You’re an IT professional, so the wonders of technology are not lost on you. If there’s an app for that, you want to know about it. And the emergence of biometric security features on phones and IoT devices is right in your wheelhouse. At first blush, you recognize the stellar, seemingly impenetrable fortress that is the fingerprint. And unlike passwords and social security numbers, we can’t change our fingerprints. That’s like the ultimate cryptology at your fingertips. But still, there is that nagging little voice that says even that can be hacked.
Giving The Government The Finger
Earlier this year, The U.S. Government revealed that the OPM had been breached and the personal information of more than 21 million government employees and contractors had been compromised, including the fingerprints of more than 5.6 million people. It is reported to be the biggest data breach in U.S. history, though other political stories seem to trump this one in the media.
An Almost Debilitating Vulnerability
If the government’s data is vulnerable, and it obviously is, what’s to keep smaller organizations from simply curling into the fetal position and waiting for the inevitable?
ICS is the answer to that question. The simple truth is that we’re all vulnerable. But we can make good faith efforts to thwart the attacks without limiting authorized access to data or blowing up the IT budget. ICS performs vulnerability assessments and conducts penetration tests for organizations of all sizes and across all industries.
So while hackers don’t always leave fingerprints, they sometimes take others with them. Call our team of professionals today before some clever troll hacks into the Office Christmas Party pictures from last year. You know the ones. Your fingerprints are all over them.
