Tag: cybersecurity awareness month
What we can learn from top tech advice we never listen to
October 2024 marks the 21st Cybersecurity Awareness Month – four weeks of themed activity designed to raise awareness of cybersecurity and the importance of staying safe online. For 21 years, this annual event has exhorted people and businesses to take steps such...
Tip Tuesday: Spot the phish this Cybersecurity Awareness Month
October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, making it an ideal time for managed service providers (MSPs) to educate their clients about phishing threats. Most people log into various online accounts daily, never considering that cybercriminals may try to trick them into...
Tech Time Warp: Cybersecurity’s evolving role in homeland security
Although Cybersecurity Awareness Month has been observed in some fashion for more than 20 years, the federal agency leading the effort to #SecureOurWorld has only existed since late 2018. Let’s dive into this week’s Tech Time Warp. The origin story...
Expert advice to proactively mitigate insider threats for MSPs
Managed services providers (MSPs) must constantly defend their clients from hackers, cybercriminals, malware, and state-sponsored cyber warfare. However, sometimes the threat is much closer to home – perhaps right in the office. Welcome to the era of insider threats, an...
Take action! 30 Essential tips to boost your cybersecurity
October, declared as Cybersecurity Awareness Month, is the perfect time to revisit and reinforce your cybersecurity strategies, ensuring both you and your customers stay safe from the latest digital threats. Since 2004, the National Cybersecurity Division of the Department of...
Tech Time Warp: Time for pumpkins, ghosts, and cybersecurity awareness
If you’re reading this, you know it’s important to be cyber-aware 365 days a year, but for more than 20 years, October has been as synonymous in the tech world with cybersecurity as it is with pumpkins and ghosts. In...
Social engineering attacks: What MSPs need to know
As we kick off Cybersecurity Awareness Month, we are highlighting one danger that managed service providers (MSPs) must constantly monitor: social engineering. According to Verizon’s 2024 Data Breach Investigations Report: Social engineering incidents have increased from the previous year largely...
October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month
October 1 marks the start of the annual Cybersecurity Awareness Month (CAM), which is a collaborative effort to raise awareness of cybersecurity and safe online practices. Each October, governments, public sector agencies, and private sector partners organize events and media campaigns...
Tech Time Warp: Three times installing an update would have been a good idea
As Cybersecurity Awareness Month draws to a close, we turn our attention to a frequently overlooked but simple way to stay safe online: installing security updates. Security updates tend to appear at inopportune times, and it’s easy to say, “I’ll...
Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Tips to follow year-round
While Cybersecurity Awareness Month serves as a reminder for everyone to follow cybersecurity best practices, strong awareness should continue year-round. This month, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Alliance released their “Secure Our World” awareness campaign that aims to broadly promote cybersecurity...
