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SME email security in 2022

CyberSecurity Insiders

During such meetings or seminars, business leaders and IT professionals need to highlight the need for workers to: 1) Ensure software is updated. 2) Create strong passwords. Passwords should contain a mixture of lower and upper-case letters, numbers and symbols, and should be impossible to guess or socially engineer.

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12 Data Loss Prevention Best Practices (+ Real Success Stories)

eSecurity Planet

Customize training materials to address these specific concerns, including data handling protocols, password management , and phishing attempt identification. Use cybersecurity training tools , seminars, online courses, and simulations to successfully engage staff and reinforce fundamental network security principles.

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How to Prevent Malware: 15 Best Practices for Malware Prevention

eSecurity Planet

Secure practices like robust admin passwords and advanced encryption ensure control over traffic, safeguarding personal information and increasing the odds of a secure online experience. Proper home router practices , such as enabling encryption settings and providing strong default admin passwords, will dramatically improve network security.

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More Spending on Cybersecurity Means More Attacks?

SecureWorld News

A few examples include: Teaching your employees how to make strong passwords that utilize many different types of characters, like upper and lowercase letters and numbers. You can adopt these approaches and teach employees about cyber hygiene at workplace seminars. Employees should also know how to respond to ransomware attacks (e.g.,

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5 Ways Small Businesses Can Save Money With Cybersecurity

CyberSecurity Insiders

Frequent seminars and training should help employees to stay in the loop of new security developments, attack trends, and ways to address a crisis. Apart from training, using strong and unique passwords, VPN, MFA, and being cautious around payment gateways should help you save thousands of bucks. .