If you think your email is safe from hackers, think again. A lack of email security protocols can lead to "frightening" data theft, "creepy" unauthorized access to sensitive information, and "strangling" malware attacks. Here are some tips to secure your email account from cyber threats and the "doomsday" troubles that come with them.
Security Awareness Month includes cautionary tips about mobile technologies. As these devices increase in popularity within today's workforce, "scary" cyber threats are increasing as well. To protect your business, take proactive steps to manage and protect company mobile devices.
CEO Article by Larry Johnson
At the risk of repeating myself...data is everything to a small business in this day and age. If you lose access or control of your data, you lose everything. October is the spooky time of year, so it is appropriate that it is also Security Awareness Month.
Your desktop or laptop has so many on-screen diversions that it’s easy to lose focus on important tasks. Here are a few tips to help you avoid distractions at work and boost your productivity.
Monitor Productivity Levels
Start by tracking how much work you complete on an average day.
Since its release in 2015, Windows 10 has gotten a bad rap for supposedly gathering too much personal information from its users. Whether you believe Microsoft’s operating system is invasive or you just want to pull out all the stops to keep your personal information safe, here are some Windows 10 settings you can tweak to protect your privacy.
Successful businesses make technology work for them, not the other way round. When used correctly, technology can make every task much easier to accomplish. So if you’re looking to increase staff efficiency, incorporate technology into your daily operations with the following methods.
Hacker's Favorite Movie Quote
"Do you feel lucky? Do you punk?" This Clint Eastwood 1971 movie quote could be the mantra of all 21st-century hackers. If you feel lucky, gamble on using short passwords. Include your birthday or your pet's name. Use the same password across all of your accounts and NEVER change it.
There’s a March Madness of a different kind that happens each year during this time of tournaments: the onslaught of phishing emails that users fall for over and over again.
With pools that take place in our offices, among friends, or to the individual who wants to join a group online, hackers are handed a very easy way to get us to click as we look to participate and enter our bracket choices.
This last month I served on jury duty and watched as one of the evidence presented was a pretext phone call. Later that same week, I received a cybersecurity training email that taught me about pretexting as a form of social engineering. Who would have known that my cybersecurity awareness training could have real-life implications in the courtroom!
Social engineering is a type of crime that manipulates people into giving up their confidential information to bad actors.
(Or What Do You Get When You Mix Irish Jokes with a Security Article?)
Luck is not a strategy, even on St. Patrick's Day! Your network security and data are too important to leave to chance. Hoping that hackers, employee mistakes, hardware mishaps, or natural disasters won't find you is like the answer to this Irish joke: Why shouldn't you iron a four-leaf clover? Answer: You might press your luck!
Having a backup plan is a must.
