Symposit is pleased to welcome a new addition to our team. Frank Von Hendricks joins us as a Cyber Team Lead for our Federal Energy sector clients with more than 25 years of information technology experience. Previously, Frank worked at Northrop Grumman Corporation as a Senior Principal Systems Analyst contracted to the U.S. Social Security
Symposit LLC announces prime contract with the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL)
Symposit LLC announced its latest prime contract with the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) to provide technical support for the Information Management Advisory Council. Symposit is proud to support INL’s critical mission to reduce the entry of illegal drugs into the United States and to minimize the
Important note about logging into Office 365 with legacy software or devices
We wanted to share this important note make sure our clients are aware that they should be using modern email clients (ie. Outlook 2013 or newer), as well as smartphones that continuously update with either the latest iOS or Android operating systems – systems that will support “Modern Authentication.” The change will go into effect
Team Symposit Winter 2020 Holiday Celebration
On Friday, January 31st, the Symposit team gathered for a Winter Holiday party that was a great success! We enjoyed a great selection of food and drinks at The Eleanor in the NoMa area of Washington, D.C. Our team enjoyed arcade games, mini-bowling, and getting to know friends and teammates. We are so grateful to
Symposit awarded AV design prime contract for State Dept
Symposit has been awarded a prime contract with the Department of State (DOS), Foreign Services Institute (FSI) for the design and consulting services for a new Audio-Visual equipment, network and infrastructure design solution to be incorporated into the Issued for Construction (IFC) Drawing Set for the National Foreign Affairs Training Center (NFATC), Building B Project.
Bad actors are using HTTPS
In alert issued by the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), scammers are now using fake websites with HTTPS certificates that appear to make the website secure in order to lure victims into providing payment or other sensitive information. Read the entire alert below: Source: https://www.ic3.gov/media/2019/190610.aspx CYBER ACTORS EXPLOIT ‘SECURE’ WEBSITES IN PHISHING CAMPAIGNS Websites
Symposit partners with DigitalOcean
May 15, 2019 – Symposit LLC announced today that it has become a partner with a leading IaaS (infrastructure-as-a-service) cloud services provider, DigitalOcean. With the vision of consistently integrating the best cloud and IT services and solutions to its clients, Symposit LLC continuously innovates to keep up with the latest trends in IT; to provide
Is my Desktop Sharing Software secure?
ATTENTION! WARNING! Cyber Attackers are using Desktop Sharing Software to Target US Businesses Since 2018 until this year, there has been malicious attacks by cyber actors using desktop sharing software to facilitate numerous network invasions of authorized and unauthorized installations to gain access to a victim’s system and inaccessible files. Everyone, whether it is for
Is Using Public WiFi safe?
Free Wifi is available in coffee shops, restaurants, shopping malls, hotels, airports, libraries -you name it. Millions of people everyday use this doing everything from browsing the internet, checking emails, and just any internet related tasks. Although, most people do not realize even though there is a password to login, free public Wi-Fi is not
Formjacking?
What is Formjacking? This is not a new form of cyber attack, but it has recently increased since the past year. It is form of JavaScript-code where cyber criminals hack and take control over the functionality of the site’s form page. This malicious JavaScript code is used to steal credit card details and payment form