Blog Category - Security

Approximately 34% of businesses take a week or longer to regain access to their data and systems once hit with a malware attack.

Nearly half of Australian companies suffered a cyber attack within the past 12 months - an increase of 33% over the previous year.

SaaS has given many significant benefits over the years... and challenges as well. SaaS security and management has become critically important that if left unchecked, can cause productivity loss, recovery, and legal costs to name a few to our clients.

In today’s security climate threats have only become more sophisticated. They use machine learning and artificial intelligence to seek out areas of vulnerabilities in networks and devices and spread rapidly.

The Internet is getting faster allowing businesses to implement cost-effective cloud hosted applications, rich media solutions and VoIP.
But it's also the case that the Internet is getting more dangerous. Hardly a day goes by now without the news media reporting another serious cyber security breach.

In this article, we have summarised a guide developed by ACSC to help small businesses protect themselves from the most common cyber security incidents.

Are you still using a manual sign-in sheet for visitors? This type of manual process is incredibly time-consuming and not easy to search.

When it comes to the success of a business cybersecurity strategy, the focus is usually on software, passwords, network, and data. For example, you always hear about updates being needed to software and operating systems, but companies often neglect firmware security.

2020 was a banner year for cyberattacks worldwide, and Australia saw more attacks during the first half of 2020 than it did in all of 2019. This increase in online threats has driven many organisations to seek out help with their IT management and cybersecurity from an IT professional.

Fifty-nine percent of surveyed organisations in Australia and five other counties  report relying on human memory to manage passwords, and 42% say they use sticky notes.

DNS security has become more critical as Domain Name Server requests have become a larger target for cyber criminals. While DNS is a vital function of how the internet works by connecting IP addresses to website URLs, it can also be manipulated and become a point of vulnerability.

Mobile use for work has gone beyond being a convenience to being vital to today’s WFH based environments. This means a formalized BYOD policy is more important than ever