2020 Cybersecurity Webinar October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month Date : Tuesday, October 6, 2020 Time : 9AM, MST Location : Zoom Meeting Speakers : Nathan Wallace, President Tiffany Welch, Technology Consultant Thomas Carlin, Network Engineer Cybersecurity is not a 'one and done' solution. It evolves as the cyber criminals evolve. We all know that [...]
Are These Top Insider Threats Lurking Behind Your Doors? Information Courtesy of E-TECH The Dangers of Insider Threats Many business owners - and the IT professionals they rely on - focus on protecting their companies from external threats – the lone hacker out for a large ransom, the industry competitor pilfering secrets, or organized cyber-criminals with [...]
WFH: The Good, The Bad & The Difficult Give thought and critical planning when deciding if a remote workforce is right for your business. What works for one business doesn’t automatically guarantee results for another. Benefits Remote workers are 25% more productive than their on-site colleagues. Companies with remote workers are projected to save at least $10,000 per teleworker annually. [...]
Protecting your remote workforce from consent phishing Information Courtesy of Microsoft With increased cloud app usage and the shift to working from home, security and how employees access company resources are even more top of mind for companies. While application use has accelerated and enabled employees to be productive remotely, attackers are looking at leveraging application-based attacks [...]
The FBI says companies running Windows 7 systems are now in greater risk of getting hacked due to a lack of security updates. Information Courtesy of ZDNet The Federal Bureau of Investigation has sent a private industry notification (PIN) on Monday to partners in the US private sector about the dangers of continuing to use Windows [...]
Why you need to back up critical data Even if you trust your equipment 100% Information Courtesy of Kaspersky Daily For almost any business, information is critical: documents, contacts, contracts, correspondence, accounts, and so on. For most companies, losing access to data means the suspension of all business processes, inevitably leading to lost [...]
The hunt for Office (Microsoft) 365 accounts Courtesy of Kaspersky Daily The current surge in remote working has raised cybercriminal interest in Office (Microsoft) 365, one of the most common cloud collaboration platforms. Please Note: As of April 21, 2020, Microsoft has officially changed the name of its productivity suite from Office 365 to Microsoft 365. The [...]
FAQs Zoom Meeting Waiting Rooms and Passcode Requirements Overview: Starting September 27th, Zoom will require that all meetings have a Passcode or a Waiting Room enabled for all paid accounts. You’re in control of your meeting security selections, and Zoom has designed the options with security and ease of use in mind. While the majority of Zoom customers [...]
Defining Cyber Security Cyber Security is: the state of being protected against the criminal or unauthorized use of electronic data, or the measures taken to achieve this. Small businesses in particular have become the prime target of cyber attacks, and 60 percent of SMBs go out of business within 6 months of a breach. Defining cyber security terms [...]
Making service more secure Courtesy of Kaspersky Daily Not so long ago, we explained how to configure Zoom to make it safer to use. However, technologies can develop very rapidly, especially those in the spotlight. One such case is Zoom, whose developers have, as promised, given the app a data-protection makeover. As a result, version 5.0 has changed [...]
