Since I sent out the checklist for businesses to consider how staff could work from home things have moved on rather rapidly and we are heading for a full lockdown in the UK. Many businesses have staff in self-isolation at home and everyone should be social distancing.
In our current situation with the threat of CoronaVirus and its potential impact on business continuity and productivity, there is a need to think more about what happens if your systems become unavailable for any reason.
The most robust way to protect your business from hackers is to mobilise your staff
Cyber criminals are targeting all businesses, all the time. They want to get into your systems and find ways to steal cash from you.
Has your email address been stolen?
We have put together a new tool for you to use for free that can tell you if your email address has been stolen.
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No doubt you’ve seen on the news or your favourite social platform that Microsoft officially withdrew support for Windows 7 on tuesday. It has now reached the end of its life.
This means that we can no longer provide critical support for your Windows 7 machines.
What does that mean?
Because we rely on email so much to run our businesses, it’s our greatest tool (no matter how much you might sigh when you see how many unread emails you have).
But because there’s so much activity in there. And you can receive emails from anyone, it’s the most common way to try to breach your business.
Hackers are targeting every business, every day. Using clever automated tools.
Could a puppy get your business hacked?
How lovely. Lisa in accounts has a brand new puppy.
It’s taking over her life. There are photos on her desk. It’s all she seems to talk about. Hey – she even changed her password to include his name.
And suddenly that puppy has become a security risk to your business.
Because hackers are clever.
Fines issued over the past twelve months have already totalled €56m. And watchdogs say the European data protection agencies are just warming up. Yes that includes here in the UK.
In the first few months alone, more than 205,000 cases were reported across 31 countries.
And now the data officers have settled into their roles, they’re taking a zero- tolerance approach to breaches.
You want your staff to watch this video. Because their weak passwords put your business at risk.
3 in 4 people use passwords so weak, they are very easily hacked. We’re talking:
123456
Pet names, children’ names, spouse’s names
Football teams, favourite player, etc
We’re TKNOWIT , local data security experts. And almost every day we see the consequences of local businesses being hacked, due to weak passwords.
We’ve got a brand new educational video on password security. You can watch it right now.
Someone is. Or some other weak variant of their pet’s name, child’s name, or their favourite football team.
We’ve seen all of these. And so have the hackers. And that’s why passwords like these are so easy to crack.
People and their passwords are the weakest link in any organisation’s security. That includes businesses in Ryedale and beyond.
Our new video shows you how to easily add a powerful extra layer of security.