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Stopping the Leaks: How to Play Safe on Today’s Internet

Stopping the Leaks: How to Play Safe on Today’s Internet

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Sara finds an email in her inbox, notifying her that she has been the victim of a data leak through one of her social media accounts. Brad gets a similar email, letting him know that his private information is no longer secure after his favourite online store experienced a security breach. These types of notifications are almost commonplace as cybercriminals become increasingly sophisticated in their attacks on the networks that hold our data. In fact, there have been over 26 billion records exposed in what Canadian cybersecurity researchers are terming a “supermassive leak”. 

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How to Create a Comprehensive Cybersecurity Plan for Your Business

How to Create a Comprehensive Cybersecurity Plan for Your Business

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When you’re running a company, there are a lot of moving parts to consider. You may be managing inventory and operations, delegating tasks to various departments, and ensuring efforts are coordinated to streamline your processes. At the same time, you want to make sure that information required to keep your company functional is protected from outside threats. To do this, you need a cybersecurity plan.

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Today’s hackers are sophisticated and organized

Today’s hackers are sophisticated and organized

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Often, we think of hackers as loners getting up to mischief in a basement apartment somewhere. We don’t think of them as big business — but they are!

Today’s hackers are often part of a large organization with sophisticated means of stealing data from customers and employees of companies big and small. Most insidious are ransomware disguised as software programs and plugins. They work from the inside out, creating backdoors that can rob you of sensitive data for a year or more before they are even detected.

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Data Security: Getting Your Team on Board 

Data Security: Getting Your Team on Board 

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Data security is everyone’s responsibility in the workplace. Commitment to keeping your information safe can’t be handed off to your IT Team. While they may be responsible for alerting management and initiating a cohesive response to a cyberattack, the bulldog guarding the front door is every member of your organization using the company’s computers and mobile devices to conduct business.

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Is your Wi-Fi network as safe as it could be?

87% of consumers put their information at risk while using public Wi-Fi. Source: 2017 Norton Wi-Fi Risk Report, Norton by Symantec, 2018

Protect your customers and your reputation

85% of organizations are the target of social engineering attacks, like phishing. Source: The Cost of Cybercrime, Accenture Security, 2019

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Malware attacks can be very costly. Are you protected?

Malware attacks cost organizations an average of $3.4 million each year. Source: The Cost of Cybercrime, Accenture Security, 2019

The Internet is basically our best friend (or at least connects us to our BFFs)!

91% of Canadians aged 15+ use the Internet. Source: Canadian Internet Use Survey, Statistics Canada, 2019

Canadians spend over 40 billion hours a year online

73% of Canadians spend at least 3-4 hours online per day. Source: Canada’s Internet Factbook, Canadian Internet Registration Authority, 2019.