The rate of cloud adoption will continue to be highest among small to midsize businesses (SMBs), according to recent forecasts from Techaisle, with 57 percent of SMBs accelerating their cloud initiatives. Not only is cloud adoption increasing, but cloud strategies are becoming more advanced.
Most security breaches can be traced back to human error. Hackers know it’s far more difficult to defeat advanced security defenses than it is to trick a human into opening the doors and letting them in. If the doors aren’t completely opened, the keys are essentially handed to hackers when organizations fail to require complex passwords, turn on security features or respond to security alerts.
“I opened the attachment because the email looked like it was from my boss.”
“I needed to work from home and my Internet has been spotty, so I just saved the documents to a USB drive.”
“I paid the ransom because I didn’t want to get in trouble, but I still can’t access my files.
Without access to business applications, data and cloud resources, many organizations can’t function. In a best-case scenario, operations are severely limited, which results in low productivity, missed deadlines, lost sales, a poor customer experience and high mitigation costs.
Hurricane activity has spiked dramatically in recent weeks. As the National Hurricane Center monitored the simultaneous formation of a half-dozen named storms and five other areas of concern in mid-September, NHC scientist Eric Blake tweeted, “They are forming like roaches out there!”
An active hurricane season is always a reminder of the importance of disaster recovery planning.
Password security is one of the biggest challenges faced by organizations today, with a staggering 81% of data breaches caused by a weak or stolen password. Subsequently businesses are evaluating multi-factor authentication (MFA) products for additional layers of security around access to corporate resources.
Join us: Thursday, October 17th at 10am
Webinar Description
Protecting K-12 and Higher Ed networks is a sensitive and critical undertaking. Our webinar will outline how academic institutions can enhance their cybersecurity and secure Wi-Fi infrastructure.
Overview
The Jacksonville Cyber Security Conference features 40-60 vendor exhibits and 8-12 educational speaker sessions discussing current cyber-security issues such as cloud security, email security, VoIP, LAN security, wireless security & more.
When it comes to performing day-to-day functions, serving customers, operating efficiently, and maintaining a high level of productivity, most small to midsize businesses (SMBs) are as reliant upon IT systems as large enterprises. If servers crash, applications stop working or slow down, or employees can’t access network resources, SMBs lose money and are forced to play catch-up.
In a previous post, we discussed not only the prevalence of phishing attacks, but the email subject lines and social media attack simulations that were most effective at getting users to click. No security solution or IT team can detect and block every phishing attack or manage shadow IT apps and services, which is why security awareness training is critical to helping users recognize and avoid these attacks.
