How do you know you’ve been hacked when nothing appears broken? That is one of the harder cybersecurity questions for a small-business owner to answer. Many people imagine a cyberattack ending with a locked computer, a ransomware message, or a giant warning across the screen. Real compromises are not always that obvious. Sometimes the firstContinue reading “How Do You Know You’ve Been Hacked? 10 Warning Signs Small Businesses Miss”
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Business Email Compromise: When the Email Is Real but the Person Behind It Isn’t
A phishing email is dangerous when it looks real. Business email compromise can be even more dangerous because sometimes the email is real. The criminal may be communicating from the actual account of your employee, vendor, executive, or business partner. That changes the problem completely. There may be no misspelled domain to spot. No suspicious-lookingContinue reading “Business Email Compromise: When the Email Is Real but the Person Behind It Isn’t”
How to Train Employees Without Boring Them
Your employees probably don’t need another three-hour presentation about cybersecurity, software, or company technology. They need training that helps them do their jobs better. That distinction matters. Employee IT training can easily become a box-checking exercise. Someone reads through a presentation, employees click through a few slides, everyone signs a form, and six months laterContinue reading “How to Train Employees Without Boring Them”