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GUEST ESSAY: A roadmap for the finance teams at small businesses to improve cybersecurity

The Last Watchdog

If you’re a small business looking for the secret sauce to cybersecurity, the secret is out: start with a cybersecurity policy and make the commitment to security a business-wide priority. Related: SMBs too often pay ransom Small businesses, including nonprofit organizations, are not immune to cyberattacks.

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National Small Business Week: 10 Best Practices for Small Business Cybersecurity

CyberSecurity Insiders

A recent survey conducted by CNBC and Momentive found that 56% of small business owners are not concerned about being the victim of a cyberattack in the next year and that only 28% of them have a response plan in place in case of a cyberattack. Many times, the issue is sheer size and staffing.

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Watch out for these 3 small business cybersecurity mistakes

Malwarebytes

May 2 marks the start of National Small Business Week , a week that recognizes “the critical contributions of America’s entrepreneurs and small business owners”, and promises to “celebrate the resiliency and tenacity of America’s entrepreneurs.” Thinking you are not a target.

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Boeing’s Sky-High Ransomware Refusal

Centraleyes

LockBit’s targets spanned individuals, small businesses, multinational corporations, hospitals, schools, nonprofit organizations, critical infrastructure, and government and law-enforcement agencies. Boeing encountered a ransomware attack in November 2023, leading to disruptions in its parts and distribution business.

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Cyber Pearl Harbor Is Happening Right Now — It’s Ransomware

Daniel Miessler

A ransomware attack against the New Orleans city government in early 2020 cost the city over $7 million dollars. Many groups have come to realize that some companies have good backups, so they start by stealing a copy of the data for themselves at the beginning of the attack. City governments and businesses.

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Planning Microsoft Office 365 Backup? Don’t Make These 5 Mistakes 

Spinone

You already know that backup is the only way you can avoid notorious repercussions of data breaches and losses occurring every day. But since Microsoft’s backup environment it pretty entangled with multiple policies, you may end up with many unanswered questions. And yet, many administrators make this mistake.

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Cybersecurity Industry News Review – March 28, 2023

CyberSecurity Insiders

government has sketched out a strategy to protect the National Health Service from cyberattacks. NCSC Gives Small Businesses Tools to Build Up Cyber Defenses Meanwhile the U.K.’s s National Cyber Security Centre has launched a campaign to help small businesses tighten up their defenses. By Joe Fay The U.K.