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Why Good Cyber Advice Is in Short Supply

chengrob / October 3, 2022

The first Cybersecurity Awareness Month was in 2004. The first ransomware was in 2013. The Colonial Pipeline infection was in 2020. Cybersecurity awareness has never been higher. Yet cybersecurity deteriorates not due to low awareness but poor advice from the “experts”. Let’s fix this. Delete Kaspersky. The Trump administration booted Russian-made Kaspersky, then Best Buy, Staples and Office Depot followed suit. Yet Kaspersky […]

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Securing The Homeland

chengrob / April 13, 2022

In March 2022, the Biden administration announced that cyberattacks from Russia were imminent. Although this is untrue, it shines a light on how unprepared the federal government and the rest of the country are for a nation-state attack. A nation-state attack is exponentially more serious than ransomware. Unlike ransomware, a nation attack does not attempt

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The Ten Biggest Lies in Cybersecurity

chengrob / October 4, 2021

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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Will The #ApplicationWhitelistingMatters Movement Drive Change?

chengrob / July 12, 2021

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 #AWLM movement appears to be gaining traction after a surge in cyber crime.

#AWLM Movement Gains Traction Amidst Cyber Crime Spikes

chengrob / June 24, 2021

It’s getting scarier out there. It’s only Tuesday and I’ve read about four different ransomware attacks that led to millions being paid out to the hackers, and resulted in data breaches of the company’s clients. When will the world get it? #ApplicationWhitelistingMatters #AWLM The Key to Cyber Protection First and foremost, I want to say

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The #ApplicationWhitelistingMovement begins.

Join the #ApplicationWhitelistingMatters Movement

chengrob / June 18, 2021

Thank you for being a loyal PC Matic customer. Your continued support has put PC Matic in the unique position to solve ransomware through application whitelisting. We are humbled and inspired in your belief in us and our technologies. In April, a public-private task force including Microsoft, Amazon, the National Governors Association, the FBI, Secret

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