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One truism that can hurt any business is, “You don’t know what you don’t know.” Often, over time, we work in systems we’ve grown used to, sacrificing potential productivity for familiarity and comfort. That’s what Tom Jarry, Director of Engineering, recently encountered with a mid-sized manufacturing client with about 50 employees. “We completed a Technology…
What are the Top 3 Cybersecurity Events You Can’t Afford to Miss in 2022?
Read time: 9 minutes Whether you are looking for the latest technical expertise or are wanting to build strategic skills to advance your career, various cybersecurity events exist to help you do both. As technology advances and cyber threats increase in sophistication, it’s becoming increasingly essential for IT professionals to stay on top of the…
4 Cybersecurity Career Hacks: A Cheat Sheet for Cybersecurity
Read time: 10 minutes Cybersecurity is a hot topic today. Awareness of online threats, viruses, and hackers is on the rise. Like LinkedIn and Bose, big-name companies have fallen victim to cyber-attacks. But there’s a significant shortage of cybersecurity professionals to manage these increasingly urgent issues. Forbes estimated that there will be more than 3.5 million unfulfilled cybersecurity jobs by…
Why Isn’t Your Current Managed Services Provider Qualified ENOUGH…to Protect Your Company’s Data?
Reading time: 9 minutes The United States is at an elevated risk for ongoing malicious cyberattacks from abroad. Will they increase in frequency and intensity? Only time will tell. However, in the past seven years, we’ve had front row seats to several of Russia’s pre-meditated cyberattacks on the Ukraine’s virtual infrastructure. Some attacks are as…
SIEM: How Can it Protect Your Business from the Next Cybersecurity Attack?
Reading time: 7 minutes Cyber threats from abroad are on the rise and ransomware attacks are significantly increasing each year. It’s never been more vital to invest in your cybersecurity infrastructure than it is today. Malicious actors are intentionally capitalizing on our fears and insecurities during moments of crisis. The COVID-19 pandemic is a prime…
The Ultimate Ransomware as a Service (RaaS) Guide to Saving Your Business Money
Reading time: 8 minutes Ransomware has become one of the highest revenue-generating crimes we’ve ever seen. Last year, 2021, was a record year for ransomware attacks. According to Crowdstrike, the average demand was $6 million. Additionally, the Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas stated, “50 to 70% of ransomware attacks were aimed at small and…
Is Ethical Hacking the Right Cybersecurity Solution for Your Business NOW?
Reading time: 5 minutes Would you ever pay someone to infiltrate your computer network, compromise your server, and document your company’s vulnerabilities? For some of us, this sounds too absurd to even consider. However, in some instances, an actual cybersecurity service to break into their systems. It even has a name: ethical hacking. It’s a…
Cybersecurity: What did the International Olympic Committee Learn from One of the Biggest Cybersecurity Disasters in History?
Reading Time: 8 minutes Every four years, the world’s greatest athletes come together for one purpose… to capture Olympic Gold. Though the Olympics is a symbol of global peace and unity and has been since its inception, malicious actors are using it to hijack your data and make a handsome profit in the process. Olympic…
Social Media Scams: How to Protect Yourself from Contributing to the $770 Million Hacker Pension Fund
Social media connects us in ways that would have seemed impossible 20 years ago. Now, we can share pictures of our 20th wedding anniversary, buy a secondhand lawnmower, and even hop on group chats with old high school friends simultaneously. It’s a great place to stay in touch, make new friends, and even get a…
You’ve been Phished by a Threat Actor, Now What?
What are the steps you should be taking after you’ve been phished? In one of our recent blogs, the Ponemon Institute reported that business costs have tripled from 2015 to 2021 due to phishing incidents. It’s obvious that bad actors aren’t taking their foot off the gas anytime soon. In fact, they’re currently looking for…
Data Privacy: What is Kryptonite to the Most Effective and Deadly Threat Actors?
Here are the top 4 threat deterrents they don’t want you to know. Data privacy security has never been more vital towards healthcare organizations than it is today. For example, Black Kite recently published their annual 2022 Third-Party Breach Report, which examined the impact of third-party cyber breaches in 2021. Their findings are quite alarming…
Cybersecurity Champions For Business: How to reduce your bottom-line costs by 48%-71%, while achieving your financial business objectives
Cyber threats are raining down on your business daily… threat actors have one objective in mind— to make a quick profit. They do this most successfully by stealing your data to sell to other threat actors that will get even more data (and money) from you and around it goes. As a business owner, it…
Get these top 5 gifts for the techie nerd in your life.
Get these top 5 gifts for the techie nerd in your life. For those of you with a loved one who is really into tech, it can be difficult to find them the right gift. You might have already tried to surprise them with clothing, fitness gadgets, food, booze, or any other thing that most…