This week on Beers with Bad Guys, I sat down with Managing Partner Kevin Conley to talk about Secure Network Strategic Partners. Secure Network has partners across the country and in a number of countries around the world. We do penetration testing and the forensics...
This week on Beers with Bad Guys I was joined by Jim Ockenden, our new security advisor and managing partner Kevin Conley. We ask the question, “what do you think is worse? Your business being hacked or your business building burning down”. Now I can see that that is...
SYRACUSE, NY – June 28, 2021 – Secure Network Technologies is pleased to announce the addition of Jim Ockenden as a Security Advisor. As a Fairport native who has worked in I.T. for thirty-four years Jim has racked up a very impressive resume. He received his B.S....
This week on Beers with Bad Guys, Kevin and I sat down to talk about the remote worker. Most people in the past year were sent home to work during the pandemic. This has opened up your business to severe vulnerabilities. We look at everyone being sent home to work as...
In the Financial Industry you have enough things to juggle and stress about. Let Secure Network help you stay compliant with all of the new IT Audit developments. If a hacker gets into your company's IT Department then they can have backdoor access into everyone’s...
Secure Network Technologies has been named one of the 2021 Best Places to Work in Central New York by the CNY Business Journal for the second year in a row. We are extremely honored to once again receive this prestigious award. On September 21, 2021 we shall find out...
Cybersecurity in the Medical Industry is a very big topic that concerns everyone. If your office gets hacked, all of the clients personal medical information will be in the hands of the enemy. They have their address, insurance information, possibly a credit card...
This week I sat down with Managing Partner John Clary to talk about the group Darkside. If you have not heard, this group is responsible for the recent Colonial Pipeline hack. Now the gas shortage was not their intent behind the attack, but it shows just how...
The CMMC stands for Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification which sets the standard for cybersecurity preparedness across the Federal Government’s Defense Industrial Base (DIB). It protects sensitive government information through maturity and reliability in the...
“The National Credit Union Administration is an independent federal agency that insures deposits at federally insured credit unions, protects the members who own credit unions, and charters and regulates federal credit unions.” (National Credit Union Administration)...
In this industry there are many moving parts which need to be secured. This industry is all about connecting and communicating with the public which leaves your network extremely vulnerable to cyber attacks. An example of this is if you own a hotel in New...
If you work in the healthcare industry then you know that HIPAA security is huge. Making sure that you comply with the standards of the HIPAA Security Rule is crucial to your business and customers. For those who do not know what it is, the HIPAASecurity Rule has...
Ivanti has reported that a security flaw, CVE-2021-22893, has been exploited by threat actors to gain unauthorized access to systems. According to CISA and FireEye, threat actors are actively using the exploit to install Web Shells on Ivanti Pulse Connect Secure...
Steve sat down with Edgar Bustos who has been a penetration tester at Secure Network for the past three years. Now Bustos moved to Auburn, NY when he was fourteen years old. He did not know any English but started high school a month later anyways. After graduation he...
We have three of the managing partners for Secure Network sit down to tell us all the bullshit they have heard for the past twenty-five years. “We just need an external penetration test” -Bullshit, 95% of breaches and hacks are because someone hacked into the inside...
This episode is a quick look at the Hafnium Exchange Service Hack. It is believed that the threat actor is operating out of China but that has not been confirmed yet. Four specific types of vulnerabilities CVE 2021-26855 server side vulnerability which allows...
In this episode we did a bit of an Ocean’s Eleven move but it was for a real client which made it even cooler. Back ground We were hired by a Defense Contractor, who got threatened. So we had to figure out how someone could get into their system. We could do...
Another zero-day hack hit the deadlines this past weekend, affecting over 30,000 organizations using Microsoft Exchange Server 2013, 2016 or 2019. Here's what Microsoft has released on the issue: Microsoft has detected multiple 0-day exploits being used to attack...
Why are there so many hackers? Well hacking is actually quite easy now. Getting started just takes a couple of clicks and boom you are in. Since you can get a computer pretty cheap, a specific skill set is not needed and all of the tutorials on the dark web; learning...
There are many different types of biometrics but here are the most common. Retinal scanners (eyes), Hand & Finger Scanners, Facial Recognition, Vocal Verification and DNA Scanning. During this Beers With Bad Guys the guys are explaining a deep dive they went on...
This past week crazy indents have been happening that involve lawyers. Now lawyers tend to get involved when the “B-word” is used, this “B-word” is not the same one you grew up with, our “B-word” is actually breach. In the legal world if they use breach then it means...
