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Financial Services Companies Face an Ever-Evolving Cyber Landscape
After the initial fascination of the internet had run its course, financial developers turned their attention to laying the groundwork for banking services. In 1995, Wells Fargo...
Five Reasons to Prioritize Cybersecurity as a Life Sciences Company
While cybersecurity is not an unfamiliar challenge for life sciences companies, what has changed, however, is the sophistication and intensity of attacks in recent years,...
Solutions for a Remote Workforce to Keep Bay Area Businesses Safe
A few short years ago, having a remote workforce never crossed the mind of many employers. The pandemic created a new worker paradigm. To remain relevant, business owners must...
Ransomware Attacks: How To Prevent It and Safeguard Your Business
It would be ill-advised to say that there is a 100 percent sure-fire way to prevent a ransomware attack on your business network, even with the best cybersecurity. However,...
Safeguarding Your Business from Wi-Fi Vulnerabilities
Businesses today must manage an ever-growing number of security risks. From client database breaches to malicious ransomware attacks, cybercriminals are continuously searching...
Everything Your Construction Company Needs For Cybersecurity
As a construction company, you may be surprised to learn that hackers are increasingly targeting the construction industry. One study performed by security vendor Sophos found...
Safe Harbor laws: Mitigating the impact of a data breach
Today’s cybercriminals have become increasingly more sophisticated in their ability to exploit weaknesses in security defenses. When a data breach does occur, the biggest losers,...
What California Businesses Should Know About the CCPA
The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), which became effective January 1, 2020, grew out of a need to protect the privacy of consumer data at a time when data breaches...
Why Every Business Must Implement Web-Filtering Protection
Staying out of trouble may mean something as simple as just not going where problems hang out. Sound judgment and wise decision-making can help avoid mistakes with no harm done....
Why You Should Focus on Improving Your Cybersecurity Strategy
Your cybersecurity strategy has been established and now you feel confident that your organization’s data is protected. While you should be applauded for developing a...
Managing Passwords—What a Small Business Can Do to Minimize Risk
A network that is not adequately protected may be vulnerable to unauthorized access from competitors, government entities, and other malicious players. After someone gains access...
Mitigating Potential Threats with Sound Security Protocols
As cybersecurity becomes increasingly more complex, many organizations lack the resources or knowledge they need to create an effective security strategy. That’s why you need a...
Everything You Need To Know About Network Assessments
Some businesses may think that once your network is set up you no longer need to invest any time or resources in it, but that is simply not the case. Your business’s network is...
3 Reasons Your Cybersecurity Is Broken (And How to Fix It)
Fixing cybersecurity problems in your organization should be a priority. As the tactics of cybercriminals become more advanced and the number of attacks increases, fixing...
Dark Web/Deep Web ID Monitoring
Almost everyone has heard of the dark web, and most know it poses risks and dangers that wise internet users try to avoid. However, misconceptions exist about its identity and...
Cyber Security Awareness for Small Businesses
Online attacks are a chronic problem in the business world. If you have any sort of online component to your organization, you are vulnerable. When people imagine cybercriminals,...
Tech Talk: 20 Things You Must Do to Mitigate Your Organization’s Cybersecurity Risk
Is your organization equipped with at least cybersecurity basics? If you don’t know the answer to that question, the following information will help you learn the essentials that...
Increasing Security with Multi-Factor Authentication
Multi-factor identification (MFA) involves additional security measures required when logging in to an online account. While it is true that every website requires the user to...
Safeguarding Assets from Evolving Malware Threats
The digital age has greatly expanded the range of opportunities and avenues of attack for hackers to penetrate your IT security defenses and gain access to critical business...
The Biggest Trends in Cybersecurity We Saw in 2020
What were the most significant cybersecurity trends of 2020? As you might expect, they were closely tied to the prominent events of the time. The year 2020 could easily be summed...