Guest Blog By: Michael Giuffrida The latest statistics show that 43% of cyber attacks target small businesses and 60% of those organizations attacked go out of business within 6 months of the attack. With the growing number of cyber attacks every day, the general thinking is not if you will will get breached, but when […]
In a business world where organizations expect you to be connected and productive at all times of all days, the convenience of having publicly available wireless networks wherever you are is fantastic! Or is it? The answer is, it depends. The availability of an internet connection can cut both ways. While it can give you […]
With all of the recent high-profile breaches in the last year such as Equifax, Dow Jones, and River Cities Media, it seems the media hones in mainly on the scope of the incident, i.e. how many people were impacted. While the amount of people impacted by a breach is important information, it is critical to […]
With businesses today having to abide by one or more compliance standards such as NIST, PCI or HiPPA, the question about penetration testing and vulnerability scanning often arises. Many compliance standards require that you perform these tests at least annually, but very little additional information is provided about what that means. To begin, there is […]
Kyber Security CEO Lynn Souza was honored at an awards ceremony in Miami Florida this week as one of 2018’s Enterprising Women of the Year. The Enterprising Women of the Year Awards is widely considered one of the most prestigious recognition programs for women business owners. To win, nominees must demonstrate that they have fast-growth […]
Defense in depth using multiple layers of security technology is critical in protecting your organization from cyber attacks. That’s a given. However many CEOs and business owners still have trouble understanding how company culture can play just as big a role in your cyber survival. The common belief in most organizations is that they will […]
A recent study looked at the costs of cyber breaches for 2017 to find that the average costs to small and medium sized businesses who experienced a breach was $117,000. They outlined the average cost b y breach type for SMBs as below: Financial impact on SMBs by breach type Targeted attacks ($188,000) Incidents involving […]
Email has become a critical part of business communications. As such, employees are expected to respond to email in real time, all hours of the day. The most convenient way to implement that is to setup their work email on the personal mobile device so it is right there when they need it. The question […]
Cyber Monday will be here in just a few days. Cyber Monday is the online retailers’ equivalent of Black Friday. There are many good deals to be found on Cyber Monday, but it can also be a very dangerous day on the internet. Here are some cybersecurity tips to stay safe while shopping online on […]
In 2016 the European Union (EU) passed legislation that dramatically shifts regulations surrounding personal data collection and it is expected to impact companies globally. This new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) legislation is slated to take effect in May of 2018, and if this is the first you are hearing about it, the next few […]
