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The most important technology concepts, strategies and actions uncovered for your business.

Vulnerabilities, Exploits & Threats: How They Impact Your Business

Angela Wight
A 2023 report by Cybersecurity Ventures predicts that midsize businesses spend about $826 to $653,587 on cybersecurity incidents. It further asserts that the costs of cyber crimes will reach an estimated $10.5 trillion by 2025. The constant increase in the cost of cyber attacks in business is a message for Chief Financial Officers to take adequate threat-detection measures so that their organization doesn't become victim to a security incident.
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Topics: Security Threats, Cybersecurity

Ransomware Gangs: What Are They & How Do They Operate?

Angela Wight
Ransomware is known to be one of the most potent cyber attacks that affect businesses of all sizes. While corporate networks and government organizations maintain stringent cybersecurity policies to discourage ransomware attacks, the attackers, ransomware gangs, have shifted their focus to small and medium-sized businesses. According to Ransomware Trends 2023, Q2 Report from Cyberint, there has been a significant surge in ransomware incidents in Q2 of 2023, a staggering 67% increase in ...
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Topics: Security Threats, Data Breach

How Cybercriminals Hack Business Profiles on Social Media

CoreTech Staff
Facebook was under fire recently for hackers' hijacking personal and business pages. Profile users were emailed that they were removed as the page manager. Victims were left wondering how hackers could access their pages, even though they didn’t click any suspicious links. Facebook is currently in the process of rectifying the situation.
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Topics: Security Threats, Trends, Network Security

How to Effectively Communicate Cybersecurity Practices to Employees

Angela Wight
Organizations spend $150 billion a year globally on cybersecurity products and services. Yet, statistics show that phishing and other cyberattacks increase exponentially, with an estimated damage of $10.5 trillion annually by 2025, a 300% increase over a decade. A significant reason for this alarming situation is that employees need training to recognize and stop what is happening. Vulnerable and uninformed employees leave an easy path for malicious actors to infiltrate your organization's ...
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Topics: Staff Training, Security Threats

How Your Business Can Detect and Manage Insider Threats

Angela Wight
As an IT Manager, is it a struggle to implement preventative measures to detect, respond to, and mitigate insider threats? If they materialize, the insider threats can result in financial loss, reputational damage, legal and regulatory non-compliance, operational disruption, and negative impact on stakeholder, customer, and employee morale. Helping others in your organization realize the importance of preventing and managing insider threats and getting behind your process can be challenging. ...
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Topics: Security Threats, Data Breach, Network Security

Learn the Basics: Employee Cybersecurity Training Courses (+ Advanced Ideas)

CoreTech Staff
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Topics: Staff Training, Security Threats, The Workplace

Wait, DON’T CLICK that Link!

CoreTech Staff
Phishing attacks continue to be one of the leading cyberattack methods targeting small businesses. With a cyberattack occurring every 36 seconds, hackers are relentlessly trying to steal your company or personal information. One of the ways they collect data is by providing you with a link to click. They are hoping you don’t know the signs and signals that the intent of their request is malicious.
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Topics: Staff Training, Security Threats, Network Security

7 Habits to Keep Your Business Cyber Safe

CoreTech Staff
According to the University of Maryland, an average of 2,244 cyber attacks occur daily. That’s one attack every 30 seconds. With the gradual sophistication of attacks, it is important to train your staff on what to watch out for. Firewalls, email spam filtering, multi-factor authentication (MFA), endpoint protection, and backups do their job, but, in the end, training employees is the best way to keep your business safe from a cyber attack.
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Topics: Security Threats, Data Breach, The Workplace

Fraudulent Accounts: Victims Losing Thousands on LinkedIn

CoreTech Staff
With over 830 million members in 200 plus countries worldwide, LinkedIn is a great tool for business professionals to utilize. LinkedIn differs from its social media counterparts with its added ability to search and recruit for jobs, strengthen professional relationships, and pick up on tips colleagues have learned.
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Topics: Security Threats, Data Breach, Trends

Email Encryption 101: What it is, How it Works, & Why Your SMB Needs it

CoreTech Staff
Email is one of the core connectors for both internal and external communication. Millions of emails are sent daily to update, inform, advertise, and more. But security measures, such as email encryption, must be instilled when the email contains confidential information.
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Topics: Security Threats, Microsoft Products, Unified Communications