It is impossible for your IT professionals to stop every instance of cybercrime from hitting your company. But there is a LOT that can be done to train your staff as the front line in defense.
Training
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A CEO scam is an attack that attempts to disguise a phishing email as legitimately coming from the CEO or high official in your company. These attacks are very clever and prey on your workers by relying on a sense of urgency to accomplish the goal.
This might be a good time to consider have a brush-up training session with your users. Why not try to brush up on old skills, update new skills, and maybe even learn something new?
To get started we are offering our customers under monthly or fixed fee contracts with us free security training for all of their employees until September.
Double-check the email address or website address. Often an email or web address is spoofed by making subtle changes in the address.
“An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.” -Benjamin Franklin To train or not to train? Questioning whether the cost of training is worth your return is a completely valid concern. Unlike large corporations, small businesses don’t always have a large budget for training. At Harbor Computer Services, […]
The statistics on how many small businesses (that’s everyone with fewer than 5,000 employees) are getting hurt by Cyber crime are really staggering. All of our clients are somewhere under 200 people and in that size range, the incident of reported crimes went up by 300% last year. Imagine how […]
Have you ever received an email that you weren’t sure was legitimate? I think most of us have. The first line of defense for your organization is YOU, the user. Users are the first to see incoming messages, and having knowledge of these kinds of attacks is the most effective […]
Have you ever had a large amount of data in Excel and need an easy way to visualize your data for trends, priorities, or other measures? Sometimes it’s necessary to be able to get information at a quick glance without sifting through every item. What is Conditional Formatting? Conditional Formatting […]
Many companies require a specific signature at the bottom of emails. Even if it isn’t mandated, it’s nice to have. Often, your IT professional will set this up for you when you have a new Outlook account. But sometimes your information changes. There are also some cases where you may […]