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Company News
February 16, 2023

2022 – recap

As we've closed out 2022, we wanted to share some updates and celebrate the success of last year.  With continued growth in both the Commercial and Federal markets, we continue…
Company News
August 31, 2022

Grey Market Labs Ranks No. 1321 on the 2022 Inc. 5000 Annual List

With Three-Year Revenue Growth of 494% Percent, Grey Market Labs Receives Ranking No. 1321 Among America’s Fastest-Growing Private Companies Arlington, VA, August 31, 2022 – Today, Inc. revealed that Grey…
Company News
July 13, 2022

Grey Market Labs Recognized as a 2022 Best For The World™ For Exceptional Impact On Its Governance

Grey Market Labs, has been named a 2022 Best for the World™ B Corp™ in recognition of its exceptional positive impact on its Governance. Best for the World is a…
Cyber Warfare
July 8, 2022

The New Battlefront: Cyber Attacks on Institutions

Cyber Attacks on Institutions The shift to work from home dramatically increased the places hackers could attack companies, with home networks and personal computers being used for daily tasks.  This resulted…
Cyber Warfare
June 10, 2022

The New Battlefront 101: Propaganda

Information Warfare Propaganda While misinformation and disinformation focus on the spread of false or inaccurate information, propaganda focuses on the spread of an idea or narrative intended to influence, similar…
Company News
June 1, 2022

Grey Market Labs Named as a 2022 Moxie Award Finalist

Grey Market Labs is pleased to have been named a finalist in the 2022 Moxie Award in the category of Cybersecurity. This prestigious award recognizes companies and organizations in the…
Cyber Warfare
May 27, 2022

The New Battlefront 101: Cyber Attacks on Individuals

Cyber Attacks on Individuals Individuals can be dramatically affected by cyber attacks and the resulting effect on their identity can be detrimental. Through cell phones and tablets, cybercriminals find it…
Company News
May 24, 2022

Kristopher Schroeder Graduates from MissionLink’s Spring 2022 Cohort; Joins Esteemed Alumni Network

Arlington, VA—May 24, 2022—Grey Market Labs, a Certified B-Corp founded with the mission to protect life online, is proud to announce that Kristopher Schroeder, CEO, has graduated from MissionLink.Next, an…
Information Security
May 19, 2022

The New Battlefront 101: Disinformation

Information Warfare: Disinformation   The Problem: Disinformation is a type of misinformation where someone shares data that they know is incorrect in order to influence individual, group, or public opinion or…
Company News
May 10, 2022

Grey Market Labs Ranks Among Highest-Scoring Businesses on Inc. Magazine’s Annual List of Best Workplaces for 2022

Grey Market Labs named among best workplaces. Arlington, VA May 10, 2022: Grey Market Labs has been named to Inc. Magazine’s annual Best Workplaces list. Featured in the May/June 2022…
Cyber Warfare
April 29, 2022

The New Battlefront 101: Misinformation

Information Warfare Misinformation Misinformation is false or inaccurate information and is often spread widely to others, regardless of an intent to deceive. Misinformation itself isn’t a targeted battleground but instead…
Cyber WarfareData ProtectionRisk and Liability
April 22, 2022

The New Battlefront 101: Cyber Attacks on Governments

Governments are a major target of cyber-attacks, which increases during times of conflict. The primary goals of cyber-attacks focused on government and governmental organizations are gathering information, disrupting critical infrastructure,…
Cyber WarfareRisk and Liability
April 5, 2022

The New Battlefront 101: Introduction

Battles and wars were previously fought head-on, on a physical battlefield, but now we are seeing a transition in how and where battles are fought. These battles are now fought…
Cyber WarfareInformation Security
March 8, 2022

Ukraine is at war, and so are you

The full-scale invasion of Ukraine was beyond most expectations. Many of us watching the developments felt that Russia would take the easy gains of the eastern separatist region of Ukraine…
Data PrivacyData ProtectionRisk and Liability
February 7, 2022

Zero-Trust Principles: Best Practices Refined

The Office of Management and Budget released a memo outlining the Federal Government’s strategy for implementing a zero-trust architecture (ZTA) across their technology footprint. This memo is part of a broader effort…
Company News
January 19, 2022

Grey Market Labs Earns B Corp Certification

Furthering its Mission as a Public Benefit Corp. to Enhance Security and Privacy for All Arlington, VA, January 18, 2022 – Grey Market Labs, a leading cybersecurity research and development…
Information SecurityRisk and Liability
December 16, 2021

Multi-cloud by Design, or You Fail

A scaling issue took out huge swaths of AWS last week. In the same week, the Log4j exploit required 84 updates from Amazon across dozens of their major AWS services.…
Data PrivacyInformation Security
December 8, 2021

Christmas Cookies

Ho! Ho! Ho! It's that time of year again, and old Saint Nick is back to deliver toys and sample tasty cookies left for him on his travels across the…
Company News
November 17, 2021

Grey Market Labs Launches Replica, Secure Environments-as-a-Service that Fully Enable Digital Privacy for the Enterprise

