This month Business Leader Media announced KRAA Security as one of the winners in their Business Leader Top 300 Small Business of the South. This prestigious award is given each year to honor the top business leaders in South.  The demand for Miami-based KRAA Security’s information security services and social media security is growing rapidly.

Miami, FL, June 23rd, 2011 — This month Business Leader Media announced KRAA Security (www.kraasecurity.com) as one of the winners their Top 300 Small Businesses of the South. This prestigious award is given each year to honor the top businesses that have made the greatest impact in the business community.

For the fourth consecutive year Business Leader has issued the Top 300 Small Businesses of the South award. The annual dinner highlighted the business community as Business Leader recognizes the most dynamic small businesses that have exhibited strong historical financial results, have a positive impact in the local economy and are making a difference not only in business but also in the greater community.

KRAA Security offers information security consulting services to small and medium businesses.  Information security has become too difficult for a typical IT administrator to handle effectively.  Small and medium businesses are often the most vulnerable to security attacks because they lack trained security staff, and they are increasingly turning to information security services.  KRAA Security has expanded their service offering with Social Media Security assessments, Social Media Policy development and Online Training in security principles targeting best security practices, social media usage and HIPAA Security rule requirements.

“We are honored to be selected as a winner in this year’s Business Leader awards. This is further validation of our suite of security assessment services is meeting the needs of our clients ” said KRAA Security founder and CEO Gary Bahadur.  “We are seeing increasing demand for Social Media Security, HIPAA Security and PCI assessments, particularly in the retail, healthcare and financial verticals. Our customers just don’t have the time and money for internal testing, so it just makes strategic and economic sense for them to call on KRAA Security to perform specific security tasks.”

KRAA Security was founded in 2007 to meet this customer demand, and has been growing rapidly, and has launched additional security assessment services to meet the needs of their clients.   KRAA Security has recently launched a new product for supply chain risk management, see more details at www.razient.com

KRAA Security is Mr. Bahadur’s third technology startup.  He was the cofounder and CIO of Foundstone Inc, a $20M security vulnerability risk management firm with offices in the United States, Singapore and India. Foundstone was sold to McAfee for $86 Million in 2004.  Prior to Foundstone, Mr. Bahadur was the President and cofounder of Ether2 Corporation.

About KRAA Security:

KRAA Security was founded in 2007 to address the security needs of companies in all industries with Information Security Consulting Services.  KRAA Security protects organizations from threats through a combination of preventative services in Social Media Security, PCI SAQ Audit

Compliance Measures, HIPAA Security Assessment, Application Security, Network Security, Operating System Security and Compliance measures.  KRAA Security provides a comprehensive suite of Security Consulting and Products that are practical, efficient and cost effective. CEO Gary Bahadur has launched a new book on social media security “Securing the Clicks: Network Security in the Age of Social Media”

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As regulations increase, hospitals have to be more diligent in implementing and monitoring security controls. The Top 5 protections a healthcare organization needs in order to move towards a HIPAA Security Rule compliant environment include:

1. Conduct a Risk Assessment: Section 164.308(a)(1) of HIPAA requires an organization to conduct the risk analysis before any solution is implemented. It is important to know your network’s vulnerabilities. Officials must understand what type of information might get exposed, who might expose it, and how where it could be exposed. The result of this analysis will facilitate creation of security policies & procedures.

2. Take a Multi-Layer Approach: A single technology cannot provide complete protection. Implementing firewalls, anti-virus software, anti-spam, and intrusion prevention are just some of the things needed to keep patient data completely secure.

3. Don’t Forget About Email: More patient data is breached through email than any other source. It is crucial to have secure email and full content filtering. You need both inbound and outbound filters for personal health information protection and Encryption is key.

 4. Implement Policies: Employees must be educated on the security policies of an organization, why the policies are important and how to protect confidential information. eSecurity training is the first step in this important process. Implement a security awareness and training program for all members of its workforce including management.

 5. Backup Your Data Offsite (Securely) : Offsite data backup has become the easier and safer alternative to the out dated tape method. Offsite data backup offers multiple encryption methods, sophisticated file search availability, and complete automation. You can recover you data swiftly and test your backup information quickly for accuracy and completeness.

