DNS Health: Ensure your organizations’ identity is protected
GRF Cybersecurity Risk Assessment and Scorecard Blog Series Your organization’s domain name (e.g. “example.com”) serves as the base of operations for your online identity – helping interested parties to find you and connect with you online. However, the underlying machine language of the internet is based on numbers. Every site on the internet has…
Network Security: Building Resiliency
GRF Cybersecurity Risk Assessment and Scorecard Blog Series It’s not just about disruption or inconvenience. A compromised technology incident can have a detrimental impact on your organization’s processes, mission, and reputation. A review of your external network security risk should include looking at any risk that is related to your perimeter network – or…
DDoS Resiliency: Protecting Against the Attack of the Robots
GRF Cybersecurity Risk Assessment and Scorecard Blog Series Your website is essential for promoting your nonprofit organization’s mission. However, bad actors often target nonprofit websites for attack, assuming they are not as protected as commercial sites. One hacker strategy is to bring the site down entirely through a denial of service attack. That’s where…
Email Security: Don’t let attackers in through the front door
GRF Cybersecurity Risk Assessment and Scorecard Blog Series Your email is a critical business function that needs to be constantly available and secured. Securing your email systems involves looking at the configuration of your email server, your mail exchange (MX) records, and SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) to identify any potential vulnerabilities or misconfigurations….
Attack Surface: Are all your systems’ access points secure?
GRF Cybersecurity Risk Assessment and Scorecard Blog Series Anything freely available on the internet and open to users can be a point of attack for a malicious actor. To prevent unauthorized access to your network and systems, it’s crucial to understand the vulnerabilities of your network. The term “attack surface” refers to the total…
GRF Expands Cybersecurity Services with an Eye to the 2022 Top Risk Outlook
GRF has expanded services to address current, new, and emerging cybersecurity issues.
GRF CPAs & Advisors Announces Four New Partners
GRF has promoted four members of the firm to Partner: Lindsay Dean, CPA; Tricia Katebini, CPA, MBA; Max Manley, CPA; and Melissa Musser, CPA, CITP, CISA.
Information Disclosure: Are you up to date on privacy laws?
GRF Cybersecurity Risk Assessment and Scorecard Blog Series Securing the privacy of your organization’s employee and customer data is critical for maintaining the trust of members and donors – and is increasingly becoming a legal requirement. What is information disclosure? Information disclosure occurs when an application reveals sensitive information about its users. Depending on…
Social Network: Knowing the Narrative Surrounding your Organization
GRF Cybersecurity Risk Assessment and Scorecard Blog Series Social media has allowed organizations to connect with customers around the world, but the wide reach of your social network also presents opportunities for hackers and bad actors to launch attacks or damage your organization’s reputation. Properly understanding and managing your social media presence allows you…