Security
CyberSecurity Primer for the Small to Mid-Sized Business
Small and midsize businesses face an increasingly complex digital landscape. On the one hand, cloud-based operations are almost unavoidable. Considering 40% of consumers start their search online, operating without a web presence is often a losing prospect, especially within highly competitive industries. Still, even those 36% of small businesses in the U.S. without a website…
Read MoreMicrosoft Hack: What You Need to Do Right Now
A recent cyberattack on Microsoft Exchange Server is believed to have impacted as many as 250,000 email servers covering nearly all business segments and sizes. If you have Microsoft Exchange connected to the internet, you are likely impacted. The hackers, who were linked to a Chinese cyberespionage group, initially exploited flaws in Microsoft’s Exchange software…
Read MoreLeaders: Ask Yourself These Questions to Assess Your Data Breach Risk
Another day, another data breach. We have already seen several major ones during the first month of 2021. A database maintained by an online photo editing app containing 1.9 million user records was hacked on Jan. 20, 2021. Order information for 7 million customers of a men’s clothing retailer was hacked two days later and…
Read More6 Steps to Shield your Payment Processing Setups from Online Dangers
Existing payment trends make one thing clear: Cash is on its way out. A 2020 Worldpay, Inc. study predicts that point-of-sale (POS) cash payments will drop from 30.2% of sales to just 18.7% by 2023. While carded payment processing (both online and in brick-and-mortar stores) can lead to more revenue opportunities, however, they also pose…
Read MoreRemote Control: Cyber Threats to Working From Home During COVID-19
More people than ever are currently working remotely because of COVID-19. While such arrangements have been on the rise the past few years, the pandemic has spurred a mass migration home in a short amount of time. And unfortunately, the abruptness of the situation has created major cybersecurity concerns. Despite available technologies, many businesses aren’t…
Read MoreTelecommuting Cybersecurity: Protect Your Network from Threats
With large masses of people transitioning to work-at-home arrangements, some employers are scrambling to establish remote IT setups. Unfortunately, this often results in rushed arrangements that neglect important security protocols. Nobody knows this better than cybercriminals—and they’re poised to take advantage of this reduced protection of your network. Why does this happen? Home networks and…
Read MoreContent Filtering: Why Appearances Can Be Deceiving
It’s another Monday, and you look over your office of busy employees hard at work on their computers. While it might seem like a productive scene, however, appearances can be deceiving. Content filtering—the use of software to screen or exclude access to certain websites or emails—could uncover some surprises: Angela from sales is searching for…
Read MoreSize Doesn’t Matter: Why Your Small Business is a Cybercrime Target
In a world of rampant cybercrime, hackers thrive on the blind faith of their targets. Despite high-profile digital security breaches in the news nearly every week, most people assume their small business is safe from attack. Fortune 500 corporations like J.P. Morgan, Sony, Tesco Bank and Target have lost millions of dollars in data breaches…
Read More3 IT Investments You Should Never Skimp On
There’s a disturbing trend underlying the business world’s increased reliance on technology. It’s true that the internet age has empowered companies of all sizes to do incredible things and that technology is forever transforming the way we do business. However, today’s savvy businesses are intertwined to an unprecedented extent with the technology they use. There’s…
Read MoreDon’t Take a Pass on Secure Password Guidelines
Today almost everything you do—and almost all information about you—is on a computer or a website connected to the internet. And nearly all businesses, from your doctor’s office to your mechanic, rely on computers and digital information to serve you and their other clients. So protecting this sensitive information with solid password guidelines should be…
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