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Risk Prevention Cost vs Benefits
Data Breaches are costly. Did you know that 60% of firms go out of business within 6 months of experiencing a breach? Damage ranging from significant financial loss to lasting destruction of your firm’s reputation can be prevented by putting cybersecurity in place. Positioned between unrelenting cyberthreats and your firm, …
Risk Prevention Smartphone Security
Think you’re saving money on your Smartphone data plan by utilizing free WiFi? Think again. Smartphone data is most secure when kept within your provider’s network. The moment you change your network to free WiFi your data becomes at high risk. Fraudsters lie in wait in public domains trying to …
Risk Prevention Dark Web Data
Your private data or user credentials could be for sale on the dark web right now put there by cybercriminals who work around the clock to exploit weaknesses in cybersecurity. Cybercrime has significant negative impact upon you, your firm and your clients. Prevent a cyberattack by putting cybersecurity in place. …
Security Tools Multifactor Authentication
Requiring Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) for all user accounts helps protect devices and the data that’s accessible to users. MFA is the process of verifying identity on sign in to confirm that an access request is genuine. This double check before entry granted feature increases your level of protection should a …
Security Tools Network Security
A business-grade firewall is your first line of defense to secure your network. It provides advanced security features such as VPN Gateway to extend your secure network to remote users, and capability to link with remote office firewalls. Firewall monitoring and management are required to maintain your network’s security. You …
Risk Prevention Video Conferencing Best Practices
Video Conferencing software is an excellent tool for virtual meetings while working remotely from home or traveling. To ensure that video conferences are as secure as possible, we’ve prepared best practice guidelines to protect private data. As a reminder, we start with best practices to select and configure any software: …
Compliance Cost of a Cyber Breach
The cost of a cyber breach could devastate your firm. Investment into cybersecurity protects you by mitigating risk of a breach and increasing the likelihood that your cyber insurance will cover damages. If your firm experiences a cyber breach you may be required to report it to authorities. If you …
Compliance Travel Securely
Usage of a VPN when traveling is the best practice for protecting your data across the internet. There are two major issues however that threaten compliance using a VPN: You must know where your data is hosted because you cannot have data hosted outside the US. And, when you select …
Risk Prevention Cybersecurity Insurance
Having Cybersecurity Insurance does not guarantee payout in the event of a claim. In fact, a cybersecurity claim could be denied from the outset if your firm is out of compliance. Inadequate cybersecurity leaves you vulnerable twice; initially for a breach then denial of a claim from an insurance policy …
Risk Prevention Cybersecurity Risk Assessment
Are you a seller ready to exit or gain momentum by joining a bigger firm? Are you a buyer ready to acquire a successful firm for a growing portfolio? In either case, a cybersecurity risk assessment is vital to a successful transaction strategy. As a buyer, due diligence suggests hiring …
Risk Prevention The Dark Web
The Dark Web is a hidden part of the internet used for illicit purposes. Hackers put stolen credentials up there for sale. Learn about how a password prefix can help to protect you. http://ow.ly/muvi50AaiPW
Compliance Surprise audit from regulators
Are you ready for a surprise audit from regulators? Do you have all your cyber program policies in place and can you evidence it? Would you like to go through a 1-hour mock audit to review your endpoint and network cybersecurity posture and compliance? http://ow.ly/j9Dv50Az5bI
Risk Prevention Printers and scanners
Printers and scanners are often forgotten devices that are important for your firm’s cybersecurity. Did you know there’s a feature on some printers or scanners that can be set to retain a copy of everything it processes? You should disable the option to keep data or ensure data encryption otherwise …
Compliance Properly decommission a computer
There are two options to properly decommission a computer used to access or store private data: destroy or repurpose. You can destroy the hard disk yourself and evidence the process with pictures or hire a third-party who will provide a certificate of destruction. You can securely repurpose an encrypted disk …
Security Tools A Password Manager app offers ideal balance between security and time-saving access
To protect access to private data, strengthen your credentials by using a Password Manager to securely store them. Password data is robustly encrypted to your device and safeguarded in a protected vault further secured by MFA. A Password Manager app offers ideal balance between security and time-saving access. It eliminates …
Risk Prevention Use of a complex username diminishes risk of malicious algorithms
When a username is created properly it serves as additional security. Use of a complex username diminishes risk of malicious algorithms being able to predict credentials. “Web Scraping” is a practice of data extraction used for market intelligence, but it can also be used nefariously. Bots operating at the direction …