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2018 Cybersecurity Forecast: How Artificial Intelligence Can Help Hackers Breach Your Business Passwords
81% of data breaches leverage a stolen or weak password. Artificial intelligence and machine learning are making it easier for criminals to identify these passwords quickly, putting your business at risk. Up until recently, many businesses have been able to prevent traditional “brute force” attacks by detecting and rejecting them. But artificial intelligence and machine learning technology […]
Data Breach Statistics 2018 Forecast: Everything You Need to Know
When it comes to your business experiencing a data breach, the question is more when than if. [What were 2018’s biggest data breaches? We listed the top 20 here.] More than 50% of U.S. businesses experienced a cyber attack in the past year. The statistical trends suggest that companies of all sizes will continue to struggle […]
2018 Cybersecurity Forecast: How To Protect Your Business From a Data Breach in 3 Simple, Inexpensive Steps
Data breaches are on the rise going into 2018, and they are wreaking havoc on businesses across the globe. There are three simple, inexpensive steps you can take towards protecting your business from data breaches: Conduct an Internal Security Audit Increase Employee Security Awareness Invest in a Password Manager to Encourage and Enable Employee Behavior […]
7 Last-Minute Gifts for SysAdmin Day
System Administrator Appreciation Day (SysAdmin Day) is tomorrow! Wait, you totally forgot about it, didn’t you? It’s okay! Unfortunately, this unofficial holiday is not as prominent as “National Donut Day” or “Pi Day”, but it’s a perfect occasion to show your appreciation for the colleagues that keep your company’s network secure, your computers running, and your office […]
Passwords For Sale: Employees Would Sell Their Work Credentials for Next to Nothing
Whether you know it or not, your business has a serious security problem. The cause has nothing to do with malware or state-sponsored cyber attacks—it has to do with your employees and the way they view their relationship with the data you trust them with each day. There’s a stunning disconnect between the way your […]
Cyber Security Awareness Training: Turn Employees into Security Experts
Your business could have world-class firewalls, anti-virus software, and other cyber security programs installed on your network, but that’s still not enough to prevent data breaches, cyber attacks, and internal threats. According to a 2016 Ponemon Institute study, 55 percent of small businesses said they’ve experienced a cyber attack in the past 12 months. In […]
4 Cyber Threats Targeting Small Businesses in 2017
It’s too dangerous for organizations of all sizes to put the issue of cybersecurity on the backburner in 2017. One study found that small businesses making $100,000 incurred a total security incident cost of $24,000 on average—nearly a quarter of annual earnings. By comparison, the cost for billion-dollar enterprises amounted to less than 0.1% of […]
7 Features You Need in a Team Password Manager
A team password manager is a useful tool for any small business that wants to boost security while helping employees to manage their passwords more effectively. However, not all business password managers are created equal. Here are seven features to look for when choosing a team password manager for your small business: 1. Usability A team […]
Password Managers are a Top Cyber Security Tool for Critical Infrastructure Systems
A cyber security researcher on a jet hacks into flight controls via its in-flight information system. A practical joker cracks the code for programming electronic highway road signs. An organized crime group hides drugs in an ocean shipper’s legitimate cargo and uses hackers to gain data needed to steal the cargo containers in port. […]
11 Things Employees Won’t Miss After Using a Password Manager
When it comes to passwords, most of your employees believe they are protected by storing countless iterations of username and password combinations in their heads—but with password rules becoming increasingly complex, it’s becoming nearly impossible to rely on memory these days. Faced with multiple complex passwords to remember, employees resort to pen and paper—or worse, […]
5 Things Your New Employees Need to Know About Cyber Security from Week One
If you’re a CEO or IT administrator, you’ll need to spruce up on cyber security training before indoctrinating new hires. If the latest Yahoo data breach proved anything, it’s that today’s cyber threats are terrifyingly real. That said, 2016 has come with a slew of new cyber threats and surprising avenues of danger. If there’s […]
How Employees, Passwords, and Network Vulnerabilities Can Cost Your Business Millions
This summer, IBM and Ponemon Institute published a startling global study on how much data breaches cost businesses per year. With approximately 90 percent of cybersecurity incidents affecting small businesses and 1 in 5 companies having experienced a security breach thus far this year, this study illustrates how three major security vulnerabilities lead data breaches […]