by Ed Gardner | Jun 25, 2020 | Welcome
This is not the post I thought I would be writing. While I legally registered the company in 2013, it wasn’t until 2015 that I took it from a part time, side hustle, to a full time, pay my rent, insurance and grocery bills gig. About a year into it, I declared... by Ed Gardner | Nov 15, 2019 | Welcome
An important part of any information security program is having empowered and aware users. They are integral to any organizations defense against Bad Things ™. Users who can recognize something being “not right” and then know what to do when their... by Ed Gardner | Nov 4, 2019 | Welcome
Incident Response training and testing is always a bit of a black art. When a client suggested I look at Black Hills’ Backdoors and Breaches as a way to stage their annual incident response tabletop exercise, I was a bit skeptical. But I was also excited to try... by Ed Gardner | Mar 2, 2017 | Events, Training
When: Sunday, March 19, 2017 from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM (EDT) Where: New England Safety Partners61 Chapel StNewton, MA 02458 Hosted By: New England Safety Partners Register for this event now at :... by Ed Gardner | Apr 21, 2016 | Cyber Security, Monthly Security Awareness
Ransomware is a form of malware that criminals find a way to install on our systems. What “ransomware” does is encrypt the data on a hard drive and make it unavailable until you pay a fee (ransom). The ransom pays for a the key to decrypt the data....