Entries by Lawrence Strauss

ARA Mass Trains Its Member Organizations

The American Rental Association of Massachusetts (ARA) set their member organizations on the path to cybersecurity awareness this month. ARA received six hour-and-fifteen-minute-long custom seminars that introduced the concepts of Security Awareness Training – tailored to their industry.

Bryley VP Roy Pacitto facilitated the online, interactive sessions that provided an introduction to Security Awareness Training (SAT) for ARA member organizations. The aim was to provide each participant with the basics that if the concepts presented were adhered-to the organizations would be less likely to experience a security breach. It was explained at the outset that one-time training sessions have only limited benefit. But couple initial training with ongoing Security Awareness Training and the results are historically impressive in minimizing cybersecurity risks … [six min. read]

Cyber Liability Insurance

Bryley is sometimes asked by its clients about the need for liability insurance for data compromise and other risks associated with our digital lives. For these kinds of questions Bryley turns to Murphy Insurance … [2 min. read]

Thinking In-House IT? Consider Bryley IT

Small- to medium-sized businesses don’t usually have an on-site tech overseeing the systems in use – these tasks tend to fall to the owners or employees with the most tech aptitude/interest. But if you’ve had it with frustrating downtime scenarios, you may be thinking of hiring an IT tech or contracting with a Managed Service Provider (MSP) like Bryley. [5 min. read]

Keep Calm and Carry On

A solution for peace-of-mind. Disasters come in all shapes and sizes, from hurricanes and sinkholes, to lightning strikes, bio-hazards and rodent infestations … [3 min. read]

What Does the SolarWinds Breach Mean?

For some perspective on the massive hack I spoke with David Byler, a Bryley trusted security advisor, “… what’s scary about this versus say the Equifax breach or the Home Depot breach is that in those the target was the customer data for that specific company. Also Equifax and Home Depot are not known as tech companies. SolarWinds is a tech company supplying tech to help tech companies manage their tech. So for them to get breached feels like this extra big thing …” [7 min. read]

Community Service Day

On October 23, 2020, Bryley volunteers (and sisters) Carol and Cathy joined the Corridor 9/495 Chamber of Commerce for their Annual Community Service Day on behalf of the Community Harvest Project [1 min. read]