made available following the event for all registrants. 

Additionally, our new resources introduced throughout Cybersecurity Awareness Month are available perpetually in our Cybersecurity Resource Library at www.schneiderdowns.com/cybersecurity/resources and listed below for quick reference.

Video Series: Top Cybersecurity Questions of 2021

This new video series features members of the Schneider Downs cybersecurity team answering the top questions they answered in the field over the last year.

• Cloud Penetration Testing Once everything is in the cloud, will people still need penetration testing?
• Compliance Frameworks How do I know which compliance requirements my organization should follow/adhere to?
• Cyber Insurance Why are cyber insurance premiums increasing?
• Digital Forensics What TTPs can we expect threat actors to be utilizing over the next few months?
• Incident Response One of our users opened a malicious attachment, but shut down their computer about 20 minutes later. What now?
• Multifactor Authentication Are there any MFA methods more/less secure than the others? (Push Notification, PIN, SMS, Token, etc)
• Network Penetration Testing Why do our pentesters own us year after year, even though we keep fixing all the findings each time?
• Password Blacklisting We have strong password policies, but users keep making guessable passwords that meet our requirements… Please help!
• Phishing We run our own internal phishing campaigns every quarter, so can we exclude phishing from our annual penetration test?
• Purple Teaming How can we better manage false positives from automated tools without reducing security?

Whitepaper: Top Ten Cybersecurity Strategy Mistakes of 2021

With at least 70% of business leaders feeling their cybersecurity risks are increasing, the need to develop and implement strong cybersecurity strategies continues to be a top priority for organizations across all industries. Learn about the top cybersecurity strategy mistakes organizations are making and best practices to avoid these common pitfalls. Download the whitepaper at www.schneiderdowns.com/top-ten-cybersecurity-mistakes-2021.

In addition to our Cybersecurity Resource Center, we invite you to subscribe to our 'Focus on Cybersecurity' newsletter. The bi-weekly newsletter shares the top stories from the cybersecurity world and original articles from our team. You can subscribe at www.schneiderdowns.com/subscribe. 

About Schneider Downs Cybersecurity

The Schneider Downs cybersecurity practice consists of experts offering a comprehensive set of information technology security services, including penetration testing, intrusion prevention/detection review, ransomware security, vulnerability assessments and a robust digital forensics and incident response team. For more information, visit www.schneiderdowns.com/cybersecurity or contact the team at [email protected].

In addition, our Digital Forensics and Incident Response teams are available 24x7x365 at 1-800-993-8937 if you suspect or are experiencing a network incident of any kind.