Companies across all sectors realize the importance of using technology to both attract and retain customers. However, with technological integration, new cybersecurity threats are emerging every day endangering mobile messaging apps, online banking, and basically every industry. Consequently, it’s important that enterprises establish an incident response plan to deal with minor and major security threats. Despite these threats, a 2018 IBM report found that 77 percent of respondents did not have a consistent incident response plan to deploy in the event of a security breach!
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Challenges of Managing Personally Identifiable Information
It’s difficult in the current technological environment to determine what falls under private or personal information, especially considering how many social media platforms exist. People post a plethora of information about themselves causing the concept of privacy to become skewed. All of this information provides companies with a window into the consumers’ minds and consequently their wallets. But, with information collection comes the responsibility to protect personal data from malicious individuals.
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Cyber Hygiene: A Complete Guide
For any business that handles sensitive data, keeping your IT systems functioning properly can be a matter of life or death. Just as a surgeon wouldn’t operate without clean hands and equipment, businesses shouldn’t collect, process, or store data if they’re not practicing proper cyber hygiene.
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Managed IT Services vs SAAS: What’s the Difference?
In recent years, swift technological developments have changed the business and information technology domain. For non-technical business owners who are struggling to stay up-to-date with the latest technological advances, this is both good news and bad news. There are two solutions that businesses can outsource to save themselves from confusion. These are managed services and software as a service (SaaS) model.
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5 Data Security Methods for Large Businesses
Data security is not just about implementing the latest tools. While tools and software are critical, good security is also about a process. The methods companies use and the procedures they develop determine the impact and scale of a cybersecurity attack. Security weaknesses lie not just in systems, but in people too. Learn about the top data security methods for large businesses with this comprehensive blog post.
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How to Create a Secure Password For Your Email Account
One of the most important, yet most overlooked things that users can do to improve their online cybersecurity posture is to use a more secure password. The trouble with picking a solid password that is tough to crack is that it takes a considerable amount of effort and consistency on the part of the user. But staying consistent with this schedule of password configuration is sometimes more difficult than it sounds on paper.
With all of the potential password configurations that you could possibly create at any given time, it can be difficult to find one that will combat the threat of cybercriminals. That’s why we have devised an ironclad, comprehensive guide that you can follow to keep your email account safe for the foreseeable future.
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What Is The Purpose of Information Security Access Controls?
Running a business is no easy task. With multiple challenges demanding your constant attention, even a small slip can spell disaster. In the midst of this chaos, one essential element that regularly goes overlooked is your company’s information security policy. Unfortunately, it often takes a major system intrusion for a business to begin taking its cybersecurity seriously. And by then, the damage has already been done.
If you want to protect your company’s data, thus ensuring its financial and reputational well-being, it’s essential that you formulate a rigid set of informational security access controls. These buffers and limits serve as the invaluable first line of defense against cyber threats.
Below, we’ll cover the ins and outs of security access control so that you’re prepared for future threats.
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Cyber Security in Education: What You Need to Know
Educational institutions store a significant amount of sensitive data ranging from research to test documents to personal student information. While cybersecurity in the financial industry garners a substantial amount of attention, recent guidelines are also highlighting the vulnerability in the education sector. As schools incorporate more technology into classrooms and administrative offices, information security will become increasingly vital.
Is your information at your university protected? Learn about cybersecurity in education with our comprehensive guide.
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Common Cyber Security Threats in Education
No matter if you’re at the helm of the network of an Ivy League college or a K-12 school district, cybersecurity is incredibly important. While school safety has always been a number one priority, the issue with cybersecurity is rather new. With education institutions amassing millions of dollars in their budget every year, but only maintaining small IT teams, cybersecurity threats have become amplified in both quantity and complexity.
Of course, cybersecurity threats have been a part of the conversation on school safety for a while. However, there is a lot of misunderstanding and disinformation that still prevail in the discussion regarding cybersecurity threats in education institutions. Let’s look into these common security threats and what these institutions can do to steer clear of a breach.
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BYOD Security Checklist & Best Practices
Cybersecurity owns the headlines on a weekly basis and for good reason. Data theft shows no signs of stopping, making security paramount. Cybersecurity extends beyond your mainframe, including mobile and employees alike. Read on to check out our Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) security checklist and best practices.