HOW TO PURSUE A WELL PAYING CAREER IN CYBESECURITY
Experts are predicting that cybercrime will cost businesses $6 trillion annually by 2021 – Focal Point Data Risk
HOW I PASSED THE CISSP AND WENT FROM EARNING 85K TO 140K
“Perseverance, secret of all triumphs”- Victor Hugo You may be thinking, what the heck is the CISSP? First off, it’s an IT certification related to Cyber Security that is the preeminent or widely known cert for IT Security practitioners. It’s administered by The International Information System Security Certification Consortium, or (ISC)². The Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) is “the most globally recognized standard … Read More
SCAM ALERT…FINANCIAL SCAMS TO BEWARE OF AFTER THE EQUIFAX BREACH
“Overall, there were nearly 1.3 million fraud-related complaints reported last year, up about 2% from 2015. Most people said they were scammed after a phone call. Victims paid out a total of $744 million to fraudsters last year, with the average one losing more than $1,100, according to the FTC” USA Today Report As recently reported by USA Today, financial scams have been increasing in frequency and … Read More
4 WAYS TO PROTECT OURSELVES FROM IDENTITY THEFT
“To ensure peace of mind ignore the rules and regulations” – George Ade After the much publicized Equifax breach this past week where 143 million data records have been reportedly stolen by cyber crooks, I’ve put together these practical tips on how to protect ourselves from the upcoming threats of financial and personal harm coming our way. Unfortunately, we are ALL affected … Read More
HOW TO SAVE ON YOUR CABLE BILL
I was helping my Mom sort out her cable bill the other day and I wanted to share my experience with SPECTRUM Cable service in the Los Angeles area. First of all, I suggest you do your homework ahead of time on whether to keep your TV service or not. For one thing, household viewership has been on the decline for much of the decade and … Read More
7 PRACTICAL TIPS TO PREVENT CYBER ATTACKS
THE REALITY Wannacry, Google Phishing, Docusign Breach, Denial of Service Attacks; the headlines go on and on. These are just some of the news that captured our feeds the past couple of weeks. In light of all these events involving hacking, cyber intrusions, and cyber-crime, one has to ask the question, what does it have to do with me? Or can it even happen to me? … Read More
HOW TO LAND A HIGH PAYING JOB IN I.T. WITHOUT BREAKING THE BANK
According to the Global Knowledge 2017 IT Skills and Salary Survey, there is a widespread Skills gap in IT across all industries worldwide, resulting in a shortage of qualified talent across a variety of specializations. This shortage of talent inevitably leads to higher salaries due to supply and demand; the highest paid areas of which are in Cybersecurity and Cloud Computing; both naturally due … Read More
HOW TO REPLACE A LOST OR STOLEN PHONE… FRUGALLY
I LOST MY PHONE AND IT HURT Worst of all, I didn’t have insurance. I lost all my contacts, passwords, apps, personal information notes; basically, a big part of my digital existence which also included all my blog notes and social media feeds. I literally wanted to knock my head into the wall. I had an AT&T Samsung Galaxy S6 phone and my contract would have … Read More
HOW TO AVOID THE LATEST GOOGLE PHISHING SCAM….. AND POSSIBLY SAVE TIME AND MONEY
A stealthy and nasty phishing scam made its way around the internet as of May 3rd, the source and author of the code has yet to be discovered, but latest update as of 5:17PM ET on the same day reports that Google had already contained the malware by shutting down the drive used to spread the code, according to the Verge. Google disclosed that affected users only accounted for … Read More