The Consulting Practice

08/24/2026

IT Security News. 📰

IT Skills requirements are always changing and AI is the next frontier. Where is AI you might ask? It's everywhere! We provide AI evaluation capabilities for our clients as required and provide complimentary consulting when beginning engagements...and the beat goes on.

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Chilli. 🌶️

Some 78% of cybersecurity jobs now require AI skills—an indicator that AI literacy is quickly becoming a baseline expectation for hiring, according to the AI Workforce Consortium.

08/21/2026

Cybersecurity News. 📰

More industrial breach capabilities and this team against Siemens devices. Is your manufacturing environment hardened and secure? We assist clients with ensuring cybersecurity posture is maintained with manufacturing clients and often engage via a complimentary evaluation.

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Chilli. 🌶️

https://cybersecuritynews.com/hackers-attacking-siemens-s7-plcs/

The NSA, CISA, FBI, Department of Energy, and EPA issued a joint cybersecurity advisory on August 19 warning that threat actors are actively targeting Siemens S7 Series programmable logic controllers (PLCs) across America's critical infrastructure.

08/21/2026

Cybersecurity News. 📰

More industrial breach capabilities and this team against Siemens devices. Is your manufacturing environment hardened and secure? We assist clients with ensuring cybersecurity posture is maintained with manufacturing clients and often engage via a complimentary evaluation.

Stay Secure, Stay Safe!

Chilli. 🌶️

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/us-agencies-warn-active-ai-assisted-campaign-targeting-ygs6e/

08/17/2026

Cybersecurity News. 📰

So Cyber-attackers have targeted another city and this time a city with an IT Staff of 2 with 1 external consultant - drastically under resourced! Unfortunately, cities and municipalities will need to realize that they do require additional professional resources to operate their environment. Additional external consultants and externally hosted services can assist with this dilemma. Is your city secure? We provide complementary Cybersecurity Assessments prior to starting engagements with our clients.

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Chilli. 🌶️

https://www.techtimes.com/articles/324247/20260813/suisun-city-ransomware-attack-30000-residents-locked-out-council-weighs-extortion-demand.htm

Suisun City ransomware attack has shut down City Hall and ten departments for seven days as elected council members weigh a criminal extortion demand, joining five other US cities hit by ransomware the same week. Small governments with lean IT teams are increasingly prime targets for

08/13/2026

Cybersecurity News. 📰

As a manufacturer, is your Intellectual Property (IP) protected? If not, then you could have a competitor replicating your current or future products in no time! Make sure you have a security assessment done that focuses on IP containment - we do complementary assessments if needed too!.....and the beat goes on.....

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Chilli. 🌶️

https://www.mbtmag.com/cybersecurity/blog/22972332/manufacturings-data-security-problem

Even as security improves, the sharing of BOMs, CAD files and audit specs places vital IP at risk.

08/11/2026

IT Security News. 📰

"Recovery Confidence" seems to be the metric to use when trying to understand how quickly and accurately you can recover from a Cybersecurity Incident. Interesting point as well is the notion of ensuring that your data has been recovered correctly prior to re-start!...and the beat goes on....

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Chilli. 🌶️

https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbestechcouncil/2026/08/11/why-recovery-confidence-is-the-new-data-security-metric/

Recovery confidence is an investment grounded in an organization's own preparation rather than its ability to consistently outpace an attacker.

08/05/2026

Cybersecurity News. 📰

Don't forget about voice security! If you can be heard electronically or recorded electronically, then you may want to consider for Voice-Security!...and the beat goes on....

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Chilli. 🌶️

https://www.planadviser.com/businesses-want-cybersecurity-to-protect-voice-recordings-per-survey/

A recent survey found that 93% of surveyed enterprises wanted voice security included in risk management programs.

08/04/2026

Cybersecurity News. 📰

So a new phishing campaign against a financial institution is out there in the wild. Pay attention to all inbound emails and if you are suspicious of an email, then be diligent and contact the institution directly to confirm communication. Anti-Phishing Training Campaigns can help!....and the beat goes on.....

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Chilli. 🌶️

https://newsroom.servicenow.com/press-releases/details/2026/ServiceNow-delivers-Autonomous-Security-the-industrys-most-complete-security-offering/default.aspx

ServiceNow unveils six unified security solutions with AI Specialists to enable prevention-first, AI-native cyber defense that operates at machine speed As the fastest-growing major enterprise cybersecurity company, ServiceNow's risk and security business unites exposure management, identity, cyber-...

07/30/2026

Cybersecurity News. 📰

Protection Identity's seems to be very important. Protecting ID's and Monitoring ID activities go hand in hand.....and the beat goes on.....We help organizations implement appropriate Identity Monitoring!

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Chilli. 🌶️

https://www.newsweek.com/why-identity-visibility-is-becoming-cybersecuritys-top-priority-12260114

How we can prepare for increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks by keeping track of who – or what – can access our systems

07/27/2026

IT Security News. 📰

Another day, another breach with Estee Lauder this time. Remember to patch regularly and watch for data being exfiltrated if you can....and the beat goes on.....

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Chilli. 🌶️

https://www.cpomagazine.com/cyber-security/cosmetics-giant-estee-lauder-discloses-a-10-month-old-data-breach/

Cosmetics giant Estée Lauder is notifying customers of a ten-month-old data breach stemming from Oracle EBS that leaked the personal information of its employees.