How to Protect Your Privacy During the COVID-19 Outbreak

Date: 05/04/2020 Author: Derek Schwenk Categories: Cybersecurity, Helpful Tips, Privacy, Work From Home Tags: coronavirus, covid-19, cyber security, privacy, small businessNo comments yet.

In this unprecedented time, businesses big and small are facing countless new challenges. Of these challenges, breaches of privacy are becoming more common and more concerning. Since more users are working from home, they need to be more aware of points where their privacy can be breached. We want to help you protect your privacy during the Coronavirus outbreak. We’ll explore how video conferencing, scam emails, and webcams can affect your privacy.

Should Employees Receive Cybersecurity Training?

Date: 01/04/2019 Author: Derek Schwenk Categories: Cybersecurity, Helpful Tips, IT Guide Tags: cyber security, small business, training tipsNo comments yet.

Cybersecurity training has quickly become extremely important for businesses. Employees don’t need to be cybersecurity experts, but they should be practicing healthy cyber habits.

New-hire training and regularly scheduled refresher training courses should be established in order to instill the data security culture of your organization. As always, preparedness is the key to preventing most security breaches. It is always best to know how to avoid becoming a victim.

Is Your Business Safe From Cyberattacks?

Date: 10/03/2018 Author: Derek Schwenk Categories: Cybersecurity, Managed Services, Security Threats Tags: cyber security, security threatsNo comments yet.

Verizon’s annual Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) takes data from thousands of reported cybersecurity incidents and breaches in order to give business owners a snapshot of where cyberattacks are trending. Interestingly, small businesses account for over half of the victims of reported data breaches. Why do small businesses take up such a large part of the pie?

Cyberattacks can interrupt your daily operations (at best) or they can completely cripple your business (worst case scenario). We want to make sure that you don’t become a statistic! Read on to find out if your business is ready for a cyberattack, or if there are improvements that you can make to keep yourself secure.