Brainwave Consulting Company, LLC

05/25/2025

Announcing FileHash v5.4 -- Now supporting the ability to validate checksum files directly via URL

See: https://brainwavecc.com/brainwave-utilities/

04/16/2025

Organizations across industry, government, national security and critical infrastructure rely on the CVE Program, which serves as the de-facto global standard for vulnerability identification and management.

07/10/2024

I was recently a guest on a cybersecurity podcast

In this I host a panel of security experts, which includes: Ben Yarbrough, CEO of CalyptixAndrew Baker, Founder and Owner of Brainwave Eric Kiehn, CEO...

04/26/2024

Upcoming Webinar: Top Security Threats and Challenges Facing SMBs and How to Spot Them

Register at: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/4913062594227047509

May 1, 2024 @ 1pm ET

05/16/2022

Segregation of duties for security, compliance and resilience...

Segregation of Duties (Brainwave CC Security Tidbits)Effective management of employee roles helps with effective security management.Contact Email: Solutions...

05/09/2022

Build or buy?

Build or Buy (Brainwave CC Security Tidbits)Which is better? When or why would you pick one over the other? Consistency is key to making this decision.Cont...

05/04/2022

People, processes and tools...

People, Processes, and Tools (Brainwave CC Security Tidbits)The most important aspects to a good business and good cybersecurity.Contact Email: Solutions@Bra...

04/01/2022

BrainWave Consulting -- Helping Small Businesses
We are helping small businesses address their cybersecurity and compliance needs

We are helping small businesses address their cybersecurity and compliance needs

03/22/2022

If you are responsible for managing the cybersecurity on a network of any size whatsoever, please take a few minutes to review the following article summarizing a recent Cybersecurity Threat Landscape report:

https://www.csoonline.com/article/3654475/latest-threat-landscape-report-has-actionable-take-aways.html

The report features the combined intelligence of data compiled from Fortinet sensors worldwide that document billions of threat events.

02/28/2022

Please take some time to evaluate your personal and corporate cybersecurity posture in light of the current global risk profile...

https://www.brainwavecc.com/blogs/increased-vigilance-is-strongly-recommended/

https://www.databreachtoday.com/feds-advise-shields-up-as-russian-cyberattack-defense-a-18619

02/03/2022

and are not losing the war against .

Businesses, governments and other organizations are losing that war.

There are no self-funded, self-directed, autonomous IT and InfoSec teams and departments. These teams/entities are part of larger organizations that ultimately decide/provide funding, resources, and priority.

Are businesses, business leaders, and governments ready to provide and prioritize the resources (staffing, training, funding, processes, etc) necessary to achieve meaningful and sustainable risk management against ransomware and other cybersecurity threats?

Have we figured out that prioritizing convenience and profit over security is a long-term losing strategy?

Because the attackers are well funded, and very focused on their objectives...

A report from Claroty finds ransomware attacks against critical infrastructures rampant, and paying ransoms often results in less downtime and lost revenue. Is there a way out?