Cyber Security News and Information from Commonwealth Sentinel

Hackers come in all shapes and sizes, from all countries, all ages, male/female, all nationalities, and more. It’s not the lone hacker in a dark hoodie bent over his laptop in a dark room. It may be the pretty young redhead at the coffee shop, the middle-age next-door neighbor who was just laid off from […]

Today we launch a series of videos “Ask Sheri” where we provide simple, straightforward, easy-to-understand information about Cyber Security​? The first question: What’s the #1 biggest cyber security risk?

“Silk Road: Drugs, Death and the Dark Web” (2017) is a documentary about the beginning of what became known as the Dark Web. Silk Road was developed in 2011 as “the Amazon of illegal drugs”.  The purported reason for it was to provide a system whereby drug dealers could sell to users via a surreptitious […]

The FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) provides a platform for victims of suspected internet crime to file a complaint.  The FBI can then analyze the information for investigation, intelligence dissemination to the public for trends and awareness.  It helps the FBI to analyze motives/tactics, evolving threats, and develop methods to stop or mitigate damage […]

“The Inside Man” on Amazon Prime began as a training video produced by the cyber security training company KnowBe4.  The initial video is a 77-minute long movie that both entertains and educates. It follows a hacker who is contracted by unknown outside interests to get hired by a targeted company to destroy them from within. […]

While there are technological tools that can help protect against phishing attacks, the best defense is a cyber security aware workforce.  Here are some things to teach your team to look out for. Email Phishing: At Commonwealth Sentinel, we offer technical solutions like Security Operations Center (SOC) and training packages to help you prevent falling […]