Security

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Take action to assess and streamline your security posture

April 6, 2023 / By

Contributors: Collin Schutz, John Cummings, Konstantin Papadakis, Susan Benz Introduction With ever-increasing and more sophisticated cybersecurity threats, such as a 300% increase, nationally, in ransomware in the past year[1], many organizations are choosing to move away from disparate tools that often don’t work together and implement a more streamlined, cloud-based approach. Managing risk using cloud …

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Protecting Yourself from Ransomware with Proper Email Security

February 24, 2023 / By

Ransomware attacks have become increasingly common in recent years and can have profound consequences for individuals and businesses alike. Ransomware is software designed to maliciously encrypt files on a user’s computer. The attacker will typically demand payment in exchange for either decrypting the files or providing a decryption key. Ransomware and malware are sometimes used …

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Increase your email security posture and save cost at the same time

December 12, 2022 / By

Olive + Goose helped a large retailer of sports equipment achieve better email security and saved them significant costs by utilizing licenses they already owned to replace a point solution. We helped them migrate from Mimecast to Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP) and Microsoft Defender for Office 365. We can also help you modernize your …

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The importance of backups: the boring subject that becomes important if something goes wrong

May 4, 2021 / By

A difficult conversation In all my years in IT, the most difficult conversations I have had is telling someone their data is gone. After all, that is what computers are for, to store retrieve and process data. I do not have to tell you how upsetting it can be to lose photos, videos and work …

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Are you ready for the California Consumer Privacy Act?

March 1, 2021 / By

On June 28, 2018, the California State Assembly and Senate passed the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA), or Assembly Bill 375 (AB 375). Effective on January 1, 2020, the bill will impose new privacy obligations on certain businesses that collect personal information of consumers in California. At present, the bill is intended to …

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Password Managers – they are free and you have no excuse not to use one

March 1, 2021 / By

In today’s blog post I’m going to switch gears and talk a bit more about something that affects consumers more-so than enterprises. That topic is password management. While this issue is an enterprise problem – it manifests itself horribly in the consumer world. Password management is key, and in this article I plan to offer …

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Establishing a security incident response program

March 1, 2021 / By

Hackers will go to surprising lengths to infiltrate an organization’s network, typically using threat vectors such as email attachments, websites, and USB removable media as a starting point. Once your account credentials or machine has been compromised, an attacker will typically install a remote trojan or backdoor on your system that allows the attacker to …

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The Importance of Multi-Factor Authentication

March 1, 2021 / By

In our business, Olive + Goose works with many industries subject to stringent security requirements, including health care, pharmaceuticals, and defense. Unfortunately, many customers only come to us for help AFTER they have had a security breach. One common scenario that we see involves a phishing attack allowing a bad actor access to a compromised …

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