Tag: SMBs

August 12, 2022

Businesses are increasingly concerned about how they will meet ransomware demands. Only 19 percent of those surveyed have ransomware coverage limits above $600,000, while over half (59 percent) hoped the government would cover damages when future attacks are linked to […]

February 3, 2022

Cisco has patched 14 vulnerabilities affecting some of its Small Business RV Series routers, the worst of which may allow attackers to achieve unauthenticated remote code execution or execute arbitrary commands on the underlying Linux operating system. “The Cisco PSIRT […]

January 5, 2022

Which is more important for achieving organizational cybersecurity: security products or security people? The right answer to this (trick) question is that both are equally important. But while cybersecurity budgets are rising, most small and some midsize organizations looking to […]

November 23, 2021

With Black Friday and Cyber Monday quickly approaching, the UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is urging small online shops to protect their customers from card skimming cyber criminals. As part of NCSC’s Active Cyber Defence programme, the organization has […]

November 5, 2021

A data breach can destroy a business. For small- and medium-sized businesses (SMB), this is really especially concerning, as 60% will shut down within six months of the attack. While larger companies and agencies likely won’t have to shut their […]

September 2, 2021

Ransomware gangs may take advantage of upcoming holidays and weekends to hit US organizations, the FBI and the CISA have warned. They don’t have any specific threat reporting indicating a cyberattack will occur over the upcoming Labor Day holiday, they […]

November 13, 2018

Ransomware continues to be the leading cyberattack method experienced by small-to-medium sized businesses (SMBs) according to new research from Datto Inc. The firm surveyed 2,400 managed service providers (MSPs) that support the IT needs of nearly half a million SMBs […]

November 11, 2016

SMBs are putting sensitive information at risk by using free cloud storage services that lack strong security measures, new research shows. Nearly 25% of small- to midsized-sized businesses (SMBs) continue to use free cloud storage services despite warnings from security […]

September 22, 2016

Smaller businesses, like the HVAC company that caused the Target penetration in 2013, often think they are too small to be security targets, but SMB cybersecurity can have big implications. Size doesn’t matter as long as your firm has something […]

September 20, 2016

The House of Representatives is slated to vote Wednesday on a bill that would extend cyber-security help to small businesses. The Improving Small Business Cyber Security Act, sponsored by Rep. Richard Hanna (R-N.Y.), would increase the cyber-security offerings of small-business […]

July 7, 2016

A new study conducted by the Ponemon Institute and sponsored by password management provider Keeper Security analyzed the state of cyber-security in small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and found that confidence in SMB security is shockingly low (just 14% of […]

July 6, 2016

Any network, from small to complex, needs a comprehensive network monitoring foundation that enables the network administrators to track network behavior and events, in order to intervene if necessary. The network monitoring tools come in software or software-hardware form. The […]

February 11, 2016

As with anything techy, terms like “threat intelligence” have myriad definitions. For our purposes, let’s use Gartner’s description: “Threat intelligence is evidence-based knowledge, including context, mechanisms, indicators, implications and actionable advice, about an existing or emerging menace or hazard to […]

February 10, 2016

Scott Schober’s small business got hacked, and hacked again. The harrowing experience led him to write a book – “Hacked Again”, which could just as easily have been called the Cybersecurity Bible for small business owners. Schober starts out by […]

January 11, 2016

Wireless adoption is growing fast globally, with Wi-Fi access becoming ubiquitous in businesses, stores, corporate environments and public spaces; literally everywhere we go. As a small to mid-sized business (SMB), you may be considering or already offering Wi-Fi as a […]

December 10, 2015

Ransomware have proven to be a good source of money for cyber-criminals. Not surprisingly, we are nowadays facing various families of this type of malware, i.e Cryptowall, CTB-Locker,Teslacrypt to name a few. Recently, one more joined this set: Chimera, that […]

July 29, 2015

A business payment security survival guide is a useful tool for small businesses. Anyone looking to start an online store, or already established businesses trying to countercheck or improve their security procedures could benefit from such information. When outsourcing the […]

July 22, 2015

For businesses getting started with digital signage, or which are in the process of improving their deployment, there are two main options. Either the network would be hosted on-premise, or it might be a cloud-based digital signage software. Utilizing Software […]