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Accorian at UPES, Dehradun Despite industry-wide hiring freezes as a result of COVID, Accorian has established its first university recruitment channel with UPES Dehradun for their security graduates; having hired two members from the university to our team in 2020. This year alone, Accorian has grown 150% since the start of COVID across all levels, […]

E-mails are the most used productivity tool by employees. They are also a treasure trove of information and are a lucrative target for hackers as all your data – company, employee, client, etc. are present in one place. Microsoft’s O365 has been a gamechanger in the world of e-mail. It’s easiness, mobility & ready-to-use ability […]

In the digital age data privacy & protection is a huge concern for company of all sizes. In part, because data breaches are happening daily, exposing personal data of millions of people. A direct consequence of a breach – individuals whose data is exposed can suffer identity theft/financial loss; and companies risk financial costs, loss […]

APIs & Web Services are essential supporting building blocks for today’s applications. They’re not only the connective tissue between applications, systems, and data, but also the mechanisms that allow developers to leverage and reuse these digital assets for new purposes. Developers can utilize these building blocks to integrate advanced functionality and features into their software […]

No one event has had the focus of the world at this scale in the last decade. As IT teams are working round the clock to ensure that organizations continue to function and teleworkers are able to access their assets & data, attackers could use this an opportunity to slip under the radar & conduct […]

October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month​ and it’s a reminder that we need to be vigilant about protecting our privacy and our business from possible cyber attacks.  This initiative is a joint effort between the US government and the technology industry to spread cybersecurity awareness. This year’s theme is “Own it, secure it, protect it” which addresses […]

Remember the phrase “Seeing is believing?” Deepfake videos have people second guessing what they are watching. Deepfakes are videos manufactured by AI technology that can superimpose someone’s face on another person’s face and manipulate them into saying or doing things that didn’t happen. These videos have been used to spread propaganda on social media networks […]

Any for-profit company that does business or has customers in California should prepare for the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). Here’s why they should. The CCPA applies to businesses that are collecting data and personal information of residents in California, who meet one of the following conditions: The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) that took […]

Like my high school coach always said, “Stick to your basics”. The Equifax and CapitalOne breaches reminds us that cyber-attacks don’t always come from sophisticated hacking groups. I’m sure these companies were using the best cybersecurity software that money could buy. They probably had good internal and external IT support.  However, the data breaches they suffered […]

FaceApp, the AI-powered picture-editing program, is trending in social media. We’ve all seen the pictures of celebrities using FaceApp to make themselves look older or younger. However, security experts are concerned about the possibility that the app could access more than pictures. Many users don’t realize that the app, owned by an overseas company, doesn’t […]