This article was published in the July 7th edition of Small Business Connections – and represents some good educational awareness. Greed, desire, wishful thinking and naivety are lucrative markets for scam artists – and their age-old hustles are increasingly being...
Have you been hacked? It feels a little ironic, with news headlines full of concern regarding the recent cyber security events with Optus and Telstra that we enter October, a month dedicated to cyber awareness all around the world. For those of us who work in the...
It’s now part of how we do business - employees are no longer bound to work in a single location and in fact are working from virtually anywhere in the world, a significant factor in achieving a healthier work/life balance and boosting productivity. Remote work can...
It should come as no surprise that cyber-attacks pose an increasingly large threat to Australian organisations. The threat is real, the Australian Federal Government has a department dedicated to this threat. In fact, the Australian Signals Directorate’s (ASD’s)...
Experts have warned, lazy passwords put millions of Australians and their companies at risk of cybercrime, with an estimated two thirds of Australian businesses and large corporations vulnerable. Using default passwords present significant risks. Using a default...
Lets start with why: I was reading a post in a recent IT group chat. The poster wanted to know how to handle phishing issues they had recently in their company. Over 40 IT providers replied with technology solutions. Only 1 mentioned providing staff training. We...
History shows Cyber insurance was used as a safety net in the past and allowed companies to avoid implementing cybersecurity, those days are gone. The business environment today can be hazardous. Ransomware and data breaches are impacting companies around the...
Ransomware - Imagine this – earlier in the day you were working fine. Now you cannot access the system (your own IT system with all your data). You receive a message – pay this amount of money and we will give you back access to your own data. What do I do? Should...
Ransomware is one of the most dangerous cybersecurity threats facing organisations globally. Attackers focus on any organization of any size, so every business should be aware of ransomware and its potential damage. 2021 saw an all-time high in ransomware attacks....
As the year draws to a close, we don’t need numerous surveys telling us small businesses found year two of the pandemic more disruptive than the first. While we cannot change the past we can influence the future. Protect your business and give yourself every chance...