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NISC Announces Enhanced, Free Awareness Kit

Updated NISC CyberSense educational tool kit includes new social media animations and accompanying copy to spread cybersecurity awareness and safety. Damage related to cybercrime is projected to hit $10.5 trillion annually by 2025. (Cybersecurity Ventures) The global average cost of […]

NISC Adds Identity & Access Management to Cybersecurity Suite

Expansion of Cyber Services Brings NISC Members an Additional Layer of Security Mandan, N.D., Nov. 8, 2022 – National Information Solutions Cooperative (NISC), a leading provider of software and solutions to utility and broadband companies, announced today the addition of […]

A (Not So) New Cyber Threat :: Supply Chain Security

With everything going on in the world, a sound cybersecurity strategy is more critical today than ever before. According to the Allianz Risk Barometer, the number one concern for companies globally in 2022 is cyber incidents, followed by business interruptions […]

Five Critical Cybersecurity Mistakes Most Make & Don’t Realize It

Cybersecurity is critical to any and all organizations regardless of the industry. From mom-and-pop shops selling baked goods to large utility companies, a secure environment is not just a best practice, it is an absolute necessity. But true cybersecurity is […]

NISC Releases Enhanced, Free Cybersecurity Awareness Kit

Updated NISC CyberSense tool kit includes new animations, social media content and updated print marketing materials to spread cybersecurity awareness and safety. Online threats have risen by as much as six-times their usual levels as the COVID-19 pandemic provides new […]

NISC® Launches Additional Cybersecurity Offering to Help Members Address Vulnerabilities

Mandan, N.D., Aug. 5, 2020 – With malicious attacks on the rise and cybercriminals capitalizing on the uncertainty surrounding COVID, National Information Solutions Cooperative® has added NISC CyberPatch to their existing NISC Cybersecurity Services suite of solutions to help independent […]

Cyber Top Five: Threats in the Wake of the Coronavirus

At NISC, we see our Members as not only our Member-Owners but also part of our IT cooperative community. In regard to cybersecurity, an educated community is a safer community. We want to help you all achieve a secure workplace […]

COVID-19 & the Cybercriminals Capitalizing on the Pandemic

With a global pandemic at the forefront of our mind, it is also a prime opportunity for hackers to attempt to exploit the situation. As our focus is on the effects of the virus on our businesses, our communities and […]

NISC Announces Free 2019 Cybersecurity Awareness Kit

Updated NISC CyberSense tool kit includes animations, digital content and updated marketing materials to spread cybersecurity awareness and safety Damage related to cybercrime is projected to hit $6 trillion annually by 2021. (Cybersecurity Ventures) The average global cost of cybercrime […]

Cybercrime Damage Projected to hit $6 Trillion Annually by 2021

More than half of all data breaches globally to occur in the United States by 2023, due to the amount of consumer and corporate data stored across the country. (Juniper Research :: 2018 Study) Ransomware attacks are growing more than […]

7 Ways to Prepare for a Potential Cyber Retaliation

Unfortunately, we are living in the day and age of global conflicts spilling over into cyberspace. According to the Washington Post, on June 20, 2019, the U.S. launched cyberstrikes against the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Currently, the Department of Homeland […]

A Culture of Cybersecurity, a Commitment to Doing the Right Thing

A recent article published in a widely circulated technical publication has spurred a much-needed online discussion. The article’s focus was on the management of consumer password credentials. Naturally, this spurred the question of what NISC is doing to protect the […]