The business owner’s guide to data encryption
Data is the lifeblood of your business. It’s everything from customer profiles and financial transactions to confidential business plans and intellectual property. Realistically, your success and reputation hinge on how well you protect your data. This is where encryption comes into it. At its core, encryption is the process of converting your data into a scrambled, unreadable format, rendering your information useless to anyone without the decryption key.
Rethinking password security: length vs strength
Recent research has uncovered a rather unsettling truth – even 15-character passwords can be vulnerable to compromise. That’s right; it’s time to confront a harsh reality – longer doesn’t necessarily mean stronger.
Bot malware is a growing security threat
Bot malware is even more damaging than regular malware because it has the potential to steal your entire digital identity. This type of threat needs your attention – it can cause major problems for business owners who aren’t protected.
Don’t forget your phone when you think about cyber security
Our phones are a goldmine of private information. And if your team also use phones for work, they’ll often have access straight into company systems – email, contact lists, network access, file systems. So if they’re not kept as secure as any other device in your workplace, they can become a gaping hole in your cyber security.
When can you finally forget your password?
More big tech companies like Microsoft and Apple are ditching passwords in favour of passkeys, which are set to take over from traditional passwords to give us a safer, more secure way of logging into our online accounts. How long before we can safely forget all our passwords? Here’s the latest.
Are your team Christmas shopping from work?
Online shopping scams are on the rise, and they could put your business at risk. If your team are shopping using their work devices, take these precautions.
