Time is Ticking to Achieve NIST 800-171 Compliance   Your team is invited to attend our upcoming event discussing the 7 Key Steps to Help You Achieve NIST 800-171 Compliance. This presentation provides insights and details on how to effectively meet the compliance requirements before the fast-approaching Dec. 31, 2017 deadline. Attendees will gain an...Read More

Security Vitals Shares Expertise in Mitigating Security Weakness Pontiac, MI – One of the largest threats and persistent risks to small and medium-sized businesses is the potential for a security breach. Hacks, scams, and phishing requests come in every size and shape, and are exponentially getting worse as nefarious individuals, organizations, and companies, both locally...Read More

Security and Cloud Storage Recent news stories about cloud computing solutions have highlighted its role data leaks. Organizations that have suffered from leaks range from the Republican National Committee to Verizon, and more recently Dow Jones Publications (the parent company of The Wall Street Journal). Events like these cause some to question the security of...Read More

Technology Companies Catalyze Pontiac’s Comeback Pontiac, MI – Tech companies are betting on Pontiac as the next hot spot in Metro Detroit to support the ever-growing tech landscape. Pontiac real estate is taking off as these high-tech companies are creating traffic, boosting the economy, and bringing attention to the city. The influx of these companies...Read More

Malware and Malicious Hackers are critical threats that require different, but often complimentary, means of defense. To effectively defend against these two types of attacks one must first understand what they are and why they exist.  It will become clear that despite the relative simplicity of defending against malicious hackers, they pose the most current...Read More

Security Vitals joins Duo Security MSP program to offer two-factor authentication to customers Pontiac, Mich. — Duo Security and Security Vitals have joined to provide Duo’s two-factor authentication (2FA) technology to current and future Security Vitals customers, making implementation and use of 2FA easier for IT administrators and end-users alike. As a significant step in...Read More

Register for Our Free Webinar Pontiac, MI – Security Vitals will host a free educational webinar to take viewers through a 7-step process on how to achieve NIST 800-171 Compliance by the Dec. 31, 2017 deadline. CEO, Rob Cote, will present these steps June 27 at 10 a.m. EST. Because NIST 800-171 demands specialized resources...Read More

Who Needs a Risk Framework? Ever try to take a long trip without a GPS or old school roadmap?   Think about the prospect of travelling cross country with no reference for direction…reacting to every stretch of highway and turn in the road.   Believe it or not, this is how some organizations manage information security.    Effectively...Read More

Pontiac, Michigan – Security Vitals, a Michigan-based, cyber security services firm, announces the release of the Compliance as a Service (CaaS) offering to help manufactures retain their government contracts by complying with the looming NIST 800-171 cyber security standard. NIST 800-171 is a collection of technical and process controls designed to protect Department of Defense...Read More

Is there true accountability for technology investments? Consider past investments for InfoSec as another possible cause for waning support.  Over the past 5 years, the InfoSec industry has been flush with security technology spending driven a crowded product marketplace.  While most technologies are built on sound principles for reducing risk, they require process definition and...Read More