 KRAA Security (www.kraasecurity.com) is trusted name in the security industry. The firm conducts comprehensive Physical Security Assessments to identify potential physical security risks in Hospitals. KRAA Security also conducts data security assessments that meet HIPAA Security Rule requirements to determine if patient databases are at risk. An evaluation by KRAA Security will pinpoint where problem areas are located that affects the safety of customers and employees, and areas on the premises that would facilitate thefts, vandals and intrusions both logical and physical.

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 December 2010, Miami, Fl: KRAA Security, the prominent name in providing managed security and consulting services, hosted a 45-minute webinar identifying the vulnerable areas within a corporation where social media hackers may easily attack. Gary Bahadur, Founder and CEO of KRAA, reviewed each area in detail, concluding the webinar with recommendations on how to avoid being a target and/or victim of a potential hacker. KRAA Security offers Social Media Policy Development and Social Media Security Assessments.

In brief, below are the top ten areas of attack that were addressed:

1. Employees. Employees may post sensitive or confidential information about the company and its clients. They may also click on inappropriate website links which may contain viruses that end up in company’s network.

2. Customers. The saying goes “one unhappy customer will tell nine of their friends”, and there goes your reputation.

3. Human Resources. Many companies have not implemented social media policies, leaving employees with an “anything goes” modus operandi when it comes to social networking.

4. Social Networking Worms. The 2010 “Koobface” worm stole data from Facebook, Myspace, Twitter, LinkedIn and Bebo by tricking users to download a Trojan.

 5. Competitors. Competitors may hide behind fictitious profiles to gather information about your company. Or worse, they may use these fictitious profiles to attack your brand image by spreading lies about your company.

6. Scraping. Automated programs literally “scrape” data from your network to build unauthorized profiles.

 7. Trojans. Trojans trick users into thinking that they are interacting with a legitimate application, while collecting data from the user’s computer.

 8. Data Devaluation. Not every employee, especially recent college graduates, are fully aware of the importance of online security and of the care that must be given to sensitive information or data.

 9. Phishing. Phishing entices users to provide real login information by simulating legitimate sites.

 10. Impersonation. It is difficult to tell who is really behind the social medial profiles that we encounter. There is no way to know whether the profile we are looking at is that of one of our employees or of a competitor saying things in another person’s voice/account/profile.

“I cannot stress enough the importance of implementing Social Media Security Policies in conjunction with Reputation Management tools. All hands must be on deck – from the Human Resources, Marketing and IT Security departments – everyone must be on the same page when it comes to what, when, where, how and by who company information is being shared. Corporations must build a training program around appropriate Social Media usage in order to avoid a potential disaster,” stated Gary Bahadur.

KRAA Security holds monthly webinars, and this one about Social Media Security is already scheduled to be brought back by popular demand (actual date is to be determined).

About KRAA Security – (www.kraasecurity.com) is trusted name in the security industry. KRAA Security’s risk assessment services protect organizations from threats through a combination of preventative measures in Social Media Security, Application Security, Network Security, Operating System Security and Compliance.

Contact: Jasmine Jones

KRAA Security, 888-KRAA-911

info@kraasecurity.com

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 December 2010, Miami, Fl: KRAA Security, the prominent name in providing managed security and consulting services, is once again listed as one of the Top 100 Technology companies founded by Indian entrepreneurs in the U.S. The selection and honor has been given by Silicon India Magazine in the 13 th year of publishing its si100 issue.

Silicon India Magazine, with the assistance of a panel of accomplished Indian CEOs, CIOs of public companies, founders of Silicon India Editorial board and other VC funded companies, “has carefully listed those companies which display the characteristics of long-term visibility, sustained growth, business focus, profitability and customer and employee value-creation.”

“It is definitely humbling to see both our hard work recognized by this prestigious panel of individuals, as well as the KRAA Security name included in the Top 100 Tech firms founded by Indians in the U.S. We thank Silicon India and the panel of judges for this recognition, and our clients for their continued support and trust in our work,” said Gary Bahadur, Founder KRAA Security.

