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Biggest Cyber Threats for SMBs

SMBs face the same cyber threats larger enterprises face. Smaller businesses often make the mistake of thinking they may be too small to be a target but this isn’t the case. Attackers increasingly look at SMBs as easier potential targets due to having less stringent defences. They can also automate hack attacks against thousands of small businesses at the same time.

Phishing Emails and How to Identify Them

Phishing schemes are everywhere and affect a huge number of individual users and businesses. In fact, they cost businesses around the world over $6 billion each year. Half of all internet users receive at least one phishing email a day. Some phishing emails are outlandish and seem like obvious frauds while others look very convincing.

Cybersecurity Strategy for the Coronavirus

Training in cybersecurity is incredibly important to ensure the safety of company data. However, with the recent coronavirus pandemic, employers have been forced to switch to a remote working policy, making it harder to manage potential cyber security threats. While keeping sensitive information safe is still likely a priority for you, it is now increasingly more difficult to catch threats as they come.

ITConnexion has put together a list of security tactics your employees and business can implement during this time to limit the consequences of cyber threats and to further strengthen your IT security. 

Strengthen Your Work from Home IT Security

Security is extremely important when working from home but unfortunately, it’s one of the hardest things to maintain when employees are scattered across various locations.

To ensure your network, sensitive data and private information remain safe and secure, it’s important to educate everyone in the business on the importance of IT security, especially while working remote.

Due to the recent pandemic COVID-19, many businesses from different industries around the world have been affected with many of their staff members now working from home. However, we have witnessed an increasing number of unethical practices targeting employees working from home in the form of:

Cybersecurity threats can come in a variety of forms with the consequences ranging from a minor inconvenience to downtime, brand damage or even company closure. Understanding these different threats and training your staff to manage them is important for protecting your business.