We strongly believe cybersecurity measures should be reasonable and prudent and that small businesses can do a lot in-house. However, there are areas where your cybersecurity program (again, focusing on small and medium businesses, or SMBs) should likely consider...
Christmas is supposed to be about peace on earth, but bad news has been everywhere this week in the cybersecurity world, largely because of Log4j. But we’re not going to talk about that. If you are trying to wrap your head around what it is, we like these resources...
Three days ago, the Swiss Government Computer Emergency response team blazed a warning regarding a zero-day exploit: Log4j. It is hard to overstate just how critical this exploit is – arguably the most significant cybersecurity threat ever. On a criticality scale of...
All names have been changed to protect the identities of the people in this real-life example. Here's a true story. Matt, a 'disgruntled employee,' got mad at his employer. Deciding to get even with his organization, he created a script to steal his own credentials,...
You must cast vision for effective cybersecurity. The cybersecurity industry thrives off fear. Fear of missing out (FOMO), or fear that something deleterious will happen if you don’t act with haste, etc. Even marketing strategies appeal to a sense of fearful urgency!...
We believe that people can change. Ultimately, cybersecurity is a people problem, not a technological problem, so our solutions must address the root issues: behaviors and habits. In the last year, our goal has been to help individuals and small businesses make...
Don’t leave your front door unlocked, and don’t waste time and money before assessing and addressing your small business' cybersecurity risk—a risk with an exponentially climbing cost. Currently, the average cost of a US data breach is $9.8 million [i]. What is your...
As a small business owner, what happens if you have a bad day? A bad day can look like accidentally getting locked inside your office (yes, this happened to me when the lockset broke). It can also look like your systems shutting down for over a week due to a...
Your small businesses exist because you believe in a vision enough to do it yourself. For startups and small businesses, success revolves around how well we utilize readily available resources and keen focus on the critical few high leverage actions. Our companies...
Not everything is as it seems. On October 31st, we expect this, but what about every other day of the year? Sentenced earlier this year to ten years in prison for wire fraud charges, Obinwanne Okeke transferred over $10 million out of a company in the United...