This post was updated on June 22, 2022
As discussed in our article on HIPAA Compliance, the Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is a collection of closely aligned
regulations that protect the medical data of patients in the U
IT security is crucial to success in today’s economy. A data breach can cost you
time, money, and your customers’ trust. Yet, due to a lack of funding, time, and
expertise, most small- and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) are unprepared to deal
with ba
Phishing statistics show that malicious emails are the most common threat to an
organization’s security. The consequences can be extremely harmful to your
business.
Given the alarming statistics on phishing attacks, it’s clear that email
security sh
Malware and social engineering are the top two types of cybercrime methods
businesses have to face. Here’s how to prevent these attacks from hurting your
business.
Each quarter, the security firm Positive Technologies releases statistics on the
most
Cyber criminals target small businesses because they know small businesses —
short on time, resources, or expertise — cannot always secure their data. But
the cost of not securing your company’s data has never been higher. The data
breaches themselve
In a previous infographic, we showed that small businesses are prime targets for
hackers. One reason is that small businesses often have less capacity to train
their employees on IT security. This makes them the perfect target for phishing
attacks.
Email is the primary attack vector for hacking and fraud, and the situation is
only getting worse. From 2017 to 2018, email-based attacks on businesses
increased 476%, according to the most recent threat survey by the cybersecurity
firm Proofpoint.
Many small businesses don’t have the time or resources to invest in IT security,
which is why cyber-criminals love to attack them.
And the cost of being unprepared is enormous. According to security outfit
Kaspersky’s, a single cyberattack on small
Small businesses are big targets for hackers, but they still aren’t prepared.
Data breaches that make the news usually involve massive corporations with vast
datasets. But small businesses must also prevent cyberattacks and data breaches,
and most d
Small business cybersecurity is often overlooked, either due to a lack of
expertise or funding. This is a mistake. Cyberattacks are costly to mitigate but
potentially more costly to recover from after they occur.
There are two things cybercriminals
The Internet allows businesses of any size to work and reach markets around the
world. Unfortunately, this potential for increased productivity and
profitability is tempered by the security risks that the Internet presents. The
fact is that cybersecu
