Encryption

Encryption

Encryption refers to the process of coding information with the goal of making it inaccessible or indecipherable to unauthorized viewers. Pretty fancy stuff, right?  Have you ever seen movies where the hero has to crack some sort of overly complicated,...
NCAM: Business Cybersecurity

NCAM: Business Cybersecurity

Since it’s my first opportunity to write to you during October, Happy National Cybersecurity Awareness Month! I’ll be talking this week about security practices that you should bring to your workplace, whether you work from home, work from the office, or own your own...
Protective Measures Against Ransomware (Part II)

Protective Measures Against Ransomware (Part II)

Let’s talk about a few more security measures that will help defend your business against ransomware attacks. In case you missed last week’s blog, Charles did a great job of introducing password managers, logging and alerting, multifactor authentication, and patching....
Protective Measures Against Ransomware (Part II)

What Damage can Ransomware Do?

Ransomware attacks cost businesses and consumers an average of $1.85 million in recovery per attack, according to Sophos’ State of Ransomware Report 2021. Aside from the monetary cost of ransomware, there are data losses, company downtime, exposed information, and...
Protective Measures Against Ransomware (Part II)

What is Ransomware?

Ransomware is a big deal. In today’s technology-driven world, your data is extremely valuable, not only to you but to criminals as well. As much as I wish that weren’t true, it is. And because criminals find your information valuable, you must protect it. At Sterling...
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