October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month. The theme is “Own IT. Secure IT. Protect IT.” This message promotes personal accountability and proactive behavior in digital privacy, security best practices, and common cyber threats. Here are some online safety messages and opportunities for habit change.
National Preparedness Month encourages Americans to plan for emergencies. This includes cyberattacks, human error, earthquakes, wildfires, floods, power outages, equipment failure, and widespread illness. If businesses do not prepare, they risk service interruption, employee downtime, lost customers, asset damage, and out-of-pocket expenses.
Employers offer work at home benefits to attract workers and to retain them long-term. While working at home has numerous benefits, it also introduces new cybersecurity risks to businesses. Here are some tips for cyber-securing the home office.
When people work with too much data, they are forced to search for valuable information through mountains of clutter. According to an Ensighten survey of over 600 companies, 62% of respondents stated they often feel overwhelmed by the amount of data they have. Also, 85% said they are not able to use the data fully. Consider a structured data plan.
It’s time again to spring clean your business. While it is a good idea to organize messy drawers and wipe down workspaces, you must not forget about digital clutter on your devices. Here are some valuable tips to protect your business and your customers’ data. If you need help with digital spring cleaning tasks, email info@swifttechsolutions.com.
Are your employees losing track of critical conversations and files in a cluttered inbox? We would recommend trying out the FREE version of Slack for your internal team communications. Slack is an online workplace messaging platform that brings messaging, tools, and files together. Here are some features that the platform can provide.
Watch out for renewal letters from fake domain registry vendors. Usually, companies pay to use a domain (your-company.com) from a well-known registrar such as GoDaddy and Network Solutions. However, impostors are sending fake invoices to trick people into transferring their domains to them and then renewing at much higher prices.
National Computer Security Day was started to raise awareness regarding computer security issues. People tend to use multiple devices for the office, home, and on the go. If left unprotected, each of these devices presents an opportunity for workers to get attacked by hackers, scammers, and identity thieves.
Scammers are sending sextortion emails. They say they’ve been spying on your computer activities and have photos of you viewing intimate content. Then, the scammer says they will release the footage to your contacts unless you pay them a fee of at least $800. If you receive sextortion emails, follow these tips.
If you are in the middle of a lawsuit, watch out for impersonated attorney emails. Hackers are targeting law firms with wire scam emails and stealing thousands of dollars in client settlement funds. Cybercriminals are sending these scam emails to the different people involved in legal proceedings including law firm employees, clients, and banks.