How Often Do You Need to Train on Cybersecurity Awareness?
You’ve completed your annual phishing training. This includes teaching employees how to spot phishing emails. You’re feeling good about it. That is until about 5-6 months later. Your company suffers a costly ransomware infection due to a click on a phishing link. You need more Cybersecurity awareness. You wonder why you seem to need to […]
Home Security: Why You Should Put IoT Devices on a Guest Wi-Fi Network
The number of internet-connected devices in homes has been growing. It’s increased exponentially over the last decade. A typical home now has 10.37 devices connected to the internet. PCs and mobile devices make up a little over half of those and the rest are IoT devices. IoT stands for Internet of Things. It means any […]
Which Form of MFA Is the Most Secure? Which Is the Most Convenient?
Credential theft is now at an all-time high and is responsible for more data breaches than any other type of attack. With data and business processes now largely cloud-based, a user’s password is the quickest and easiest way to conduct many different types of dangerous activities. Being logged in as a user (especially if they […]
Top 5 Mobile Device Attacks You Need to Watch Out For
Smartphones and tablets are often the preferred device for communications, web searching, and accessing many types of apps. They’re more portable and can be used from anywhere. We’re seeing the takeover of many activities that used to be performed on traditional computers. Now, people are using mobile devices instead. For example, Microsoft estimates that up […]
Signs That Your Computer May Be Infected with Malware
Approximately 34% of businesses take a week or longer to regain access to their data and systems once hit with a malware attack. Malware is an umbrella term that encompasses many different types of malicious code. It can include: Viruses Ransomware Spyware Trojans Adware Key loggers And more The longer that malware sits on your […]
A world where everything’s hacked
Cybersecurity is not just for IT professionals. Need help? Systech offers managed Cybersecurity Services that will help keep your business protected. Systech Consulting Cybersecurity is not just for IT professionals. It’s a concern for everyone who uses the internet, because one compromised password can lead to a whole host of problems-and not just for you! […]
Establishing Organizational File Access
Setting up certain access levels and rights can significantly improve the quality of your virtual space. Need help? Systech offers managed Managed IT Services that will help keep your business running smoothly. Systech Consulting Why Giving Everyone Access Might Not Be The Best Idea Networks are a great tool to bring people together, coordinate ideas and plans, […]
Avoid Online Pitfalls
Avoiding Online Pitfalls That Could Compromise Your Security Need help? Systech offers managed Cybersecurity Services that will help keep your business protected. Systech Consulting With the countless amount of time spent online with smartphones and computers, the likelihood that you might run into a malicious or unsafe link or program is pretty high. The internet […]
What to do about passwords.
Tons of Options Microsoft recently announced that they are changing their stance on password policies. Following their requirements, companies had policies in place that forced employees to change their passwords every 30-90 days depending on whatever was deemed appropriate. Did you really trust your employees to create passwords every 30 days and remember them? We […]
Cyber crime continues to rise.
Do your part and fight! GoldBrute botnet, Wannacry malware, BlueKeep vulnerability, VIM/NeoVIM vulnerability, Android smartphone backdoors, social engineering attacks, even Samsung telling consumers to scan their QLED TVs regularly for Malware. It’s seemingly the talk of the town. If you’re reading this, hopefully your first reaction is, “Ugh, enough already, tell me something I don’t […]