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Avalon Cyber, a leading provider of cybersecurity services, and SideChannel Security, experts in CISO, security advisory, and compliance services, today announced an exclusive strategic partnership.

We're pleased to announce that Justin has joined the Avalon Cyber team as a Cyber Security Engineer.  Justin will be focused primarily on the technical development of our cybersecurity offerings, inclusive of MDR, threat hunting, and incident response.

Jonathan has joined the Avalon Cyber team as a Cyber Security Engineer. Jonathan will be focused on our cybersecurity offerings, inclusive of MDR, threat hunting, and cyber incident response process and investigative capabilities.

Avalon Cyber is pleased to announce the hiring of Andrew Monaco as Talent Acquisition Specialist.  The Avalon team has a passion for solving client challenges and Andrew’s experience with building high-level recruitment strategies will help Avalon engage top talent to meet our client’s needs.

As a teenager back in the ‘90s, some of my favorite things to do included playing PlayStation and eating pizza. If I were a teenager today, the only difference would be that I’d be playing on my laptop or tablet while eating pizza. Alas, today, I am an adult. And instead of playing games, I’m going to conferences.

Here at Avalon, we love to see our people move up and take on new challenges. Ryan Lemieux was recently promoted to Information Security Analyst where he will be scrutinizing and providing investigative analysis of cyber events for our clients. Ryan will be the direct point of contact for questions and concerns from Avalon Cyber’s clients and will escalate security events when identified...

Wild Wild West isn’t just a ‘90s hip hop theme song for the movie of the same name, courtesy of Will Smith. It’s also become an internet playground for hackers who are willing to do anything to get into systems, which we’re hearing about on an all-too-regular basis.

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), enacted in 2016, becomes effective in May. It requires organizations that handle the personal data of European Union (E.U.) citizens to ensure adequate protection is in place to prevent theft or misuse.

The demand for cybersecurity professionals is outpacing supply, and that’s bad news for your small business.

Cyber security is looking more and more like a Wile E. Coyote/Road Runner cartoon every day. And sorry to say it, security pros, but we’re the Coyote in this situation.

Every day, we read a headline about a computer hacking or hear a personal story about a friend, family member, or colleague getting hacked. The signs of your computer or identity being hacked are often apparent, such as a menacing pop-up screen notifying you that all your critical files have been encrypted and a ransom is demanded to unencrypt them. Other times, though, the signs are subtle...

Did you ever watch The Office and think about how ridiculous it would be to run such a dysfunctional company? Thank goodness you aren’t the CEO of that mess.