11 Ways to Spot a Phishing Email
It only takes one person clicking one malicious link to expose your private company data to a cybercriminal. Employee naivete is the primary vulnerability that cybercriminals target because it’s often the most prevalent and lowest hanging fruit. What’s more, phishing emails that target this vulnerability are only becoming more ubiquitous and tougher to spot. […]
How to Avoid Video Call Burnout
Calling in to work meetings removes the harried commute, the need to dress professionally on both the top and bottom half, and the obligatory small talk with coworkers. So, these virtual meetings should be less stressful, right? As it turns out, video calls come with their own set of stressors and they’re taking a real mental toll on the […]
Managing Cybersecurity During a Pandemic and Civil Unrest
Running a business in 2020 is no small feat. Over the past few months, the entire world has been through some of the most frightening and challenging experiences as we face a global pandemic and growing civil unrest. Everything is in flux and while nothing is ever truly a sure deal, things feel even more […]
How to Create an Online Revenue Stream for Your Business
The way you run your business has most likely changed significantly over the last three months. You may have shifted to a distributed workforce, requiring you to set up a home office and embrace the video conference call for both internal sync ups and client meetings. If you run an essential business, you’ve taken extra lengths to protect your […]
8 Cybersecurity Myths That Put Small Businesses at Risk
May 21, 2020 There’s a lot of misinformation circulating online around cybersecurity that can put your business at risk. These cybersecurity myths can often placate us into thinking that our business is safe when more often than not, the castle gate is likely to splinter at the first battering ram or will open wide to […]
Why You Need to Move Your Business Online (And How To Do It)
CATEGORIES Category 1 Category 2 Category 3 Category 4 As we continue to shelter in place, many of us are learning to conduct more of our business online. For some, this means shifting the sale of products/goods online, for others it means translating in-person services onto a digital platform like Zoom, Facebook Live, or some […]
Boost Efficiency and Security with this Password Management Service
mplementing password security best practices across your team does more than just keep your accounts safe. It also improves efficiency by avoiding those incidents where you get locked out of a mission-critical account because you can’t remember the password. Again. There’s a better way to access your accounts than by regularly resetting your password until […]
Video Conference Call Etiquette and Security Tips
If you’re in a situation where you’re teleworking, whether by choice or requirement due to the coronavirus pandemic, it’s important to set some work rules for yourself to ensure you stay professional and productive. This is especially true for video conference calls. When you’re not physically in the same room as your colleagues or clients, […]
Setting Up a Secure and Productive Home Office for the COVID-19 Outbreak
Whether or not we wanted to test out teleworking, the current outbreak of COVID-19 has forced many of us to shut down our offices and begin working from home. Across the world, governments are asking their citizens to help slow the spread of the coronavirus through social distancing, practicing good hygiene, and staying home as much as […]
Can PayPal Be Trusted with Your Financial Information?
PayPal is widely accepted as a secure way to conduct online transactions. 36 percent of North American retailers accepted PayPal as of December 2018, and in the fourth quarter of 2019, there were 305 million active PayPal accounts worldwide. A recent login hack, however, has put the company’s security in question. CyberNews analysts discovered vulnerabilities that would allow someone to access […]
How to Leverage Cybersecurity as a Competitive Edge for Your Business
If your business is outside the tech sector, you may think your cybersecurity practices are best left running in the background, reliable yet unseen. After all, your customers care primarily about the product or service you have to offer, not about the type of security procedures you follow to prevent a data breach. Right? This […]
How to Limit Location Tracking on Your Smartphone
CATEGORIES Category 1 Category 2 Category 3 Category 4 The use of location tracking by private companies is becoming more ubiquitous, whether or not they need the information to effectively provide their service. Instead this highly personal data is often shared or sold without our knowledge to third parties. The most benign use for this […]