In response to the Russian aggression and subsequent invasion of Ukraine, President Biden swiftly imposed stiff sanctions on Russia. This announcement was shortly followed by U.S. security experts calling for heightened awareness of Russian cyberattacks on U.S. businesses and the economic sector. As of today, U.S. officials have not identified any specific, credible threats related to the Russian-Ukraine tensions, however past cyber threats out of Russia call for increased vigilance.
Every day, before you have even finished your first cup of coffee, you've likely sifted through a myriad of email messages, most of which are equally important and require action. However, behind some messages is a hopeful cybercriminal waiting for you to react to their sophisticated phishing email. So how can you recognize and react to the fraudulent emails coming at you multiple times a day?
The landscape of security challenges your business faces today has evolved significantly over the past decade. The rapid shift towards a more digital and connected world has led many organizations to adopt new work paradigms.
Employees, with the best of intentions, have started using personal devices that are not managed by the organization, collaborating through public cloud services, and sharing data beyond the safety of the secured network perimeter. As organizations adapted to changes like these, cybercriminals saw an opportunity, focusing their attacks on these newfound network vulnerabilities.
This shift in how employees use devices in these new settings left many organizations unprepared to ensure the security and safety of their data being stored and transmitted outside their secure environment.
Employees, with the best of intentions, have started using personal devices that are not managed by the organization, collaborating through public cloud services, and sharing data beyond the safety of the secured network perimeter. As organizations adapted to changes like these, cybercriminals saw an opportunity, focusing their attacks on these newfound network vulnerabilities.
This shift in how employees use devices in these new settings left many organizations unprepared to ensure the security and safety of their data being stored and transmitted outside their secure environment.
Social engineering attacks on unsuspecting employees continue to be a favorite tactic among cyberhackers. Employee behaviors, such as clicking on fraudulent links in emails, reusing passwords across business and personal accounts, or downloading PDFs containing ransomware, put a company at risk. Small to medium-sized businesses (SMB) can reduce these risks by employing the following cybersecurity best practices within their organizations.
It may come as a surprise that cybercriminals prefer to target individual end-users rather than complicated, corporate infrastructures in their cyber attacks. It's easier for hackers to prey on unsuspecting individuals than it is to create expensive, time-consuming business network exploits. Below we will outline five common types of cyberattacks targeting end-users, the risks they pose to organizations, and the suggested data breach prevention steps needed to reduce the threats.
Change is one thing we can all count on and the hardest thing to implement, especially when it comes to technology. Right now, the way we work has changed indefinitely, increasing our dependency on technology and intensifying cybersecurity risk.
In 2020, many organizations pivoted their business models due to the global pandemic. If you're one of these companies, you may have developed new processes and procedures that allowed you to safely continue operations and maintain high levels of customer service. Now, the effects of the pandemic have changed the face of how business gets done and potentially introduced new cybersecurity risks. In this article, we offer practical guidance on how to classify and measure these risks for effective cybersecurity risk management.
