What is standing between your business’s data and hackers a world away? What’s your plan when your on-site server fails? When you skimp on technology and IT solutions for your business, the answers to these two questions become simple: There is nothing standing...
Five years ago, you might have had state-of-the-art security protecting your business and network. You had the latest malware protection, highly rated firewalls and a great data backup plan. Maybe you even had a handbook on how to address cyberthreats. You were...
If you’re like many businesses today, there’s a good chance you’ve made this one mistake with your IT security: you don’t budget for it. Or if you do budget for it, it’s not enough to really protect your business. Time and time again, business owners decide NOT to...
The most significant risks to SMB’s don’t always come from threats with catchy names like Wanna Cry. Instead, the biggest threats can come from sources with names that are often more mundane like “Paula in Accounting” or “Dave in Purchasing.” That’s because the...
Lack of IT Security Training often leads to Shadow IT, which refers to the use of information technology systems, devices, software, applications, and services without explicit IT department approval. It has grown exponentially in recent years with the adoption of...
While it is up to the IT department and technology vendors to implement IT Security practices, an organisation needs to have a safety first culture. With proper training, communication, and leadership support a company can help mitigate their risk by increasing...
BEC Attacks - heard of them? One of the most prominent cybersecurity threats to SME business today is BEC attacks. Business Email Compromise (BEC) attacks are a successful method for bad actors to trick end users into exposing sensitive assets and other...
With 83% of IT managers agreeing that cyber threats are getting harder to stop, it’s time to move from single point products to an inter- connected cybersecurity system. Synchronized Security enables your cybersecurity products to work together as a semi-automated,...
Notifiable Data Breach Laws Unless you have been living under a rock, by now you should have heard all about the new laws regarding reporting data breaches that went into effect back on February 22nd. This will probably change the way you do business going forward...
Does your firewall really work? Something that your IT people may not be telling you, or they simply may not know, is the very real fact that for many SME businesses, firewalls are not the trusted enforcer they once were. Not all firewalls are created equal...