How Strategic Partnerships Benefit You
Increased revenue is an obvious benefit to any strategic partnership. However, beyond revenue, there's several perks a good partnership can bring to your business. To have a successful partnership agreement it must be a win-win for both parties. The...
How to Become a Pentester
How did you get you your job? What do I have to do to do what you do? Since becoming a Cybersecurity Consultant at TechGuard Security, I have received these questions on several occasions particularly regarding Penetration Testing or pentesting....
One Employee, One Click...That's all it Takes
Every single employee has a role and responsibility in securing your company. Change the old mindset that security is a task for IT alone. One single vulnerability could have a critical impact on your company's existence. Explore how you can...
LLMNR, NBT-NS, DNS and other acronyms I can own your network with ; )
I do a lot of penetration testing for our clients at TechGuard, and each engagement is different and challenging in its own way. The environments change, the maturity of the security programs vary and the goals of the engagement change based on the...
The ROI of Security Awareness Training
Cybersecurity issues are becoming a daily struggle for companies. In fact, trends indicate a significant increase in hacked and breached data from very common workplace sources such as mobile devices and Internet of Things (IOT). The average...
Addressing Basic Security Practices - One Step at a Time
Trying to keep up with the latest security topics like Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence and Anomaly Detection is enough to make your head spin. Knowing where to focus your cybersecurity efforts and where to spend your vital budget dollars...
The OWASP CTF Results Are In!
Have you ever wondered how it would feel to turn evil for a few hours, legally of course? People from all over the St. Louis did just that on Thursday night. STL-OWASP & STL-Cyber hosted a Capture the Flag (CTF) event at the TREX building in downtown...
Security Awareness Training: How to get Buy-In from your Boss
Before you can gain buy-in from management you need to understand what motivates them. Securing their reputation and protecting their bottom line will usually draw their interest. As a middle rank, you have an important job to do. You gather valuable...
Do Outdated Policies Increase Your Cyber Risk?
Did you know? Information security policies and procedures are the backbone of an organization and the foundation of a good security program. If you have information security policies that haven’t been updated in years, you are potentially opening the...
The Threat Within
Secure the perimeter! Man your battle stations! Prepare to repel boarders! Whatever moniker you use to call to attention the threat of outside attackers to your organization, is up to you. The point is it’s dangerous out there, and IT security...
Poisoning the Water Cooler
Have you ever showed up to your workplace and noticed someone new in a faraway corner cube diligently working with implanted earbuds and their eyes fixated forward on their workstation? What goes through your mind? Are they a new intern feverishly...
Top 5 Security Awareness Training Topics
You understand that human behavior plays a huge part in the security posture of your company and that each employee plays an important role in security. So you've decided to go ahead and purchase a Security Training Awareness Solution. However,...
