Earlier this week, Beauceron Security CEO, David Shipley, was invited to speak alongside Dr. Ken Barker, Professor at the Institute for Security, Privacy and Information Insurance at the University of Calgary and Juliette Kayyem, a Belfer Lecturer on International Security for the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, at the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security.

FinTech Global released their 3rd annual CyberTech 100 list last Tuesday and Beauceron Security is proud to announce that they have been featured on the list. The announcement came days prior to the company’s 5 years in business anniversary.

Beauceron Security Celebrates 5 Years of Empowering People to be in Control of Technology.

Fredericton, NB – June 2nd, 2022: Beauceron Security is a fast-growing B2B SaaS company looking to change behavior at a fundamental level – not just sell security software. The company’s founders recognized a key problem in cybersecurity awareness programs: the lack of education and focus on people. With empowering people as the guiding focus, Beauceron Security was founded. 5 years later, people remain the central focus and guiding principle.

Enabling two-factor authentication or multi-factor authentication is an excellent way to add that extra layer of protection to work or personal accounts. In this blog, you’ll learn about the different forms of authentication and why enabling either two-factor authentication or multi-factor authentication is considered a cybersecurity best practice.

Welcome back to Part 5 of the Cyber True Crime series The Affiliate. In past blogs, we covered the history of NetWalker, how a RaaS ransomware gang functions, how Sebastien Vachon Desjardins, or the Affiliate, attempted to hide his criminal activity through international servers and in our last blog the organizations he targeted in his attacks. In this installment, we’ll begin to unravel how the FBI began tracking the Affiliate down through the international servers and his multiple email addresses.

Being a part of Finastra's industry-leading online marketplace enables us to better serve the financial services ecosystem – providing organizations with a new approach to managing cyber risk through positively changing human behavior.

Welcome back to Part 4 of the cyber true crime series: The Affiliate. In this installment, we’ll cover the organizations that the Affiliate targeted over the span of a few weeks.

Welcome back to Part 3 of the cyber true crime series The Affiliate. In Parts 1 and 2 we went over how a ransomware gang typically operates, how an organization finds out they have been the target of a NetWalker ransomware attack and how one becomes involved in the criminal organization. In this installment, you’ll learn how an international server works and how the Affiliate used them.

It’s a common belief that cybercriminals target large businesses for data breaches; however, the truth is that in 2021, small and medium businesses (SMBs) were the biggest and most easily accessible targets for data breaches. Sontiq’s Mid-Year 2021 report concluded that 69% of all data breaches for this year so far have been to small businesses.

The Russian invasion of Ukraine continues to dominate news broadcasts and social media. Beauceron Security CEO, David Shipley, provides his insights into what the cyber threat landscape will look like.

Welcome back to the cyber true crime blog series The Affiliate. Part 1 provided an introduction to ransomware, how RaaS works and where the ransomware gang we’ll be focusing on, NetWalker, fits into the narrative. In this second installment, we unravel how one becomes a member of NetWalker and the sort of malicious activities that the ransomware gang participated in.

A Canadian man has been charged by the FBI of being one of the world’s top cybercriminals, making tens of millions of dollars as an agent of a shadowy international criminal organization known as NetWalker. This is his story.

You’ve successfully started your team on their cyber awareness journey but don’t know how to keep the momentum going? We’ve created a list of the top 5 things you can do to keep your teams interested and engaged when learning about cybersecurity.

A recent EU study supports Beauceron Security’s position that employees are an organization’s best first line of defense. Keep reading to learn the details of the study and how organizations can benefit from phishing their employees.

This year we sat down with Beauceron Security CEO, David Shipley, and asked him what his 2022 cybersecurity predictions are. You can listen to David’s full predictions below or keep reading to see a condensed version of what we believe the 2022 cyber landscape may have in store.

Last week was an important week for Canada’s stance against ransomware gangs. On Monday, the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security released their “Open letter to Canadian organizations about ransomware.” On Tuesday, CBC’s As it Happens reported on the recent arrest of an Ottawa man allegedly accused of participating in a ransomware gang. Beauceron Security CEO, David Shipley, was interviewed by As it Happens and gave his perspective on the situation.

To listen to David’s full interview with As it Happens, click here.

While it may be easy to place the blame on people for data breaches and other cybersecurity incidents, the truth is that people are an organization’s first and best line of defense. Instead of viewing people as the victim, or punishing them for risky cyber behavior, it’s time to change the narrative and instead focus on empowering them through a cybersecurity culture that focuses on positive behavioral change.

Ransomware, or ransom malware locks users out of their device or just certain files which can only be decrypted in exchange for a ransom. Back in the 1980s when ransomware attacks were just beginning to appear, cybercriminals would accept payment by mail. However, today payments are made via cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin. In the early days of ransomware, cybercriminals mostly targeted individuals, but gradually shifted to targeting businesses small and large which offered a higher pay out. You don’t even need to be especially technologically talented to become a ransomware attacker now with the growth of ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS).

Data encryption is a way to keep your data safe by changing it from plain text to ciphertext. Encrypted data can be accessed by someone who has an encryption key and decrypted data can be accessed with a decryption key. Unencrypted data remains a liability and cyber risk for organizations in the event that a ransomware gang steals their data and publishes it online.

YOUR CHECKLIST TO STAYING CYBERSAFE DURING THE HOLIDAYS

Before jumping head-first into the holiday season, be sure to consult the holiday checklist provided to ensure you make cybersafe decisions.