Did you know that October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month? As a collaborative effort between government and industry, National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM) was created fifteen years ago, and is now observed each year to ensure everyone has the resources they need to stay safer and more secure online. Online security on top-of-mind for you and your clients. Most places we go, there’s a network connection for us to link up to—a gateway into the World Wide Web, its endless information, and being able to connect with each other. But how can you protect yourself when browsing online? Here are four tips you can share with your employees and clients to ensure better security while online.

The recent breach of the popular mobile app Timehop was caused by hackers breaching the app. It then exposed the credentials, phone numbers and social media histories of more than 21 million users. There was also a considerable length of time that the hacker’s presence went undetected. This article about hackers, authored by David Vergara, Director of Product Marketing at OneSpan, first appeared July 24, 2018 on Payments Source.

In computing and networks, a firewall is software, hardware or firmware (which is permanent software programmed into a read-only memory.) that follows a specific set of rules to decide whether to allow information or data to enter or leave a network. Firewalls have been a crucial defence in network security for over 25 years. They are a virtual barrier between sources that are checked and trusted, and untrusted sources that come from outside an internal network.