By Donald R Hammons, CCO at mxHero Inc.

As global organizations pursue digital transformation, a key challenge is balancing security and organizational agility while minimizing process friction and risk.

We’ve always been amazed at the fluid movements of those in our culture who have mastered the art of parkour. While the name itself might not be familiar to some, most have seen parkour in the action movies of late, spanning from the James Bond series to the Mission Impossible franchise and even some examples in the Jason Bourne movies of late. Parkour itself is a widely held training discipline using…

Email is the number one threat in the enterprise because of core design flaws that inflame today’s cybersecurity landscape. MxHero fixes email by merging it with modern cloud content management platforms without disrupting the end-user.

by Alexis Panagides & Donald R. Hammons

mxHero is on a mission. In the last decade, we have been dedicated to changing how the most pervasive file-sharing technology in the world works. We’re changing Email.

Like anything truly worth doing, it is a monumental task, but the rewards will benefit everyone. The challenge is great. Email is a massive monster, weighing in at 4 billion…

by Donald R. Hammons & Alexis Panagides

The enterprises of tomorrow will need to simultaneously adopt strategies that achieve both human collaboration and enterprise security aims.

San Francisco, CA (USA) January 4th, 2021

When content lives everywhere, it is inherently insecure and less valuable. A rudderless approach to content management, collaboration, and security are no longer viable, it limits innovation, and frankly — it is a security threat. …

In the wake of one of the most severe breaches of US Government networks, are we going to continue believing that we're just a software patch away from data security? Are we going to continue to ignore simple yet proven strategies for protecting data? It’s time to face the data and facts (aka reality) and act accordingly to protect our organizations and nation from attack.

Once again, and this time at an unprecedented scale, major US government and potentially private networks have been compromised. This is just one more, albeit major, breach in the continual stream of breach events that…

We continue our data-driven exploration of the unseen risks of email using mxHero’s Calculator, this time examining data risk resulting from email content sprawl.

In our last posting, we took a closer look at the mxHero ROI Calculator’s estimate of accidental file deliveries resulting from emails with address errors. This article focuses on one of the most startling estimates, namely data sprawl caused by email. As we have written before, email’s architecture duplicates content with viral efficiency. This is because email and its embedded file attachments are replicated at every stage in the delivery chain. …

A new tool that combines available data with your organization’s metrics reveals your data risk due to accidental email deliveries.

Over most of the last decade, mxHero has worked at the intersection of email and cloud storage services (e.g., Box, Egnyte, OneDrive, etc.). During this time, we have published research regarding the impact of email on corporate security, governance, productivity, and cost savings. One of our focus areas has been on the effects of email attachments on data risk and cybersecurity.

Often overlooked as innocuous, email attachments are anything but. In a world reeling with challenges, cybersecurity proves elusive and…

The best and most overlooked action for robust cybersecurity might be the least expensive

Among the many challenges organizations face in 2020, cybersecurity (or the lack thereof) has dominated the news cycle. Ultra-sophisticated criminals are penetrating every type and size of company. In a recent article from Forbes, yet another threat has emerged from what seems to be a highly experienced crew who claim their latest ransomware, “DarkSide,” is the “perfect product.” According to the article, the group has already netted $1M in just two weeks.

A confluence of increased digitization, criminal impunity, and a dramatic increase in remote work…

Organizations struggle with insider threats to their data security. Employees planning to leave their jobs are involved in 60% of insider cybersecurity incidents and data leaks, research suggests. Whether intentional or accidental, sensitive content leaked by employees represents a massive challenge. Innovative use of cloud storage may be the best solution yet.