Most businesses simply respond to cybersecurity attacks when they happen, leaving them vulnerable and scrambling to come up with a defense plan at the last minute. With proactive cybersecurity, your business can prevent losing thousands of dollars by deploying advanced security solutions and having an incident plan in place to respond to attacks.
In a perfect world, business owners would never have to worry about falling victim to cybercriminals. Company data and critical systems would be immune to cyberattacks and breaches. Unfortunately, we don’t live in a perfect world and keeping your business safe demands awareness (by your people), vigilance (in creating and following processes) and advanced security tools (technology) to stay ahead of bad actors.
If you have social media or Gmail, you have probably been asked to turn on multi-factor authentication at one point or another.
More than 80 percent of all hacking-related breaches leverage weak, default or stolen passwords. So, the use of multi-factor authentication is extremely important, especially in today's remote environment.
Are you and/or your employees still working from home? If so, is your cybersecurity hygiene up to date?
According to Gartner, the worldwide information security market is forecast to reach $170.4 billion by 2022. With more people working remotely this year than ever before, cybercriminals are taking full advantage of the current state of the market.
On several occasions, we have been asked if it’s safe to send personally identifiable information (PHI) or sensitive data via regular email to other internal users of a network. In other words, if you are sending PHI or sensitive information to a co-worker, is it OK to just send it in a regular email?
Answer: No. Never.
Ransomware is a form of malware that causes damage to your computer restricting access to confidential information until a ransom is paid. SMBs are key ransomware targets 70% of the time therefore, it is extremely important that you are proactive in preventing ransomware and prepared to handle it if it were to occur.
How one simple administrative control could save you thousands from fake email scams
Your finance team is under attack. And if they are not prepared, your business could fall victim to the $12 billion email scam. That’s how much the FBI estimates has been stolen from U.S. companies in the past five years as a result of phishing attacks and business email compromise (BEC).
BEC is a tactic used by cybercriminals to steal the credentials of executives and C-suite personnel within a company.
Cloud Computing Allows Alabama State Bar to Strengthen Its Cybersecurity While Empowering Team Members to Easily Work from Home
When you are the lone person responsible for managing an organization’s IT infrastructure and security, it can be a bit unnerving to have an outside vendor step in to help co-manage.
According to KnowBe4, the largest number of phishing sites were documented in 2020. Google’s Transparency Report stated that there were 2.1 million phishing sites last year, climbing 25% from the number of sites discovered in 2019. Therefore, it is extremely important to protect your business with proper safety measures and to be aware of the top four types of phishing attacks.
Over the past year, Zoom has replaced in-person communication for many individuals, businesses, universities and organizations due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, it is extremely important to be aware of the cybersecurity threats that Zoom can pose and how to best protect yourself from those threats.
