The 2020 Cyber-Threat Landscape: is Your Business Protected and Ready for 2021?

2020 cyber threat landscape
The year 2020 has been a universally challenging one. With the Covid-19 pandemic forcing us to accept a ‘new normal’ and change the way we go about our lives, this year has been tumultuous and chaotic to say the least. However, with the year drawing to a close it is befitting to look back at
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10 Most Common Cybersecurity Mistakes Businesses Make

Cybersecurity Mistakes
With businesses today relying almost completely on virtual operations, defending your business against cyber-attacks is a business-critical task. The research firm Cybersecurity Ventures estimates that by 2021, the cost of cyber-crime will cross $6 trillion annually, worldwide. Whether your business employs 4, 40 or 400 people, you could be at risk from cyber-attacks: The National
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October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month

October Cybersecurity Awareness
Cybersecurity awareness month was created in an effort to raise awareness about the importance of cybersecurity. With businesses today relying almost completely on virtual operations, your business simply cannot afford not to have strong cybersecurity in place; one single breach could ruin you. A single breach could result in huge data losses, costly downtime and
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Cardonet team gains UK government Security Check (SC) clearance capabilities

Cardonet gain SC clearance capabilities
The Cardonet IT support team have gained UK SC clearance capabilities by having ultra-secure processes and exceedingly high security standards. What is SC Clearance? Security Check (SC) clearance is a government issued approval that allows an individual to have trusted access to sensitive government information. How one gets SC Clearance For an individual to gain
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What is Shadow IT and what threats does it pose to your business?

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Shadow IT is the use of IT software and hardware that is managed outside of, and without the knowledge of, your IT Support team. The risks associated with Shadow IT include: Not knowing where business data is being stored. Cloud apps being used without appropriate security. Not being able to back up or protect what
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Password Management Tools

Password management
As a business owner, you must ensure that your team are using password management tools. More than 60% of data breaches are as a result of weak or stolen passwords, and around 30% of people remember their passwords by writing them on post-its. With your business relying almost completely on virtual operations, defending your business
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