You have a penetration testing process. You have a risk management department. You have an internal audit team. Yet you are still vulnerable. Why? Because most teams are not evolving as fast as the threat landscape. At Summit Consulting, our …
A padlock on a chicken coop means nothing if the fox has the keys. In a recent cybersecurity audit, we discovered that sensitive data; employee emails, client info, and even board minutes were being stored on unencrypted USB drives carried …
Although this is a real case drawn from field experience, the names and locations have been altered to protect confidentiality. Any similarities to actual persons or offices are purely coincidental. What matters is the method of how a young, determined …
Every entrepreneur talks about success. But no one tells you the price tags attached. Before I pivoted to strategy, risk, and leadership, I was a fraud investigator. Few professions offer the same mix of fulfillment and adrenaline as investigations. The …
Dear Managers, Let me start with a simple, real-life scenario A mid-sized financial institution I will call “Bank X” approved a USD 2.1 million loan backed by “verified” land titles. Six months later, repayments stopped. The investigation revealed: fake titles, …
Years ago, I sat across a jittery CEO of a large logistics company in Zambia. His eyes told the story before his lips did. “We almost lost $1.5 million last month,” he confessed. How? One fake email. One “urgent” request. …
Human error has been highlighted as a major contributing element to cybersecurity vulnerabilities for years. It is a long-standing concern in cybersecurity breaches, thus requiring all enterprises to remain watchful and train their personnel on how to alleviate this risk. …
Due to the ever-growing threat landscape in the digital ecosystem, your business must embrace cybersecurity irrespective of the size of the company. The statistics regarding data breaches on all business sizes show that the aftermaths of the data breaches are …
The first thing they stole was time. For nearly two years, a group of insiders siphoned money from the bank, moving it in plain sight. It was a slow, calculated bleed so precise that no one noticed. Not the managers. …
Application monitoring just like overall network monitoring is a vital IT function for corporate organizations. From employee productivity with the various applications to infrastructure maintenance, Application monitoring can help businesses to embark on business objectives, and save costs in all …