Unfortunately, as the cyber risks to small and mid-sized organizations increase, it seems as though the expert recommendations are that you need all the cybersecurity protections you can get. While this is true in a sense, that doesn’t mean it has to be all or nothing.
In the current threat landscape, organizations of all sizes are expected to get cybersecurity right—or face the consequences of not being protected.
But what is cybersecurity, and what does it involve? Is there a way to be 100% protected?
This guide will cover cybersecurity concepts at a basic level and explain how to apply them to your organization’s security needs.
March, 2020 — We recently had a Malicious Operation (Malop) pop up for one of our MSP Partners' small business clients and it turned out to be a true hit, with malicious PowerShell on a couple of hosts with RDP (port 3389) open to the internet. Our Malware Prevention thankfully blocked the malicious payloads, but something was still going on that needed to be tracked down and remediated.
Security of connected devices has been the driving motivation for digital trends in the 21st century. As people, companies, communities and even nations seek greater security, the need for strong cybersecurity is critical to success and stability for both professional and personal lives.
Today, businesses of all types are pressured to provide continuous business functionality while also...
High-profile, newsworthy cyber breaches may have you believe that only big corporations like Target, Facebook, and Equifax are where cyber criminals focus their efforts. However, it continues to be proven that small and mid-sized organizations are being targeted frequently, despite the belief that a smaller organization has nothing that would be valuable to a criminal.
If a single password was the barrier between an attacker and your network, would it hold up against brute force?
The bad guys got their hands on a powerful tool… and now they use it to get their hands on your passwords.
Learn one method used by attackers to gain a foothold in a network and escalate their privileges.
One of the easiest ways for cyber criminals to begin an attack is through a malicious email. Here’s a look at how they do it.
Cyber criminals have no off season. Here are some of the most popular attack tactics and techniques your organization should be prepared to defend against.
The most common approach I hear to selling MSS is educating customers and that is important, but you will struggle to sell MSS by just educating customers and not also holding them accountable.
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