Social engineering is the ability to manipulate people into willfully giving up their confidential information. The data varies, but in terms of cyber security this usually means passwords and bank information. Criminals are using social engineering to gain access to your business and its network by exploiting employees who often don’t have a clue about […]
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IT Security Tip: It’s Week 2 of Cyber Security Awareness Month. Cyber from the Break Room to the Board Room
Quick Tip: It begins with you.
Everyone in an organization is part of protecting personal and organizational data. From the CEO to the incoming entry-level employee, your cyber security posture is dependent on a shared level of vigilance and awareness.
October 2016 IT Radix Resource Newsletter
Taste Sweet Success
In this issue:
- Awareness Can Be a Life Saver!
- Colorful Web Notes
- Do You Feel Like a Nut?
IT Security Tip: It’s Week 1 of Cyber Security Awareness Month. STOP. THINK. CONNECT.
Quick Tip: Staying safer and more secure online starts with STOP. THINK. CONNECT.
This is simple, actionable advice anyone can follow.
STOP: Make sure security measures are in place. This includes on your computers, your smart devices, your network (home or business) or even your Internet of Things (IoT) enabled-appliances or systems.
Do you take credit cards?
We are not posing that question as a customer; we are posing the question as your IT and Security consultant. We ask because a “YES” answer means that your organization is required by law to put in place certain IT and security practices.
If you handle any type of credit cards or banking information, make sure your organization is in line with PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard) compliance.
Training and Testing Your Staff to Resist Phishing
Phishing is the act of defrauding or stealing information and data from a computer user or network by posing as a legitimate organization. Phishing emails are what hackers use to get access into internal networks by tricking the recipient of their fake email.
9 essential cybersecurity phrases
As with all technology, trendy phrases come and go with the passing of every IT conference and newly released virus. And when dealing with cybersecurity, keeping up with them all can mean the survival — or demise — of a business. If you’re looking for a list of the industry’s most relevant terms, you’ve come […]
And the Password Is…
The game show, Password, first aired in 1961. It might be fun using celebrity’s clues to guess their passwords, but do you really want strangers guessing YOUR password?
You know you’re guilty of it: using the same password for everything. We understand how annoying it is to try and remember all those passwords.
IT Security Tip #23: 3 Rules to Keeping Your Data Safe in the Cloud
Quick Tip: Stop. Think. Protect.
Why? If you’re using any kind of cloud application (and these days, who isn’t?), you are right to be concerned about data privacy and security. The company hosting your data is ultimately responsible for keeping hackers out of THEIR network, but most cloud breaches are due to USER ERROR. So it’s important that you, the user, are being smart about security.
Do you like feeling vulnerable?
Most likely the answer to that question is “No!”
Typically, none of us like that feeling of unease, of not being protected or possibly hurt in some way by another. So, to reduce that risk, we all do things to protect ourselves in active and passive ways whether in private or in public.
