Cybersecurity Basics for Construction Companies
As we’ve noted in the past, construction companies are uniquely vulnerable to cybersecurity breaches… and the effects can be financially ruinous. That’s the bad news. The…
How Can Employees Prevent Phishing Attacks?
For small and medium-sized businesses, cyberattacks are tragically common. One of the most common cyberattacks of all is the phishing scam. According to a Proofpoint survey,…
5 Cybersecurity Risks That Construction Companies Face
It can be tempting to think that cybersecurity risks only befall major companies in the retail, financial services, or tech spaces. While those tend to be the breaches that…
Protect Your Business from Ransomware
In recent months, we’ve seen more and more headlines about companies brought to their knees by malicious ransomware attacks. No company is off-limits to computer-based…
What are the Most Common Causes of Breached Data?
It seems like each new day brings grim headlines about a major data breach, and about a business suddenly plunged into legal, financial, and reputational peril. Data breaches…
7 Cybersecurity Resolutions for the New Year
Computer-based criminals are constantly becoming more innovative and more effective in their attempts to access unauthorized files or steal confidential data. As such,…
6 Ways to Identify Phishing Emails
Phishing emails are nothing new. In fact, they’re practically as old as the Internet itself. To define the term as succinctly as possible, a phishing email has the appearance…
Phishing, Vishing, Smishing: What’s the Difference?
Cyber criminals are constantly trying to breach personal data, financial information, and sensitive documents. One of the most common methods for doing so is phishing.…
Best Practices for Preventing Ransomware Attacks
Ransomware attacks are among the most common cybersecurity threats that small business owners face. Essentially, ransomware involves hackers stealing sensitive data files,…
What is Ransomware?
You’ve probably seen an old movie or cop show where criminals took a hostage, perhaps the son or daughter of a prominent official. They offered to return the child unharmed,…