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🚨 Washington Watch: Winter 2024 is out now🚨 Head over to buff.ly/4aR8KB1 to download your copy today and catch up with everything you need to know about US cyber policy over the last 6 months.

Enable Multi Factor Authentication! MFA is one of the best ways to keep your accounts safe.

If you see an add for 90 percent off the gift of the season ... It's probably a scam. Holiday seasons are full of online scammers trying to take advantage of online shoppers! Don't let become a victim. If it seems too good to be true it likely is. Stay safe and happy shopping

Our December Newsletter is out! This month, we feature a Story Behind the Story interview with Maria-Kristina Hayden, our full SEC cyber incident materiality determination guide, an overview of China's vulnerability reporting rule, and more. Download today buff.ly/48aPIUa

Gratitude is at the heart of our success. Consortium Networks is incredibly thankful for every client, employee, and partner we get to work with every single day. Wishing all of you a wonderful holiday.

Have you heard about our Story Behind the Story series? Consortium is producing a series of interviews to tell the inspiring stories of successful women who chose to make a career of protecting people and data from cyber threats. Check it out at buff.ly/45fxvmv!

Consortium Networks is a proud sponsor of the annual FBI Agents Association (FBIAA) G-Man Honors Night benefitting the FBIAA Memorial College Fund and FBIAA Members Assistance Fund each year. We are extremely honored to contribute to the support of this remarkable organization.

Just because the software your company uses hasn't been exploited doesn't mean it never will! Talk to your Consortium Networks team today about shoring up your software supply chain cyber security!

The cybersecurity landscape is in limbo. The suggested requirements for the public water systems have been shot down and now they remain without cyber defense. The director of CISA Jen Easterly said "we can't PSA our way out of this one" Read more at buff.ly/3ss28YB

Consortium Networks has developed a guide to help you navigate one of the most confusing parts of the new SEC cyber disclosure rule: determining the materiality of a cyber event. The guide can be found at buff.ly/3QTQFKK

The November newsletter is out now! This is a very regulation-focused edition with featured articles on cyber materiality and the EPA's roll back of the water filtration systems rule released this Spring. Read it all and more here: buff.ly/3MwUEKL

Public wifi isn't safe! Hackers can use public wifi to exploit your systems and steal your private information. It is always safer to use a VPN or just work off a private hotspot!

Consortium Networks is proud to have been a sponsor at last week's @DominionEnergy charity golf tournament benefitting the Virginia Veterans Services Foundation and the Richmond Fisher House.

Vendor Spotlight ✨ This week's vendor is @Mimecast Mimecast safeguards organizations from email threats, cyberattacks, human errors, and tech failures. Their cloud suite includes email and web security, data protection, awareness training, and uptime assurance.

Best Password = Petsname1! JK, Please don't use that as your password - Sincerely your information security team #cybersecurityawarenesmonth #cybersecuritymeme #consortiumnetworks

Consortium Networks was honored to attend and sponsor last week's awards ceremony for the Philadelphia100®, an award recognizing the 100 fastest growing companies in the greater Philadelphia region. Read more about the award and what it means to us: buff.ly/46FmNHx

What is Pen Testing? Penetration testing is a systematic approach to evaluating the security of computer systems, networks, and applications. Learn more by heading over to our blog post on everything you need to know about Pen Testing here: buff.ly/3S0hDkU

Cybersecurity Tip of the Week! This week's tip is : Delete and unsubscribe to any unused applications, software, and subscriptions. If you don’t use them, you don’t need to keep them. They can be an entry point for attackers to hack into your system.

The October edition of the Consortium Networks is out now! Download your copy here: buff.ly/48QgFhf

A couple weeks ago our very own Glenn Uhlendorf spoke at the Jamf Nation User Conference in Austin, Texas. Glenn's talk is still up on the JNUC website. Check it out here: buff.ly/46H8l1l