Data security is the staple of a successful business in this era, and most businesses invest into at least basic cyber security. After all, it’s much more affordable when compared to the aftermath of a data breach. Before you implement security measures that will keep your business and reputation safe, you should know what type
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Email accounts are used as the most common point of entry by hackers to get access to networks and either disrupt services, steal information, or spread malevolent software to more accounts. But, if you improve your email security, you can prevent this! So, What Is Email Security? Put simply, email security is a term that
Did you delete metadata on redacted documents the last time you sent them? If not, it’s easy to see the original information if you know where to look and then you might as well not have redacted them at all! This doesn’t just apply to ‘Top Secret’ documents anymore, it also poses a problem under
One of the challenges of implementing GDPR for businesses is the technical GDPR staff training. But, you need to be prepared. Your organisation’s compliance depends on having informed and well-trained staff, and the larger your business, the more difficult and vital this becomes. We’ve dealt with many GDPR staff training sessions approaching from the technical
We’d all like to think that hackers are spending weeks on end planning their every move to attack a business but the truth of it is nowhere near as exciting. Although this could happen to a big target, for most people it’s a lot more boring and they get ‘accidentally’ caught in the net as
Running a small business comes with a very specific set of challenges, like having limited resources, and often cyber security falls to the bottom of the list. But, the cost of a data breach, no matter the size of your organisation can be huge and the bad PR or image alone could be crippling as
When it comes to GDPR and emails things can get confusing! You need to make sure you completely understand the terminology potential users/customers/businesses could be using so you can action accordingly. Although not an exhaustive list, here are some of the terms that will be most useful to understand. We’ve taken this list from our
I have decided to post this as a response to an article I read and ensuing discussion concerning the hacking of servers through RDP. At present I see several major trends happening in this field: Ongoing transition to DevOps is happening also because of original System people (I am proud to have been one of
The importance of online security is bigger than ever and with criminals coming up with new and inventive ways to catch you, we must remain vigilant. Previously we have discussed how to defend yourself against phishing but with increasingly clever tactics we thought we would highlight some 10 ways you can sniff out a potential threat. As
Phishing is the attempt to acquire sensitive information such as usernames, passwords and credit card details by masquerading as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication. The criminals’ most popular approach is to create a decoy “website”, which would seem to be a legitimate website of a well-known company, in order to obtain your passwords. Phishing