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Is Your Business Making These Cyber Security Mistakes?

It feels like every day we’re being warned about a new threat to our cyber security, doesn’t it? That’s for good reason. Last year, ransomware attacks alone affected 81% of US businesses. The cost of cybercrime is estimated to hit… Read More

Three Reasons To Add Sophos To Your Incident Response Plan

Sophos Rapid Response provides lightning-fast expert cyber incident response. Dealing with a major cyber attack is a specialist skill and, fortunately, not something that most IT teams need to address on a day-to-day basis. If the worst does happen, it’s… Read More

Minimize The Time To Detect And Respond To Threats

Prevent, detect, respond: The three-legged stool to protecting your organization effectively. Optimizing prevention, minimizing time to detect and respond is the Sophos approach to endpoint security. Ultimately it enables organizations to stop more threats, faster, reducing the impact of cyber… Read More

Password Managers Can Make Your Network More Secure – But Mind The Gaps

It seems odd to imagine that one piece of software, which doesn’t even require a network connection, can improve the safety of your online life. But password managers certainly appear to fall into that category, though you do need be… Read More

The State of Ransomware 2022

Let’s review Sophos’ annual study of real-world ransomware experiences and discuss what you can learn from it. Introduction Sophos has released its study of the real-world ransomware experiences of IT professionalsworking at the frontline has revealed an ever more challenging… Read More

Protecting the Cloud: Securing User Remote Access to Azure

Now, more than ever, many of us need the flexibility to access data, files, and private applications whenever and wherever we’re able to get work done. Cloud providers like Microsoft Azure give you the flexibility to make your move to… Read More

What To Expect When You’ve Been Hit With Avaddon Ransomware

Avaddon ransomware is a Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) that combines encryption with data theft and extortion. Avaddon has been around since 2019 but has become more prominent and aggressive since June 2020. “Affiliates” or customers of the service have been observed deploying… Read More

Protecting Your Inbox From Phishing Impersonation

Advanced, targeted phishing scams that impersonate well-known brands or VIPs within an organization are a big problem for security teams to deal with. Advanced, targeted phishing scams that impersonate well-known brands or VIPs within an organization are a big problem… Read More

How to Stay Protected Against Ransomware

Businesses large and small are under threat from increasingly aggressive and brutal ransomware attacks. Loss of access to critical files, followed by a demand for payment, can cause massive disruption to an organization’s productivity. But what does a typical attack… Read More

Optimizing Breach Prevention: Stop Them Before They Get In 

In sports, there is a saying that if the opponent cannot score, they cannot win. A similar sentiment works for cybersecurity: If the attacker cannot penetrate your organization, they cannot compromise it. Taking that a step further, the most effective… Read More