Employees are without a doubt the most unpredictable resource within your business. Nothing can be more catastrophic to data security than a careless or untrained worker. Enforcing safe practices and policies doesn’t have to feel like a chore, if training is handled properly. In fact, employees typically become eager to learn how to avoid the latest and greatest cyber-related threats. These threats plague not just our work lives, but our everyday lives as well. Today, we will discuss what you and your employees should be aware of in today’s connected world.
Chances are your inbox receives a large number of emails each and every day. How many of these emails provide beneficial data, and how much of it are spam or cyberthreats? If on a daily basis your email is littered with unimportant, unrequested, non-work-related inbound messages, your filtering needs to be improved. This also means that the chance you have been selected to hopefully (in the eyes of the cybercriminal) become victim to a phishing email is quite high. Whether you took the bait or not, these emails plague most of our inboxes from time-to-time. Falling for this avoidable attack is in the hands of none other than your employees. Here are a few tips to recognize and avoid these harmful attacks:
All personal accounts to applications or websites require a login. This leads to the average user having quite a large inventory of passwords, which, at first glance, can seem a bit daunting. There are many practices and tools available to maximize account security for both you and your staff. Some practices include:
Securing your business means preparing for the worst. If your business would be unable to recover from a breach, whether the origin of the breach was poor password practices or a phishing email, you need to establish a recovery plan before it’s too late.
Natural disasters, equipment failure, or other disasters are just a few of the business security preparations we can help you with at SCW. Talk to one of our experts by calling (509) 534-1530 today.
About the author
Sam is a network engineer with a broad range of experience spanning more than 35 years. He wrote is first piece of code in 1979 and has been involved with the industry ever since. For the last 20 years, he has worked for SCW Consulting where he has embraced his passion for network technology and security.
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