Kids these days… If you employ anyone between the ages of 16 and 19, you should pay special attention to the cybersecurity training you’re giving your team. It seems that every generation has had some issue with another generation, usually it’s the “well-refined” generation taking issue with the younger generation, saying things like “Those kids …
Category Archives: Cyber Education
One Phish, Two Phish, Old Phish, New Phish
Avoid a devious new phishing scam Another day, another dollar…into the pockets of scammers… How? How could this possibly be? Cybercriminals are smart–and only getting smarter. How? By impersonating highly trusted brand names. It all starts with a convincing-looking email. There’s problem number one. Problem number one: a convincing-looking email You got an email and …
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Four Core Benefits of Cloud Backups
Cloud-based solutions are being adopted by businesses like yours in order to keep up with the rapidly ever-changing technological landscape–and it’s not going to slow down. A study by Gartner indicates that cloud adoption will only increase. Many organizations, however, are not aware of the critical importance of having a backup for their cloud-based data: …
Cloud Backup Benefits
Ninety-nine Problems, but a Backup Ain’t One While you will face all kinds of difficulties and challenges in running your business, a cloud backup doesn’t need to be one. You have the power to control whether or not you suffer a data loss. Data loss is a real threat to all businesses nowadays, with nearly, …
4 Cyberthreats Small Businesses Need to Know
Cyberthreats SMBs Need to Know About Since 2020, IBM has found the average cost of a data breach has increased 12.7%, reaching an all-time high this year at $4.35 million. Thanks to the ever-growing interconnectivity of business activity online, hackers can much more easily access sensitive data now than ever before. What can you do …
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4 Popular Cybersecurity Myths
Busting the 4 Popular Cybersecurity Myths The business world is becoming increasingly complex with digitization: everything and everyone is online, from one side of the world to the other. As a small to medium-sized business (SMB) owner, you’ll have to tackle several issues that come with online business. And cybercriminals today are not just targeting …
Cyber-Tech Lingo Defined, Part 1
Talk the Talk! Learn the Cyber-Tech Lingo the Pros Use AV: Antivirus BOTNET: Robot Network CERT: Computer Emergency Response Team CMMC: Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification CSP: Cloud Service Provider DDoS: Distributed Denial-of-Service DNS: Domain Name Server EDR: Endpoint Detection and Response HIPAA: Health Information Portability and Accountability Act HTTPS: Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure IAM: Identity …
Passwords, the Weakest Link
Passwords can be an organization’s weakest link, if they’re not strong, if they’re not memorable, complex, complicated, unique, and ever-changing!