According to Accenture’s Cost of Cybercrime Study, 43% of cyber-attacks are aimed at small businesses. What’s even more alarming is that only 14% of those small businesses reported being prepared to defend themselves in the case of a cyber-attack. SMBs are now facing...
Samantha Parker
Educational Institutions: an Easy Target for Cybercriminals
Cybersecurity in Educational Institutions When a hacker is looking for their next target, they typically go after organizations with poorly guarded systems. It is common knowledge that most K-12 schools do not have the funding or resources for a fully operational...
Spear Phishing: What it is and How to Protect Your Organization
What is Spear Phishing? Don’t let the terminology confuse you– spear phishing is not the act of hunting for fish in the ocean, it’s a specific type of phishing attack where cyber criminals use detailed personal information to attack a specific individual or...
How Effective are your Cybersecurity Solutions Against Today’s Threats?
Staying in the Know Today, determining the effectiveness of an organization’s cybersecurity operations is challenging to say the least, especially with the rate at which new threats emerge each year. It demands that organizations stay up to date on emerging threats...
Why XDR Increases Operational Efficiency for MSPs
At its core, eXtended Detection and Response (XDR) is a holistic approach to threat detection, as it automatically detects and responds to multiple security layers all in one platform. Considering today’s ever-growing rate of new, complex security threats, it is vital...
7 Ways Hackers Steal Passwords and How to Prevent it
Password protection is the most common login and data protection tool today. There aren't many apps, websites or ecommerce sites that don't require you to use password protection and that's just to name a few. It's often the chosen method of data protection by...
Why SMBs are Most Vulnerable to Ransomware
SMBs: The Perfect Target The threat of ransomware to small and medium sized businesses (SMBs) has rapidly increased over the last few years, as cyber hackers are now opting to choose easier, smaller targets. Ransomware attacks are costly for hackers to operate and...