About KRAA Security

Founded in 2007, KRAA Security provides management, monitoring and problem resolution for security needs through an integrated security services portal for hospitals, banks, and retail organizations. It offers User Defense, Network Defense, HIPAA Risk Assessment

( http://www.kraasecurity.com/compliance/hipaa ) service, Email Defense, Vulnerability Management, System and Intrusion Defense, as well as Social Media Assessment, Policy Development and Employee Monitoring services. KRAA’s security services are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

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Headquarters

200 SE 1 st St., Suite 603

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Torrance, CA 90505

About Silicon India

Silicon India is a leading professional networking portal in the IT News and Media category with 2 million members, and more than 50,000 new members added every week. Silicon India´s members post hundreds of blogs and news feeds related to careers, their industry updates, technology, and sports. As India’s largest community of professionals, Silicon India promotes itself as not only knowledge and networking site, but a venue for career growth. www.siliconindia.com

Miami, FL, October 12, 2010 — This month, Mr. Bahadur will discuss the risks surrounding corporate use of Social Media at the Hacker Halted Conference 2010. How do companies protect themselves from inappropriate Social Media usage by employees, either through malicious intent or simple mistakes? What processes should be put in place to provide structured methods for dealing with social media securely, for educating employees and for monitoring and maintaining a positive social media presence?

What new security challenges will be posed by Social Media utilization in the workplace?

Corporations and professionals will face challenges in monitoring the online conversations for mentions of their products, brands, services, customer service, key employees, for identifying trademark infringements and copyright violations, and for understanding trends in their industry and the competitive landscape. Companies will additionally face challenges in determining the influence of people, as well as the impact of their mentions and threats they face from social media sources. Further challenges associated with social media include:
• Creating appropriate strategies to deal with numerous inherent risks
• Allocating resources for planning, maintenance, and corrective action
• Developing enterprise-wide social media policies
• Establishing and implementing business processes to address social media activity related to PR, recruitment, customer service and product development
• Hiring, training, and developing community managers from within the company
• Determining metrics and performance measurements related to various objectives for social media, including risk mitigation tactics

Corporate staff such as Directors of Human Resources, Marketing, Sales and other Executives need assistance in developing and implementing a security strategy for Social Media usage and reputation management. Employees need guidance into what is appropriate in how they utilize and leverage social media in the workplace as well as show how social media can hurt them if they use it inappropriately and methods in which it can affect their company.

The 2010 Hacker Halted USA Conference in Miami speaking engagement will provide attendees a structured approach to Secure Social Media policies and processes. The conference will be held at the InterContinental Hotel, Miami October 13-15, and Mr. Bahadur will speak on October 14.

About KRAA Security
KRAA Security (www.kraasecurity.com) was founded in 2007 to address the security needs of companies in all industries. KRAA Security’s risk assessment services protect organizations from threats through a combination of preventative measures in Social Media Policy, Application Security, Network Security, Operating System Security and Compliance. Their team provides a defense-in-depth strategy to address all security needs and risk compliance needs. 

For more information about the Hacker Halted Conference visit www.hackerhalted.com.

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Jasmine Jones
KRAA Security
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The KRAA Security Whitepaper outlines what a Phishing attack is and provides sound guidance on how consumers and end users can avoid becoming a victim of the attackers. “In the coming months we may see a large amount of phishing attacks at our personal email accounts.” Bahadur continued. “Phishing attacks will not stop because it is the nature of the bad guys to try this process over and over until they can harvest some success just like a day of fishing at a lake. The Epsilon data breach could be followed by weeks and months of suspicious and dangerous phishing activities aimed at targeting end consumers.” Bahadur pointed out some simple guidance on how to prevent phishing attacks:

1) Never give out your password to anyone that you do not implicitly trust

2) Never send your password or account information over email – top brands and companies will not ask for this legitimately

3) Always open up your account pages directly in a browser rather than clicking on an email link

4) Always use anti-virus and anti-malware software on your computer to help spot phishing attacks

5) Do not click on shortened URLs that appear to be suspicious

6) Do not click on links in social media posts or comments from people you do not trust

“These simple rules should help you thwart the potential phishing attacks that may increase as a result of his recent data breach.” Bahadur concluded.

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About KRAA Security – (www.kraasecurity.com) is trusted name in the security industry. KRAA Security’s risk assessment services protect organizations from threats through a combination of preventative measures in Social Media Security, Application Security, Network Security, Operating System Security and Compliance.

Contact: Jasmine Jones

KRAA Security, 888-KRAA-911

info@kraasecurity.com

http://blog.kraasecurity.com

http://www.kraasecurity.com

http://www.garybahadur.com