Michelle Drolet, Author at Cannabis Business Executive - Cannabis and Marijuana industry news

Don’t let attackers weaponize fear: Use these cyber resilience recommendations

Covid-19 related cyberattacks emerged ever since the virus was first discovered in China. Per a recent analysis from Microsoft, almost every country in the world has fallen prey to at least one coronavirus-themed attack. Homeland Security in collaboration with the…

Five Key Cybersecurity Trends For 2021

The pandemic has dominated the news in 2020, overshadowing everything else. We’ve seen a rapid rise in remote working, a wave of pandemic-related scams, and pressure to modernize IT while cutting costs. As the dust settles on a tumultuous year,…

5 Tips for Setting Up a Pandemic Response Plan

As the coronavirus (Covid-19) continues to spread around the world, businesses must do what they can to prepare for absent staff and possible periods of enforced closure. It’s vital that companies of all sizes and types draft a distinct crisis…

The CCPA is an opportunity to get your data security house in order

February 24, 2020
Michelle Drolet
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As California’s privacy legislation goes into effect, it’s time to take stock of your security strategies around data and think about the future. The trend towards greater privacy is set to continue. The big data grab drove companies to stockpile…

10 Best Practices for Securing Your Business in 2020

January 27, 2020
Michelle Drolet
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The risk of a data breach is ever present and can prove disastrous especially for cash-based businesses like cannabis. It’s vital to guard against cyber-attacks, but also to establish solid plans to ensure you react to any breach in the…

How Secure Are Partners You Do Business With?

November 19, 2019
Michelle Drolet
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Your internal security standards should go beyond your own borders to cover third-party vendor- partners. Data breaches are nothing new. More than 5 billion records were exposed in 2018 alone and third parties were often found to be at fault.…

Does your business need security awareness training? Yes, it does.

Employees are the weakest link. Policies and firewalls are not enough to secure your data, staff must be regularly trained. Your organization might have the most robust security program in the world. You may have stringent policies, and the latest…

10 Best Practices for a Strong Cybersecurity Posture

The numerous high-profile data breaches that took place in 2018 illustrate that no organization, irrespective of size, scale or scope is immune from cyberattacks. 2018 witnessed a 350% increase in ransomware attacks, and a 70% increase in spear-phishing attacks. We…

5 Rules to Avoid the Phishing Bait

Michelle Drolet Bad actors have taken advantage of unpatched systems, software vulnerabilities and increasingly devious forms of malware for years, but their preferred weapon is phishing. While their motives haven’t changed — luring target victims to click highly legitimate-looking emails…

Learn What NIST’s Cybersecurity Framework Can Do for You

An invaluable roadmap for InfoSec management Cybercrime does not differentiate between large, small, private, or public companies. Dispensaries, growers, labs or banks, all cannabis industries need to determine their risk acceptance as they are perceived as an easy target. Many…

10 Ways to Prevent, Detect and Recover from Ransomware

By Michelle Drolet Ransomware is a kind of malware that typically encrypts data, blocking access to it until a fee is paid to the attacker. While the hype used to outweigh the actual risk, ransomware has evolved, spread and grown…

8 Steps to Secure Unmanaged Devices in the Enterprise

By Michelle Drolet As more and more exploitable endpoints find their way onto our networks we need to act to secure them. This article will highlight practical strategies to help you secure IoT, mobile and other devices that require attention.…

Why should you care about privacy and General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)?

By Michelle Drolet Privacy is one of the most important human rights we cherish. GDPR is essentially an enforcement of our right to privacy in the digital world. The creation of the GDPR regulation demands a conversation focusing on data…

8 cybersecurity trends to watch for 2018

January 17, 2018
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By Michelle Drolet As we stand on the threshold of another year, the war for our cybersecurity rages on. There have been many data breaches in 2017, most notably for Equifax, Verizon, and Kmart. But if you seek a silver…

Four Important Things Cannabis Businesses Can Learn from the Recent Equifax Data Breach

The headline-making Equifax data breach was one of the worst ever. Equifax exposed approximately 143 million consumers, but did not notify any of them. This data breach exposed vital information, such as driver's license, credit cards, social security numbers, addresses,…

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