It’s Cyber Security Awareness Month: Learn tips to protect your business’s online security These days, we’re connected everywhere we go, increasing the need to protect your company’s online security. Your employees can access company emails from personal cell devices and PCs. And when employees work from home or coordinate with vendors, they share files back… Read More
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Addressing cybersecurity in the age of AI-enhanced hacking
by Grant Sutherland, Risk Manager – Clear Risk Solutions In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, addressing cybersecurity remains a key component to any organization’s long-term success. As technological advancements make many tasks simpler and faster, they also present new challenges. One of the most pressing challenges is the increasing sophistication of cyber threats. Hackers, leveraging… Read More
How to protect against, detect and act on a data breach at your business
6 signs your business is about to have a data breach Here’s some news that may keep you up tonight: More than 70 percent of cyber attacks target smaller businesses, resulting in a data breach and stolen data. And some 60 percent of hacked small and medium-sized businesses go out of business after six… Read More
Minimize privacy liability risks with data retention policies
Data dump or dump the data to minimize privacy liability risks? Data, data, data – everywhere we turn in the modern world, we are inundated with and driven by data. To remain competitive, businesses must capitalize on the data available to them, but doing so can also result in liability risk. Once data is compromised,… Read More
Protect data with multifactor authentication
Keys to the kingdom – Protect your data with multifactor authentication The past two years have seen record-breaking levels of cybercrime and related losses. As technology becomes ever more integrated in society and criminals become more sophisticated, this trend can only be expected to continue. The common denominator in many successful attacks often boils down… Read More
How to safeguard your customers’ privacy
Safeguarding the privacy of customers’ information You already know how important it is to safeguard customers’ privacy and data, and have no doubt taken steps to do so. But often, small businesses may not have the robust security to withstand hackers’ tricks. They may assume that since they’re small potatoes, hackers will assume they’re an… Read More
Cyber security and data breach prevention
Key steps to boosting your tribal cyber security In today’s connected world, cyber threats are on the rise. Cyber criminals are becoming more and more sophisticated in their attacks, employing everything from impersonation fraud, misleading emails, malicious links, ransomware and more. Technology is only going to become more sophisticated with each passing year, making the… Read More
How retailers can fight holiday cybercrime
10 tips for tribal retailers to fight holiday cybercrime Holiday festivities, celebrations and shopping are underway across the country. Credit cards are pulled out more often. Businesses are – well, busier. It’s a make-or-break time of the year for most retailers. And cyber criminals know it. That’s why they’re also more active right now. And… Read More
Retail data breaches: How you can learn from others’ mistakes
Lessons you can take from other retail data breaches April was a successful month for hackers intent on creating retail data breaches: Several major retail brands were hacked, many of whom used the same online customer experience partner. These brands include Panera, Best Buy, Macy’s, Lord & Taylor, Sears, Kmart, Delta and Saks Fifth Avenue…. Read More
Cyber security: The threat from within
Internal threats to your cyber security Guest post by Clear Risk Solutions Many view cyber risk as a danger that exists outside of their organizations, but some of the biggest threats to security can actually come from within. They’re internal cyber security threats. One of the best ways for a hacker or scammer to gain… Read More