CRI Blog

Building a Culture of Cyber Readiness During Cybersecurity Awareness Month

It’s Cybersecurity Awareness month! The time of year when businesses, non-profit organizations, and government agencies come together to stress the importance of cybersecurity in our daily lives. But it’s not just...

Move it! Patch this Vulnerability Before it’s too Late!

If you haven’t already heard, hackers have been exploiting a vulnerability in the popular MOVEit File Transfer system. Governments, financial institutions, energy companies, non-profits and a variety of other organizations...

How to Prepare for the FTC’s Updated Safeguards Rule

How to Prepare for the FTC’s Updated Safeguards Rule   New amendments to the FTC’s Safegaurds Rule will require some businesses to take additional steps to ensure customer data is properly protected. With the requirement...

Summer and Holidays Are When Cyber Attacks Spike. Be Cyber Ready!

Are you planning a summer vacation with your family? School breaks and holidays are around the corner but are you prepared? Researchers have found most cyber attacks take place during the holidays when IT security departments...

Secure Your Business Against These Software Vulnerabilities

Dear Cyber Leaders, Does your business use the 3CX Desktop Application or GoAnywhere Managed-File-Transfer (MFT) software? If so, your devices and data could be vulnerable. Fortra, the software developer company of GoAnywhere...

The Day is Coming When the CRI Core Four Will be the Core Three

At the Cyber Readiness Institute (CRI), we know all too well about the burden being cyber ready places on the millions of small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) around the world. SMBs tell us they don’t have the financial,...

New Cyber Readiness Program Packs More Features to Protect SMBs from Cyber Threats

The cyber threat landscape is constantly shifting and so must the tools and resources we rely on to protect our public and private institutions. That is why we have updated our Cyber Readiness Program to make it even easier...

Cyber Readiness Institute Now Accepting New Applications for Small Business Advisory Council

The Cyber Readiness Institute (CRI) is accepting applications for organizations to join its Small Business Advisory Council (SBAC). CRI established SBAC as a forum to convene small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and key...

Cyber Ready with CRI’s Managing Director

Karen Evans discusses the trajectory of her career and how she’s succeeded in a male dominated industry in a podcast conducted by cyber insurance provider Cobell Cyber Women’s History Month.

Cyber Readiness Institute Launches #PhishingFriday Campaign to Raise Global Awareness

The non-profit will share real examples of phishing emails to promote employee training It’s not uncommon for a cybersecurity vendor to commission a study on a controversial topic to attract attention to its products and...