When companies think about hacking, they imagine shadowy figures in dark hoodies breaking into their systems, wreaking havoc, and selling sensitive information on the Dark Web. Or they think of cyberterrorism committed by hackers that represent enemy nation-states,...
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Why Your Company Needs a vCISO
Companies need security expertise and leadership now more than ever before. Cyberattacks are increasing in sophistication and frequency, and every type of company is a target. This threat escalation, combined with a growing cybersecurity skills gap is making many...
Fishing Vs Phishing: 8 Tips for Spotting a Phishing Email
For many of us, learning to fish was an absolute must when we were young. Baiting your hook, running your lines, and of course, taking the fish off the hook. It was all innocent and fun. But now there's a new form of phishing that isn't so nice and we think it’s...
Why Secure Email Gateways Are An Essential Part of Your Security Plan
Email is the number one communication method in business today. There are 306.4 billion emails sent each day, with business emails taking up 124 billion of those. While email is great for communication purposes, it comes with its own set of security risks. The...
5 Best Practices for Password Safety
Passwords are a necessity in the digital age. They protect our accounts, our information, and our general privacy. At the same time, remembering multiple passwords for all the websites we use is daunting, and the general recommendations for best practices seem to...
Ethical Hacking: How to Hack Your Way to Improved Network Security
It’s easy to imagine a company getting hacked, especially in a day and age when companies face numerous cyberattacks a year. It’s not so easy to imagine a company that actually wants to be hacked, let alone be willing to pay the hacker a starting salary of $95,000....
4 Simple Tips for Remote Work Security
If 2020 has a positive theme, it’s one of adapting and overcoming difficult times. As the world shut down over the course of a few short weeks, many businesses were left trying to figure out how to move from an office-based workforce to primarily remote. Entire IT...
What’s the Difference Between Help Desk and Managed Services?
The difference between managed services and help desks can be a confusing one to follow. A natural pit to fall into is to call them both the same, which is incorrect. While both offer the similar services, the way in which each focus on their IT specialties is very...
What’s the Difference Between Phishing, Vishing, and Smishing?
As security education is becoming more common in organizations and everyday life, phishing has been a term that people have become more familiar with over the years. What they may not know, is that there are multiple forms of “information fishing” that they should be...
Six Simple Tips For Practicing Cyber-Safety At Work
Nearly 88% of all data breaches are caused by human error, which means your business is at risk every day because distracted employees do not know they're making a mistake. It can be as simple as your IT staff not having the time or knowing of a software update or as...
Top 6 Women In Tech
When it comes to the technology you use every day, do you know who made it? Here are six women that brought us Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and programming languages.