Ideas and suggestions on live event safety, security and crowd management from Prevent Advisors. The U.S. government in April designated Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a foreign terrorist organization. The FBI assesses that foreign cyber actors operating in Iran could potentially use a range of computer network operations, from scanning networks for potential vulnerabilities to data deletion attacks, against U.S.-based networks in response to the decision.  Tips to mitigate risk of cyberattacks to a company network: Scrutinize links contained in emails, and do not open attachments included in unsolicited emails. Disable macros. Be careful of pop-ups from attachments that require users to enable them. Download software — especially free software — only from known and trusted sites. Create a centralized Information Technology email account for employees to report suspicious emails. Change network default passwords, configurations and encryption keys. Use strong passwords. Recommend your company’s IT professional(s) review, test and… Continue Reading Security Tip of the Month: May 2019

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