For banks and other financial institutions, cyberattacks are coming fast and furious. Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks can now be launched for petty cash, without any technical skills whatsoever. What are the costs of launching attacks, and what does a bank do to defend itself against the onslaught of the infamous DDoS attack? Easy […]
Network Security
The Worst Data Leakage of the Decade
One of the most damaging ordeals that any business can go through is data leakage. Not only do businesses lose the trust of their clients, but it’s also the same as getting a cut in a pool filled with sharks—it’s a signal that your business is vulnerable. The longer you take in patching the exploits, […]
What Should Small Businesses Know About Cybersecurity in 2018?
As 2017 comes to a close, cybersecurity professionals are looking at the year ahead, and predicting how the industry will change in 2018 and beyond. Inc.com’s Joseph Steinberg recently spoke with Steve Morgan, Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Cybersecurity Ventures, and released his own cybersecurity predictions for 2018 based on the firm’s research. Here are key […]
7 Ways to Keep Your Servers Safe and Sound
Have you ever stopped to ask yourself how safe your company’s resources really are? When it comes to your servers, there’s no messing around. Servers need to be regularly monitored to ensure they run at their best. Your servers allow their users to share and access their information from various workstations. Servers store your data […]
Use Network Segmentation to Make Security Manageable
Hackers are trying to destroy your business. According to a recent study by Cybersecurity Ventures, “global annual cybercrime costs will grow from $3 trillion in 2015 to $6 trillion annually by 2021, which includes damage and destruction of data, stolen money, lost productivity, theft of intellectual property, theft of personal and financial data, embezzlement, fraud, […]
What Can CEOs Do to Combat the Threat of Ransomware?
Ransomware is a threat to the data and the financial health of businesses all over the world. No longer limited to old versions of Windows, modern ransomware is targeted squarely at servers because they represent a more lucrative payday for online criminals. Businesses across the US and Europe have been victimized by amoral criminals, losing […]
5 Essential Tips to Make Your Business More Secure
All small business owners need to ask themselves this honest question: could your business recover smoothly from a security breach. Security should be a major concern for small business owners, and yet, for many it seems to be a footnote at best. But the stakes of compromising a small business’ information, resources, or equipment is […]
3 Easy Tools That Protect Your Online Privacy
Are you concerned about your privacy online? What about your customers? With the growth of the Internet of Things (IoT) and the incessant hacking behaviors of bad actors, how safe can we really be? It’s worse now that the U.S. has the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulation that required ISPs (Internet service providers) to ask […]
Top 5 Online Security Tools for Startups
Cyberattacks are one of the setbacks that come with living in the digital world. As more and more day-to-day activities are done online, the risk of security breach also increases. No wonder companies spend thousands of dollars just to get the tightest security measures. But what do you do when you’re just starting out and […]
Cyber Attacks are on the Rise for Small Businesses
Cyber security is something that small businesses should take seriously. Many small businesses tend to neglect cyber security because they typically do not think that they are a target for hackers. However, the number of cyber attacks made on small business entities has been on the rise for the past five years. A whopping 43% […]
