Simple Security Mistakes Could Lead to Cyber-attack

Simple Security Mistakes Could Lead to Cyber-attack

Are you leaving yourself open to attack? Symantec recently released an infographic titled “Top 5 Computer Security Mistakes”, which lists ways people make themselves vulnerable to hackers and other cyber-attacks. Some of these might seem basic, but even the most minor...

Mobile device security in a cloud-based world

This blog post was written by Dan Johnson, a Senior Associate of Business Development at GraVoc. Recently I had lunch with the president and vice president of a company that developed a software-as-a-service solution for managing security on mobile devices. In my role...

Hacker group attacks Federal Reserve

The hacker group Anonymous has struck again, this time targeting the Federal Reserve and obtaining details of approximately 4,000 bank executives, including several in Massachusetts. According to news sources, the attackers got ahold of personal information such as...
GraVoc Talks Network Security at BankWorld 2013

GraVoc Talks Network Security at BankWorld 2013

GraVoc Associates will be an exhibitor and presenter at The Warren Group’s annual event BankWorld on January 18. Along with a booth in the exhibit hall, GraVoc’s Information Security team will be presenting on securing the wireless environment in a bank or credit...

GraVoc Partners with Zix

GraVoc recently became a managed service provider (MSP) with ZixCorp, a recognized leader of email encryption.  Now, on top of being a valued added reseller of ZixGateway and other Zix products, we are offering annual, per mailbox subscriptions to our hosted email...

Disaster recovery: Is your business ready?

As businesses up and down the east coast feel the effects of Hurricane Sandy, now is as good a time as any to evaluate your company’s disaster recovery/business continuity plans. These documents enable a business to enumerate, detail, and prioritize its operations to...

Lessons Learned from BASC 2012

GraVoc’s information security team spent their Saturday morning at OWASP’s Boston Application Security Conference BASC in Cambridge. Kicked off by the keynote speech by Josh Corman, the conference featured technical and non-technical viewpoints surrounding the state...

Smartphone hacks: A reality of mobile devices

It seems as though each week there is some new security vulnerability involving smartphones, highlighting the need to be aware of the inherent risks that come with carrying so much data on a mobile device. Last month, it was discovered that some Samsung phones could...

Progress on FFIEC Online Authentication Guidance?

In the second quarter of 2011, the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) unveiled their long-anticipated updates to their electronic banking authentication guidelines.  These updates became necessary because of the rapid adoption of internet and...