Ransom is an ugly word. It conjures up images of violent kidnappings, dark basement rooms, and cut-and-pasted letters demanding financial compensation. Most Americans are fortunate enough...
Whether you’re a brick-and-mortar operation or an online-only business, protecting yourself from crime can be challenging. In a world of increasingly sophisticated cyber-attacks, it’s vital to...
Hackers can cause serious issues for a workplace and the issues they present are more dangerous than ever before. So, how do you ensure your business...
If you own or run an e-commerce site, take a few extra minutes before declaring that yes, of course your website is prepared for this holiday...
You wouldn't just hand over your books to anybody on Craigslist who claims to have ‘experience with accounting’ would you? Of course not! Why, then, would...
One of the reasons that the Apple operating system was perceived to be so safe throughout the late nineties and early 2000s is that the user...
Many businesses spend 80% of their security budget on security controls that provide defences to protect the business from threats. The remaining 20% is spent on...
When you are running a website there are all kinds of different dangers a designer can run into. When you are running a website where you...
No doubt you have read numerous articles warning you to have strong passwords and a different password for every account. For most people this advice is...
The NZ Govt has released a new website for the NZ general public to help educate all on the importance of cyber security. A section for...
Thieving employees can destroy a business that took years of blood-sweat-tears to create. Not only do the owners suffer but all the honest-harding staff possibly losing...
More than ever its vital for every business to employ effective security policies and checklists for making sure systems are in order. Below are some checklist...
In 2014 you will see a dramatic increase in media reporting IT security related breeches and more businesses data being held to ransom with variants of...
What is very bad is that the encryption process cannot be undone by running a simple virus scan. Encryption is the process of making data unreadable...
Its not hard to guess what the child will be doing on the device - an almost 100% guarantee that they will be on the Internet...
All it takes is for one staff member to infect their own device with malware or a virus at home or on public wifi and plug...
