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AV-TEST 2021 Award Best Performance - PC Matic Computer Protection

AV-TEST 2021 Award Best Performance – PC Matic Home Computer Protection

By / March 2, 2022

PC Matic Home computer protection best performance award by AV-Test. “In comparing the best protection products for consumer users under Windows, PC Matic Home successfully proved in ongoing laboratory tests that it protects users effectively against attacks from the cyberspace. In doing so, compared to the industry average, the product demonstrated during the entire year …

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PC Matic Becomes Partner of K12 Security Information Exchange

By / January 25, 2022

Partnership follows announcement of K12 SIX Essential Protections Series, which establishes baseline cybersecurity standards for K-12 educational institutions; Application whitelisting included as one of the dozen standards; PC Matic to support promotion of program and implementation of application whitelisting by K12 member institutions Myrtle Beach, SC – Today, American cybersecurity firm PC Matic announced it has …

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The Ten Biggest Lies in Cybersecurity

By / January 3, 2022

1 Prevention is futile About 10 years ago, long before the ransomware pandemic began, the powers that be decided that cyber prevention was futile, and cyber security should exclusively focus on reaction. Development and improvements to legacy preventative solutions were halted in favor of reactive architectures such as antivirus, EDR, XDR, and EPP. A more …

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Rob Cheng joins Liz Callaway to discuss cyber regulations and more.

Rob Cheng Talks Cyber Regulations and Insurance with Liz Callaway

By / August 10, 2021

Last week, PC Matic founder and CEO, Rob Cheng joined Liz Callaway on her radio show to discuss all things cyber. Cyber Regulations Several regulations have been implemented, or are the midst of implementation, as a result of recent cyber attacks. There are compliance certifications and regulatory measures that organizations must be taking in order …

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Cybersecurity audit confirms, very little progress has been made to secure the American digital infrastructure.

Cybersecurity Audit Exposed Poor Practices by Federal Agencies

By / August 4, 2021

Upon evaluating the state of eight federal agencies’ digital infrastructures through a cybersecurity audit, it was confirmed, four agencies nearly failed. Had this been the first cybersecurity audit of those agencies, the scores may not be as alarming. However, in 2018 a similar audit was conducted exposing many of the same cybersecurity risks. The reality …

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PC Matic and Scott Augenbaum host a virtual townhall event discussing prevention and cybersecurity.

PC Matic & Scott Augenbaum Host Virtual Townhall Event

By / August 12, 2021

As prevention has been top of mind for several organizations, PC Matic joins Scott Augenbaum, a 29-year veteran of the FBI who specialized in cybercrimes, to discuss application whitelisting and preventing cyber attacks. PC Matic Townhall During the one-hour townhall session, four different PC Matic employees discussed the approach PC Matic takes to prevention. By …

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Zoom is slapped with an $85 million fine after misleading customers about their security practices.

Zoom Faces $85M Fine After Lying About Encryption & Data Sharing

By / August 3, 2021

The video conferencing platform, Zoom, is facing a hefty fine after telling its users they were utilizing end-to-end (E2E) encryption for their platform’s meetings, when they were not. E2E encryption means the video conference would be encrypted, or inaccessible, unless the user provided an access, or decryption code. Zoom claimed they used E2E encryption, when …

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CSO Global Intelligence Report confirms, attack prevention is top of mind.

Attack Prevention is Top of Mind According to Global Report

By / August 2, 2021

The CSO Global Intelligence Report: The State of Cybersecurity in 2021 shares some interesting statistics on cybersecurity and the rate of infections. First, over 50% of those surveyed confirmed experiencing an increase in security incidents over the last year. What is more alarming is, nearly half of those infected reported economic damages, loss of productivity, …

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Biden is warning "real shooting war" if cyber attacks continue.

“Real Shooting War” May Result If Cyber Attacks Continue

By / July 29, 2021

You may have read our posts lately about the “whodunit” theories. Who originated the attacks against meat packing plants, managed service providers, and pipelines? There are many theories, many of which align with Russia and China being the culprits. These allegations have placed heated tensions on the American relationships with these two countries, and President …

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There are eight essential steps organizations should be taking for cyber threat prevention.

The Eight Essentials To Cyber Threat Prevention

By / July 28, 2021

Australia has released their Essential Eight Maturity Model (EEMM), and we have to hand it to them, it is good. It is simple, easy to interpret, and focuses on cyber threat prevention, instead of reaction. Australia’s Guide to Cyber Threat Prevention Let’s take a look at the eight essential steps included Australia’s EEMM, Application whitelisting …

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Instead of focusing on the whodunit, it's time American's focused on prevention.

Focus on Closing Security Holes, Not the Whodunit

By / July 22, 2021

With high profile ransomware attacks taking place more and more frequently, the U.S. administration has placed an emphasis on finding out who is responsible. The question is why? When it comes to these massive attacks, their level of sophistication is far greater than most. Meaning, the cyber criminals have spent months, perhaps even years to …

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Ransomware Gang Emails Victims - Will the #ApplicationWhitelistingMatters movement drive change?

Will The #ApplicationWhitelistingMatters Movement Drive Change?

By / February 15, 2022

It has been a couple weeks since I have written to you all. First, I want to say thank you for your continued support for the #ApplicationWhitelistingMatters movement. There have been a few Twitter accounts, with a significant following, that have retweeted posts about the #AWLM movement — we just need to keep it up. …

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The U.S. administration is threatening retaliation against Russia.

A Warning to Russia – We Will Strike Back

By / July 9, 2021

President Biden recently met with his top security advisors after the latest ransomware attack against Kaseya led to approximately 1,500 organizations becoming infected with ransomware. The ransomware attack is believed to have had originated from Russia, just three weeks after Biden had a one-on-one meeting with Putin in Geneva. During this meeting, President Biden provided …

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