The Replica Platform enables secure access, privacy and productivity from anywhere for cyber investigations, executive protection, secure enclaves  and isolated collaboration.   Grey Market Labs, a leading cybersecurity company announced…
May 25, 2021

Consumer’s Trust in Data Protection

The practice of buying Americans' data has become routine, effectively hollowing out both Carpenter v. United States and privacy safeguards enacted by Congress.  Any company or government can go out…
Data ProtectionInformation SecurityRisk and Liability
May 17, 2021

Ransomware Attacks from Critical Infrastructure to Police Departments

Ransomware attacks have been growing over the past three years and in just the past 2 weeks have shown how public these attacks have become.  The first attack on Washington…
Data PrivacyInformation SecurityRisk and Liability
April 27, 2021

Pattern-of-Life through Electricity Monitoring

Household electricity monitoring provides insight into the usage of electronics in the home. Monitoring can be accomplished through commercial products (e.g. those described here https://www.bobvila.com/articles/best-home-energy-monitor) or through a utility provider’s…
Data PrivacyData Protection
March 24, 2021

Protecting Investigators

Private, federal, and state investigators are increasing their online presence because more of their work is going online.  For the most part, investigators are not trained in cybersecurity practices.  So,…
Data Protection
January 7, 2021

Activity Tracking

The concept of privacy is multifaceted and complex, a concept that has evolved over time with emerging technologies, across societies and cultures, and redefined as new domains are discovered and…
Data PrivacyData ProtectionInformation Security
December 10, 2020

DNS: Still Insecure By Default

The use of encryption on the internet has grown tremendously over the past decade; HTTPS has quickly shifted from a technology used primarily to protect e-commerce, to an industry standard…
Data PrivacyInformation Security
November 4, 2020

The New Dirty Word: Default

It’s 10PM and you’re ending your day but hackers are just getting started. Maybe a cup of brute-force strength hacking techniques to start their day? Before you drift to sleep,…
Data Privacy
October 13, 2020

Not all Scraping is Created Equal

CREXi and CoStar Group both sell real estate information to help customers follow trends and more accurately value properties. Having the right information when buying or selling a commercial property…
Data PrivacyData Protection
September 2, 2020

Do you control YOUR data and how exactly do you “control” it?

Privacy legislation has been on the horizon for almost as long as security legislation. Every year, digital tracking techniques get better (or creepier, depending on your perspective).  What if all…
Data PrivacyData Protection
August 18, 2020

Grey Market Labs® and Virtru Partner to Deliver Secure Analytics

Even with technological advancements in data processing, machine learning, and other analytics, organizations face challenges when sharing valuable data with collaborators due to a lack of transparency and ownership of…
Data PrivacyData Protection
August 4, 2020

The Challenge of In-House Data Protection and Privacy

If you are a mid-size or larger business, you have an overworked security team. Those teams have responsibility across dozens of business areas, from executive protections, to cyber defense, to…
Data PrivacyData ProtectionInformation Security
April 15, 2020

Security Considerations for Enterprise Remote Access

Remote-access technologies are top-of-mind for most IT professionals now, and remote work is a trend which is likely here to stay for the long term. If you’re looking to update…
Data Privacy
April 3, 2020

The Risks with Increased Use of Virtual Environments

On Wednesday, the FBI released a PSA (I-040120-PSA) on threats associated with the increased use of virtual environments (https://www.ic3.gov/media/2020/200401.aspx). With the massive increase in remote and telework, the attack surface…
Data PrivacyData Protection
December 20, 2019

Not-so-Private Browsing Mode

Have you ever used a "private" browsing window before?  You might know it as "Incognito Mode" in Chrome, “InPrivate” in Edge, or “Private Browsing Mode” in Safari & Firefox.  These…
Global Tracking Data Privacy
December 10, 2019

DNS: Tracking mitigation upended

DNS ad-based tracking gets a boost On 11/22/2019, the co-founder of NextDNS posted an article (https://medium.com/nextdns/cname-cloaking-the-dangerous-disguise-of-third-party-trackers-195205dc522a) addressing 3rd-party tracking capabilities with DNS. If you haven't read it yet, it's worth…
Data PrivacyInformation SecurityRisk and Liability
October 18, 2019

Cyber Liability Insurance: Part of a comprehensive security plan

It seems like every day there is a new story about a data breach and how millions of sensitive user records have been exposed.  The financial and healthcare industries are…
Data Privacy
October 8, 2019

Is your VPN doing everything it promises to protect your privacy?

Commercial VPN services have recently gained widespread popularity and many present themselves as a solution for online privacy.  Some of them even claim to enable anonymous internet browsing. However, as…
Information Security
May 15, 2019

Permanent Impressions – how what you do online defines you forever

Imagine strolling through the mall, visiting several stores, trying on some clothes, and reading a magazine that you picked up at Barnes & Noble while you sip your coffee from…
Data Privacy
May 15, 2019

The Socially Conscious Network

Ginny!" said Mr. Weasley, flabbergasted. "Haven't I taught you anything? What have I always told you? Never trust anything that can think for itself if you can't see where it…