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If we find online safety measures like multi-factor authentication (MFA) irritating, we probably need to adjust our levels of expectation and trust for the internet of today. The longer we put off proper level-setting, the more likely we will fall for the scams and frauds that are rampant on today’s internet.

That’s one of the messages Roger Grimes shared with us recently. In this article, we’ll go deeper into his reasoning and share some of the best practices he advocates.

We recently had the chance to sit down with Michael O’Hara, a Certified Information Systems Security Professional at KB Communications. Michael was recently introduced as the guy “with more letters after his name than letters in his name.” We thought it might be useful to review some of those letters to give context to his great advice.

We recently had the chance to sit down with Vincent D’Agostino, Head of Cyber Forensics and Incident Response at BlueVoyant. BlueVoyant provides security services like third-party risk and digital rights protection, among many others.

Before Vincent brought his talents to BlueVoyant, he spent a number of years with the FBI, seven of these on the team dedicated to dealing with traditional organized crime. While the connection isn’t obvious between that world and the world of cybercrime, someone with Vincent’s experience has context most of us lack—and this was just one of the things we spoke about during our conversation.

We recently had the opportunity to interview Devon Ackerman, Practice Lead & Head of #DFIR Services for North America at Kroll. Before he was at Kroll, Devon worked with the FBI as a supervisory special agent, coordinating both domestic and international digital forensic investigations.

As more and more people realize that cyberattacks don’t just happen to ‘others’ but are likely to happen to their organizations, it should be clear that simple awareness of these events is not sufficient: you have to prepare for when, not if, these events happen. We recently had the chance to sit down with Stu Panensky, Partner at FisherBroyles, LLP. Stu and his team have dealt with over 100 ransomware attacks in a counseling role and have a lot of wisdom to share about the current state of cyberattacks and what organizations can and should do to prepare for them.

Small business owners may think of cyber criminals as freelance or small group threat actors, but plenty of those criminals work within sophisticated organizations that function like legitimate businesses. Someone who has observed these criminals at work is Mark Lance, Senior Director of Cyber Defense at GuidePoint Security. We recently had the chance to speak with Mark and wanted to share a few of his insights to help small business owners realize before it’s too late that everyone is at risk.