Google began requiring 2-factor authentication on some user accounts this past year, and while there’s always some inconvenience involved in making that switch the benefits definitely outweigh it.

Google enrolled 150 million members in the last three months of 2021 in their 2-factor authentication program, and they’ve found that instances of accounts being hacked dropped by half for those users.

This is our fifth article on this topic and as we bring it to a close, I’d like to first look back at what we’ve covered so far.

We started the series looking at what’s ahead for the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) program in 2022. Then we covered tiers one, two and three as they exist in the current 1.0 model of the program.

Last month we released our new cyber insurance report which is an in depth look into this topic, but we wanted to touch on what we’re specifically seeing so far in 2022 in today’s article because from what we’re seeing in from our clients and in the industry – cyber insurance requirements are on the rise.

We’ve covered tier one and tier two of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) program, and this week we’ll be tackling tier three.

Before we dive in, we want to mention that we’re covering tier three as it exists currently (in 2022), version 1.0 has five tiers but once version 2.0 of the program releases it will be reduced to three tiers.

While business continuity plans should cover topics that extend beyond the realm of technology, it makes sense that technology naturally moves to the forefront when much of the focus of a good business continuity plan focuses on the ability to perform business functions as normal.

This is the third week of our Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Series. You can find week one, which was a look at what’s happening with CMMC in 2022 here. Last week, we gave you an overview of tier one which you can review here.

Tier one in CMMC really covers the basic foundational steps you must take to move on to tier two and tier three.

Even though major carriers AT&T and Verizon scaled back their 5G rollout scheduled for yesterday, some flights were cancelled or rerouted anyways due to the concerns that 5G could cause airline equipment to malfunction.

AT&T and Verizon turned on sections of their C-band 5G networks across the US on Wednesday but have agreed to hold off on enabling it directly near airports for now.

Last week we covered a general overview of what the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) program is and what’s been announced for 2022 so far. Presently, there are five maturity tiers found in program, although if (or when) version 2.0 is released it’s been announced that the program will be simplified down to just three tiers.

Last week a claim unfolded on Twitter that Norton was installing crypto mining software without authorization on PC’s which then rose to the level of outrage amongst some Norton antivirus software customers.

The truth on the subject is a mixed bag, while it’s true they are installing a crypto miner on customer machines it’s not active on every machine, customers must authorize the process before the device will begin mining crypto (in this case Ethereum). If you authorize Norton to begin mining cryptocurrency on your device they will setup a wallet for you and after a small cut, and then deposit your earnings there when you meet a certain threshold.

We’ve touched on the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) before in this blog, but over the next five weeks we’ll be doing a deep dive into this particular cybersecurity framework in our new CMMC Series. Starting with today’s post on what’s happening currently and what we can expect in 2022.

At Valley Techlogic, we believe a good cybersecurity framework can be the backbone for businesses looking to beef up their cybersecurity implementation.