Employees are your lifeblood and your greatest threat
(Post 4 of the Small Business Threats blog series) Employees, every company has them. Even a sole proprietorship has at least a single employee, even if that person is also …
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3 basic types of security controls to protect your business
Security is a subject that, depending on who you’re talking to, might mean different things. Even in the same context, in this case business, security can have several different definitions …
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Small business can learn a thing or two from big corporate data breaches
(Post 4 of the Small Business Threats blog series) Data breaches in government and corporate industry seem to be happening more frequently. Just in the past few years major players …
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Adapting security principles for small organizations
(Post 3 of the Small Business Threats blog series) The vast majority of effort put into standardizing security best practices is focused on large organizations with what is commonly referred …
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How does protecting your property relate to cybersecurity?
(Post 2 of the Small Business Threats blog series) When thinking of cybersecurity, it is understandably easy to assume that protective measures are largely technology-focused. After all, many cybersecurity start-ups …
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Small business: understanding your threats
(Post 1 of the Small Business Threats blog series) With this entry, I am beginning a series of blog posts that focus on threats specific to small businesses. Follow along …
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Is the Cybersecurity Industry Focusing on the Wrong Metrics?
Each year between November and January of the following year, headlines relating to cybersecurity are dominated by predictions of what’s to come. Annual threat reports by companies like Verizon, McAffee, …
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The greatest cyber-threat last year, this year, and next year too
What if I told you that the greatest threat related to technology isn’t a flaw in software, poor security planning, or a person’s susceptibility to manipulation? What if I said …
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Malware: Virus vs Worm vs Trojan vs Ransomware vs Spyware
The term “virus” has become a generic way of describing what is otherwise known as malware. Malware, short for malicious software, is a category of software developed for malicious purposes. …
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11 Simple steps to a more secure home network
Working in cybersecurity is, in many ways, just like working in any other IT field. People assume that you know everything there is to know about technology and they want …
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