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SIA New Member Profile: Shot Alert

Security Industry Association

Shot Alert CEO Neil Clark New Security Industry Association (SIA) member Shot Alert specializes in fully automated gunshot detection and active shooter response. SIA spoke with Neil Clark, CEO of Shot Alert, about the company, the security industry and working with SIA. Patent 10,054,576 B2 in August 2018.

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Website Defacement – What You Need to Know

Plan B Consulting

An example of this occurred in 2018 when the NHS (National Health Service) website hosting data from patient surveys operated was defaced by unknown attackers (See Figure 1). Activism or support of a cause The hacktivist group, Anonymous, defaced 500 Chinese websites in reaction to censorship by the Chinese government.

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Russia-Ukraine Conflict Cyber Threats

Fusion Risk Management

The Russian-Ukraine conflict has put global organizations on high alert. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), created in 2018 to protect critical infrastructure from cyberthreats, has been warning of the possibility of Russian cyberattacks for months. A vulnerable system is an open invitation to the bad actors.

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Ransomware: Cybersecurity’s Biggest Threat Yet

LAN Infotech

The recipients were unaware of a malware program inside the disks that activated itself and locked the computers after they were powered on for the 90th time post the malware’s entry into the system. Once active, the malware displayed a message first demanding $189, and later another $378, for a software lease from a company called PC Cyborg.

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