Cyber security issues in 2020 reached historical highs. With crime being completely out of control our phones were ringing off the hook. With this rapid rise in crime the hackers preyed on everyone's vulnerabilities by targeting things like COVID-19,...
There are different compliance standards for different industries. We have done the research for you so now you can look at how Secure Network can keep you up-to date on our industries' compliance standards. Healthcare Industry HIPAA Compliance The Health Insurance...
CNYCentral interviewed our Investigator Bob Clary. After purchasing ten 120GB hard drives from Amazon. Bob discovered that six of the ten were purchased from KESU manufacturing and that those six had a trojan worm in them. The six drives originally came from a company...
How Hackers steal from Your Business: Redirected Payment. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWQZbNV78xo&list=PLKWD_7hbp5LTn5gc66yVQVw9Udr-tD14J Whether it is your business, the purchasing of heavy equipment, real estate, a boat or even an exocitic car. The...
It seems a particular group of malicious hackers are hell-bent on shaking the foundation of trust many network and cybersecurity providers have worked to create as of late. In another bid to not only scrape for intellectual property and correspondence (RE any...
SYRACUSE, NY – December 1, 2020 – Secure Network Technologies is pleased to announce the addition of Alex Yezersky to our Digital Forensic Incident Response Team. Alex received his B.S. in Cyber Security and his M.S. in Digital Forensics and Cyber Investigation from...
Kick off your shoes, turn on the game, put your feet up. Crack a cold one, wait for family and friends to arrive (maybe via zoom given the circumstances) and bask in the few moments of reprieve from running your team, your business, your projects and tasks. Finally,...
On this episode of Beers with Bad Guys, we will be talking about why you should hire us to check out your network. Our goal is to add another layer of security to your network. What do we do? We engage with your organization to make sure your network is secure...
SYRACUSE, NY – October 22, 2020 – Secure Network Technologies is pleased to announce the addition of Megan Cardish to our growing Account Management Team. Megan graduated in 2016 from the SUNY Oswego with a degree in Business Administration and Management and served...
On this episode of Beers with Bad Guys, we focus on Cyber Insurance. Every Friday we get a phone call from a company that is in great duress. Then four hours later, their insurance company calls and says they will handle the situation themselves. Now we have listed...
Have you received a “Ransom Note”? Are you worried that your company could actually be held at ransom? Not sure what to do about it? Watch episode one of Beers With Bad Guys to listen about ransom notes from a digital security and Ransomware perspective. Nowadays...
After an incident (or, hopefully you’re reading this before you’ve had an incident), it is important to take the right steps to secure your organization against future threats. These items are only part of a diligent network security protocol. Contact Secure Network...
What would you think if we told you it’s just not lucrative enough to be a drug lord any more? You might laugh, but there’s a dark industry eclipsing the global illicit drug market as of the last few years. You got it – it’s hacking. Cybersecurity losses are expected...
Is your system acting a little strange? How about your phone? If you’re reading this, chances are it is. If not, congratulations! You’re part of the few and the proud who inform themselves about “hacking” before it’s a problem. Hacking might not be what you think it...
Original story here - https://www.cnybj.com/secure-network-technologies-pivots-to-attack-response/By Traci DeLore, CNY Business JournalDate: 4/24/2020 3:46 PMSYRACUSE — Secure Network Technologies, Inc.’s newest product is a natural evolution of the services the...
Secure Network Technologies has been named one of the 2020 Best Places to Work in Central New York by the CNY Business Journal. We’re honored to receive this well-known regional accolade - Thanks CNY! Check it out here:...
You're invited to MACNY's Cyber Security Summit! We're excited to announce MACNY's first-ever Cyber Security Summit on March 13, 2020. This event has been designed for CEOs, Presidents, CFOs, CIOs, and other senior level executives who want to protect their...
By Chris Clark, Chief Intelligence Analyst | November 9th, 2019 We are living in an interconnected world. With an ever-increasing amount of business being conducted on a global scale, more and more executives are being sent to the corners of the globe for meetings...
SYRACUSE, NY – October 1, 2019 – Secure Network would like to welcome Chris Clark to our Advanced Digital Investigation business as an Open Source Intelligence Investigator. Chris holds a Master of Science in Applied Intelligence degree from the Mercyhurst College...
SYRACUSE, NY – October 1, 2019 – Secure Network Technologies, Inc. is pleased to announce the addition of Michele Burgun to our growing Digital Investigation team as an Open Source Intelligence Analyst. Michele is a graduate of Utica College with a Bachelor of Science...