With the prevalence of cyberattacks on companies of all sizes these days, businesses cannot afford to relegate cybersecurity to the bottom of their budget priorities. When it comes to cybersecurity, even small businesses should partner with a managed IT services provider (MSP). Here’s why it's crucial to partner with an MSP that can implement robust cybersecurity solutions for your business.
Your Organization’s Cybersecurity Needs an MSP
BEC Incidents Intent on Invoice or Payment Fraud Increase 155% Across All Industries
Business Email Compromise (BEC) appears to be back in the saddle again, as attackers use simple social engineering and domain impersonation to trick victims into paying up. BEC is a sophisticated scam targeting businesses working with foreign suppliers and/or businesses that regularly perform wire transfer payments.
Why Your Business Needs IT Security
If you’re wondering if your business needs protection from online threats, the answer is yes. It’s an absolute necessity to protect your employees, your clients, and yourself from the harmful attacks that could strike at any moment.
At PalmTech Computer Solutions, we take IT security for businesses 33409 very seriously and always do our best to keep the private information surrounding your business out of the hands of criminals.
Why Are Smart Cyber Practices Necessary?
October is Cyber Security Awareness month, and if this year has given us any type of certainty, it’s that smart cyber practices are a necessity. The uncertain, the unexpected, and the unknown all allow for hackers to gain our trust, and eventually access, into our personal and professional records without knowledge or permission.
How To Be Proactive with Your Cyber Defenses
It is good to have an IT team and/or a third-party partner like a managed services provider (MSP) that helps keep your company protected against cyberthreats. It is even better to have all stakeholders be involved in preventing data breaches. Here’s how everyone can be proactive when it comes to cybersecurity.
4 Questions Your IT Services Company Should Be Able To Say “Yes” To
Out with the old and in with the new! For far too long, small businesses have taken an old-school approach to IT services and security. In other words, they wait until something goes wrong before they call an IT services company and request help.
Back in the day (think 1990s and 2000s), this approach worked, more or less.
Why Your Business Is The PERFECT Target For Hackers …
And What You Need To Do NOW To Protect Yourself
Everybody gets hacked, but not everything makes the evening news. We hear about big companies like Target, Home Depot, Capital One, and Facebook getting hacked. What we rarely hear about are the little guys – the small businesses that make up 99.7% of employers in the United States, according to the Small Business Administration.
The #1 Mistake Companies Make With Their IT
If you’re like many businesses today, there’s a good chance you’ve made this one mistake with your IT security: you don’t budget for it.
Or if you do budget for it, it’s not enough to really protect your business.
Time and time again, business owners decide NOT to invest in IT services.
Focus On The Flaws
There are gaps in cybersecurity and the level of risk awareness as most of us work from home right now. And if heading back to an office environment happens for some, it isn’t going to be the majority of workers, at least anytime soon. With reports of productivity being higher from the work-from-home structure, many Fortune 500 companies like Twitter have announced this as a permanent setup for all, or many, of their employees.
What HTTPS Means For Cybersecurity
As people’s reliance on the internet deepened through the years, cybercriminals also began to move more stealthily. Online shoppers, for instance, can be led to a payment page that has no HTTPS in its URL. If they enter their personal details on this page, they will be a prime target for identity theft without them knowing.