Five years ago, you might have had state-of-the-art security protecting your business and network. You had the latest malware protection, highly rated firewalls and a great data backup plan. Maybe you even had a handbook on how to address cyberthreats. You were set. But then you forgot to do one crucial thing: you didn’t stay…
A lot of businesses wait until something breaks before they fix it. And even then, they may take a “patchwork” approach to fixing the problem. They are reactive rather than proactive. Sometimes taking a reactive approach is fine, but other times, and depending on the circumstances, it can lead to even bigger problems. When it…
Cyberthreats are everywhere these days. Hackers, scammers and cybercriminals are working overtime to break into your network – and the network of just about every business out there. They have a huge arsenal of tools at their disposal, from automated bots to malicious advertising networks, to make it possible. But there is one “tool” that…
Everybody gets hacked, but not everything makes the evening news. We hear about big companies like Target, Home Depot, Capital One, and Facebook getting hacked. What we rarely hear about are the little guys – the small businesses that make up 99.7% of employers in the United States, according to the Small Business Administration. It’s…
Many of the Financial Institutions I’ve spoken to over the last two-year period weren’t even aware that the Department of Financial Services of New York (DFS) had PUT FORWARD one of the most aggressive Cybersecurity Regulations in the country. And if they did, most were very confused about it. Many thought they were “EXEMPT.” I…
COVID19 is teaching us a business lesson… As businesses recover from one of the biggest catastrophes to hit our nation. Your job as the leader of your organization is to re-shape your business model. I cringe at the thought that my local fish store doesn’t take apple pay (why not?) it’s 2020. But we all…
Cybercrime is already on the rise and is expected to cause $6 TRILLION in damages by 2021! But, if history repeats itself, hackers will be out in full force throughout this coronavirus scare.
The ransomware in question is Ryuk, the same ransomware that breached Mineola’s school district in early August and several other districts’ servers. The Rockville Centre school’s insurance paid nearly 100k and can restore all of their data within the next few weeks whereas the Mineola school district had an offline backup that kept them from paying the hackers.
You probably can’t come up with a list of all the shadow IT that’s used at your work, but you can keep an eye on the trends as they develop. Research the technology that’s being used and watch the headlines for data breaches or other compromises.
The National Cyber Security Alliance reports that one in five small businesses have been victims of cybercrime in the last year.