Customer PortalMalware and ransomware attacks continue going up. In 2020, ransomware attacks increased 485%, and during the first half of 2021, they’ve risen another 151%. Cyberattacks have become one of the biggest risks to an organization. Falling victim to one can mean hundreds of thousands of dollars in remediation costs. This makes IT security defenses a…
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2021 Cybersecurity Awareness Month: A Message From Our CEO
Hello Everyone, Bad guys have reached an all-time low and we see a quadrupling of deliberate targets and people in QC organizations. We now strongly recommend all our customers use a form of end-user training – we use and support KnowBe4, which we see allows employees to recognize baddies and reduce mistakes in opening “bad”…
Why You Need Multi-Factor Authentication Today
Cloud adoption is pretty much a given for companies these days. The increase in cloud use over the last few years has helped small businesses be more competitive, and it has allowed many companies to continue serving customers during the pandemic. Cloud technology can keep a business going from any location; however, it can also…
How to Use Email Encryption to Protect Sensitive Communications
A plain text email is about as secure as a postcard. Any hacker or unintended recipient that intercepts a non-encrypted email can easily read it with no special skills or software needed. What’s even more eye-opening are the types of messages that employees send by unprotected email. They’ll send confidential customer information, passwords, and even…
Zero-Day Exploits and How to Defend Against Them
When reading about ransomware attacks or data breaches in the news, you’ll probably run across the term “zero-day exploit.” This type of attack is often at the heart of many widespread attacks because it’s one of the most difficult for traditional cybersecurity methods to detect. A recent example was the breach of the Microsoft Exchange…
Layered Security Services
Protecting your data, your processes, and your investment Companies across the globe took a new approach in 2020 to doing business, including moving more to the cloud and using virtual workflows for the first time. This opened the door even wider to cyberattacks. Cybercriminals look to businesses of all sizes, not just big businesses. Don’t…
Information Security Against Social Engineering: Safeguarding Tips
Social engineering is the tactic of manipulating trust to get people to give up confidential information, such as passwords, payment card details, or (through a malicious link) access to your computer to plant malware.