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Why is Cyber Security Essential for Businesses?

As technology has advanced over the years, so has cybercrime. Cyber security is essential for businesses because it serves as a preventive measure to protect online data.

What is Cyber Security?

In layman’s terms, cyber security consists of procedures used to safeguard a company’s essential information from any sort of cyber-attack or cyber threats.  Over the years, cyber crimes have become more advanced as criminals are coming up daily with new ways to get sensitive information that includes using social engineering and AI. As companies adopt the latest technology, they must also heighten their cyber security to match it.

Cyber security is also referred to as IT security. For corporations, IT security is crucial in blocking cyber threats by stopping cyber criminals from getting a hold of a company’s assets.

Sustaining premium levels of cybersecurity can help you control your network resources while still fulfilling your business goals with no interference. As a business, it is critical to understand why cyber security is important for the safety of your organization.

Security Strategies

Cyber security strategies act as protection against various cybercrimes including:

  • Destroying or changing data
  • Accessing private information
  • Extortion

Cyber security is crucial for business growth. When considering security measures, these must be included:

  • Cloud security
  • Information security
  • Application security
  • Network security
  • Infrastructure Security
  • Disaster recovery

The Advancement of Cybercrime

Information theft is rapidly becoming the costliest division of cybercrime due to the exposure of important information in the cloud. It’s important to know that some cybercriminals only want to alter information, creating mistrust among employees and businesses.

Cyber Security Tips

Managing third-party risk helps businesses satisfy regulatory requirements. Here are some suggestions on other ways to avoid future cyber-attacks.

Educate Your Staff

An excellent way to mitigate a cyber-attack is to educate your staff. IT security training is a viable technique used to aid employees in maintaining data security. Your workforce will learn the cyber dangers linked to their daily activities, potential cyber-attacks, and how to stay safe.

Privileged Access

Privileged access denotes the methods used to manage permissions for accounts and users of the IT world. To decrease the risk of a cyber incident from an internal error or external perpetrator, employees are given access based on their job and job responsibilities.

Another way privileged access improves cyber security is it decreases the possibility of security breaches and human error.

Monitor Your Systems

Businesses must monitor their networks and systems 24/7, making sure there’s no suspicious activity. Cyber security monitoring can detect a cyber attack and respond immediately.

Bottom Line

There are many reasons why cybersecurity is essential for businesses. Clients are increasingly becoming victims of fraud and hacking. Cyber security makes internet activities safe, as well as helps companies maintain brand reputation and keep employees safe.

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How to Handle End-of-Life IT Equipment

“Your hardware has reached the end of its useful life.” As a business leader, you’ve likely seen this message before, but do you know what it actually means? Or how it can affect your business operations?

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Going Passwordless in Microsoft? Here’s What You Need to Know

Passwords pose a major security risk to your organization. Even though most of us have always been taught to create complex and strong passwords, that doesn’t eliminate the threat of them getting guessed, stolen, or hacked.

As cyber criminals get more advanced in their tactics, the ways in which we protect our accounts must advance as well.

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Microsoft Azure AD: Choosing the Right Plan for Your Business

The shift to the cloud has become increasingly popular as it provides the accessibility businesses now need to work from anywhere. However, this also means that your data is much more at risk in the cloud if you don’t have the proper security tools in place.

Microsoft Azure Active Directory is an identity and access management service that combines user credentials and authentication policies to control who can log into your systems. No matter if your data is stored on a server in your office or in an app online – Azure AD protects it.

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3 Steps to Cybersecurity on a Small Business Budget

You know that a thorough cybersecurity plan is essential to protect your assets and information. The threat of cyber attacks on small businesses is higher than ever, and damages from an attack can take months and up to a year for most companies to recover from, if they can recover at all.

So, how can you be sure your organization is doing the right things to prevent damage that can be caused by cyber threats and keep it within a small business budget? 

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Weather Preparedness Checklist: What You Need To Know

Whether it’s a snowstorm that knocks out the power or a hurricane that brings floodwaters – bad weather can have extremely unpredictable damage that ensues because of it.

When this happens, it’s important to make sure you take proper precautionary steps to help protect your IT infrastructure and data from the potential repercussions of a storm.

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Marissa Explains IT All: Advice for Using Public WiFi

Over the past couple of years, we’ve likely all found ourselves in a position where we needed to get some work done, but our only internet option was public wifi.

Whether you like to head to your local coffee shop or get some work done in a bookstore, oftentimes there is no other option for you to use.

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Bytes & Brews: De-Spooking the Most Common Cybersecurity Threats
ON-DEMAND WEBINAR

It’s officially Spooky Season, but no need to fear… we’re bringing you another Bytes & Brews webinar to help keep your business from getting spooked. 

But, we’re doing it with a twist. We’re splitting our usual webinar into 5 short videos. Check them out below!

De-Spooking Cyber Threats – Episode 5 – Managing Hazardous Risks


De-Spooking Cyber Threats – Episode 4 – Mutated Malware


De-Spooking Cyber Threats – Episode 3 – The Ghost Stories of Cybersecurity


De-Spooking Cyber Threats – Episode 2 – Detecting Monsters Under the Bed


De-Spooking Cyber Threats – Episode 1 – Don’t Go Batty!


Join us as we enjoy some coffee brews and chat about how you can avoid the cybersecurity scaries (and easy tips to share with your team).

 

WHAT’S IN THE videos?
  1. Don’t go batty: tips for securely navigating the hybrid workplace
  2. Ways to detect for monsters under your bed (and to mitigate the effects of a cybersecurity event)
  3. The scariest ghost stories of cybersecurity (and how the right IT security strategy protects your business)
  4. Why implementing an advanced anti-virus helps to avoid mutated malware
  5. How hazardous risk management plays in a key role in IT security

 

Shoutout to our friends over at Capitol Coffee for providing an awesome swag bag for our registrant giveaway!

“Family owned and locally roasted in Wake Forest, North Carolina, we are focused on one simple vision: To provide a moment of calm before the chaos with a unique tasting experience of evenly roasted, rich, full-bodied flavor in every sip.

Lil’ Red is roasted in small batches. Our roasting process preserves the optimal flavor profile of our beans so that you receive the same high-quality coffee with every order.”

Check them out!

 

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Why Your Business Needs a Better Way to Respond to Attacks

It’s no secret that the risk of a cyberattack is high. As threats continue to evolve, it’s no longer a matter of if but when a threat will get past your security defenses. When that happens, you need to be prepared with a plan of action that not only identifies potential threats but also jumps into action to help minimize the damage done.

Fortunately, there is a proactive security solution that not only decreases your risk of being attacked in the first place but also saves your organization valuable time and resources should one manage to get through.

Continue reading for a look into our Managed Detection & Response security service and how it compares to other solutions.

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Bytes & Brews: Fall Into Budgeting Season with a Solid IT Plan
ON-DEMAND WEBINAR

Fall is officially here bringing cooler temps, colorful leaves, and trips to the pumpkin patch.

Bundle up with us for a new webinar series, “Bytes + Brews”, as we head to our local coffee shop to chat all things technology.