News-to-Use

IRS Security Summit Campaign

The IRS Security Summit has released a summer campaign to combat tax-related identity theft. The campaign is intended to raise awareness about data security.
READ MORE

Summer 2021 Cybersecurity Newsletter

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) released its Summer 2021 Cybersecurity Newsletter. This newsletter, which may be accessed ...
READ MORE

Securing Wireless Devices

The National Security Agency released an information sheet providing guidance on securing wireless devices while in public places. The information sheet explains the ...
READ MORE

Top 25 Most Dangerous Software Weaknesses

The government’s Homeland Security Systems Engineering and Development Institute issued a list of the top 25 most dangerous software weaknesses. The list identifies ...
READ MORE

StopRansomware.Gov

The U.S. government started a website to help organizations combat the increase in ransomware. Ransomware is a cyberattack that encrypts files on a device making those ...
READ MORE

Data Encryption

The IRS encourages owners of sensitive data to consider encryption. Encryption makes information unreadable without a deciphering key.
READ MORE

Limit Spam Emails

Spam emails are not only unwanted, they may also be phishing messages used by cyber criminals. The Federal Trade Commission has tips for reducing the number of spam ...
READ MORE

NIST Security Framework

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) helps organizations understand and improve their management of cybersecurity risk. To help with that, NIST has ...
READ MORE

Enhance Security with VPN

The Internal Revenue Service recommends the use of a virtual private network (VPN) to protect against cyber intruders when working remotely.
READ MORE

IRS Identity Theft Protection Guidance

The IRS issued Tax Tip 2021-77 providing six steps to prevent identity theft. Following these steps will help individuals avoid having their identities compromised and ...
READ MORE