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Top Tips to Prevent or Reduce the Impact of Cyber Incidents in Mergers & Acquisitions Posted on: May 13, 2021 In: Data Privacy & Cybersecurity
Selling and purchasing a business presents many challenges for both the seller and the buyer, but it’s important that data privacy and cybersecurity concerns aren’t lost in the due diligence process. In an increasingly digitized world, all businesses, big or small, face data privacy challenges that further complicate the process. Here are our top tips for smaller businesses to reduce the chances of data privacy issues arising during the sale or purchase of a business.
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cybersecurity, m&a, cyber insurance, remote access, phishing
Business Email Compromise Attacks on the Rise in 2020 Posted on: June 18, 2020 In: Data Privacy & Cybersecurity
A business email compromise (BEC) is a cyber crime that utilizes access to an organization’s email to defraud that organization and its employees, customers, or partners. In 2020, COVID-19 has provided attackers with a new source for BEC exploits. Attackers are taking advantage of the need for communications surrounding COVID-19 and increased remote work connections from employee home networks to their employers’ corporate networks.
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data privacy, cybersecurity, phishing, multi-factor identification, cyber threat, covid-19
ALERT: COVID-19 / Coronavirus-Related Ransomware and Phishing Attacks Posted on: March 13, 2020 In: Data Privacy & Cybersecurity
With the advent of the Coronavirus, criminals have begun to take advantage of what consumers expect to receive via email to conduct phishing attacks. Criminals are also expected to take advantage of millions of vulnerable remote connections from employee home networks to their corporate networks.
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phishing, cybersecurity, email, coronavirus, covid-19
Hot Off the Press: The 2019 FBI Internet Crime Report Posted on: February 24, 2020 In: Data Privacy & Cybersecurity
Recently-released FBI statistics provide a sobering reminder that businesses and individuals should continue to make cybersecurity a top priority in 2020. According to the FBI’s 2019 Internet Crime Report, internet crime complaints are at an all-time high. In addition, the magnitude of resulting losses is also reaching new heights.
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fbi, internet crime, cybersecurity, phishing, scams
Business Email Compromises: Tips for Prevention & Response Posted on: September 03, 2019 In: Data Privacy & Cybersecurity
Malicious attackers continue to use email platforms for nefarious purposes. The resulting email account compromises can present multiple dangers to a business, including to the basic security of its network and sensitive information, and the malicious use of secondary sources of money.
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data privacy, cybersecurity, phishing, multi-factor identification, cyber threat
Improving Your Office365 Security Posture to Stop Phishing at Email’s Shores Posted on: April 03, 2019 In: Data Privacy & Cybersecurity
Phishing attacks and other email compromise schemes are not just an annoyance in the modern workspace. A successful email compromise can allow malicious actors to intrude into an organization’s enterprise email accounts, expose sensitive data contained in users’ inboxes, and give cyber criminals the ability to successfully impersonate an employee to others within and without the organization by using the employee’s own email account.
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phishing, cybersecurity, audit logging, microsoft office 365, multi-factor identification
Protecting Against Ransomware Attacks: Security and Best Practices Tips Posted on: April 11, 2018 In: Data Privacy & Cybersecurity
Encryption attacks, more commonly known as ransomware, are one of the major cyber threats facing businesses today. No company is immune from threat of attack—any business that is connected to the internet is at risk. Industry experts estimate that a business falls victim to a ransomware event every 40 seconds.
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ransomware, cyber threat, remote desktop protocol, rdp, multi-factor identification, phishing, data security