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Solution Highlight, TechBytes

New Year, New Resolution: Protect Against Cybercrime

New year, new you.

You may be asking, “What’s the secret to protecting my business against cybercrime?”

The answer: a layered approach incorporating security software, a security driven IT support staff, and employee training.

PremierePC can check each of those boxes.

First, let’s take a deeper look into cybercrime.

Cybercrime uses impersonation, fear, threats, lies, and other manipulation tactics to gain a victim’s trust or trick them to sharing sensitive data.

Impersonation in cybercrime is especially dangerous due to cybercriminals’ expert ability to hide in plain site and create legitimate-looking websites and emails.

Cybercriminals are also able to host malicious content on legitimate sites.

Phishing attempts are also able to, at times, slip through DNS and endpoint protection. This is where employee training is your last defense. Humans are consistently the weakest link in the cybersecurity chain of defense. Therefore, social engineering risks are far greater without a security driven IT support staff willing and able to train your employees.

Everyone, from receptionists to executives, are potential victims of an impersonator. In fact, help desk and call center employees are especially vulnerable because they are trained to be forthcoming with information.

Action items:

  1. Instruct employees to delete any requests for financial information or passwords. When in doubt, call the person who “sent” the request and conduct these transactions in person or over the phone.
  2. Use cybersecurity software with real-time anti-phishing services. If you’re suspicious of any links or emails, don’t click! Contact your IT provider first.
  3. Follow IT security best practices by patching software and securing email servers.
  4. Regularly participate in up-to-date Security Awareness Training and phishing simulations for employees.

Sound like too much? Contact PremierePC and we will be happy to walk with you through every step.

January 8, 2021
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