Email communications may seem like things of the past due to the emergence of team communication apps. However, recent studies reveal that four billion of the earth’s population will be using emails for communication by 2024. And with more businesses opting for cloud-hosted email services, SMEs face a massive challenge in choosing the right cloud-based platform to boost productivity, communication, and email security.
Cybersecurity cannot be ensured if threat actors remain adamant about finding new ways of getting through ransomware protection and other such cybersecurity tools. There isn’t any stopping to these perennial cyber threats, and that’s why we bring you the latest news from the cyber realm. For, what is better than reading about cyberattacks and rectifying similar errors within our organizations? Here are the top headlines from this past week.
Managed Service Providers are the backbone of the IT industry currently. They provide a myriad of services that assist organizations in focusing on their strengths. One of the reasons why the concept of a Managed Service Provider (MSP) came into being is the presence of the numerous verticals that appeared on the tech horizon. Large organizations were finding it difficult to manage all the functionalities that went into running an enterprise effectively.
Maintaining standards across the organization by managing things well is what everyone dreams of, but lacunae creep into the structure gradually. To overcome this issue, most organizations outsource their internal services to third-party vendors. Maintaining the business email infrastructure, including overall email management and email security, is such a service.
Cybersecurity is assured when the tools used for protection are at par with the latest attack schemes. And yet, no tool is 100% fool-proof, as vulnerabilities continue to emerge out, even for the global pioneer technology organizations, which malicious actors exploit to their advantage to get access to details of millions of users every year. This has made it crucial to keep oneself updated on the latest tricks and techniques used by these threat actors so as to avoid falling victim to their nefarious activities. Below, we have a list of the top cyber attacks from the bygone week to aid your search
An electronic mail is one of the most preferred modes of sending information across the world. Billions of emails pass between senders and recipients every day. These emails contain texts, videos, pictures, documents, and every other known form of content. Emails can be classified as professional emails, which are communicated between organizations, and personal emails. The transfer of these emails between the sender and the recipient occurs in a protected form through a secure email gateway service.
One of the most basic cyber-hygiene practices is to keep your software systems and applications, such as the OS, mobile phone apps, updated at all times. It is in these outdated applications, in which threat actors are able to find and exploit vulnerabilities to rob-off the end-users of their financial credentials or other critical details such as social security numbers and other personally identifiable information to launch identity thefts and all kinds of cyber attacks against them. This is why it is of utmost importance today to keep yourself aware of the cyber world’s latest happenings to ensure you don’t end up being a victim of one such cyber attack!
Inactive accounts may not seem to be much of a security concern, but these can prove to be the reason behind the downfall of the entire digital network of an organization, given the threat actor is competent enough to use a single inactive account to get access to organization’s insider information.
The cyber domain is continuously targeted by threat actors, making it a vulnerable space. However, relying on the right cybersecurity tools ensures better protection. Here are the top cyber scams from this week that will surely help plan your risk management strategies more efficiently
Email security has been crucial in helping businesses implement appropriate business policies and achieve set objectives. Without safeguarding the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data passed through email communication, an SME cannot think of business growth or further development.
