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The 2024 Sophos Threat Report: Cybercrime on Main Street

March 12, 2024 admin 2024 threat report, Featured, Small Business, sophos x-ops, threat research

Credit to Author: gallagherseanm| Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2024 10:00:28 +0000

Ransomware remains the biggest existential cyber threat to small businesses, but others are growing.

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6 Ways to Improve Small Business Sustainability

March 17, 2023 admin carbon footprint, ISO 50001, Small Business, Sustainability

Credit to Author: Schneider Electric| Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2023 13:00:00 +0000

Incorporating sustainability in your small business is the best first step to reducing waste from your and your consumer’s end. With the increasing awareness amongst the audience regarding the current status of the planet, even they prefer sustainable businesses and leave minimum or zero waste…

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Why small businesses need a VPN | Kaspersky official blog

February 15, 2023 admin Business, remote work, Small Business, SMB, telecommuting, VPN

Credit to Author: Dmitry Reznikov| Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2023 16:43:14 +0000

Why a virtual private network (VPN) service is essential for small businesses: remote work security.

ComputerWorld Independent

Enterprise resilience: Backup and management tips for iOS, Mac

March 17, 2020 admin apple, iOS, Macs, Security, Small Business

Credit to Author: Jonny Evans| Date: Fri, 06 Mar 2020 06:30:00 -0800

Apple’s solutions are seeing increasing use across the enterprise, but do you have a business resilience strategy in place in case things go wrong?

If you’re one of the estimated 73% of SMBs that have not yet made such preparation, now might be a good time to start.

Your data is your business

It’s challenging enough when a consumer user suffers data loss as precious memories and valuable information go up in the digital smoke. Natural disasters, technology and infrastructure problems or human-made problems such as burglary, cyberattacks or civil unrest can all impact the sanctity of your systems, whatever platform you use. It matters because in today’s connected world, your data is your business.

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Microsoft to end updates to Windows 7's free AV software, Security Essentials

December 9, 2019 admin microsoft, Security, Small Business, windows

Credit to Author: Gregg Keizer| Date: Mon, 09 Dec 2019 11:05:00 -0800

Microsoft will not provide new malware signatures for its home-grown Security Essentials software after it retires Windows 7 in five weeks.

“No, your Windows 7 computer is not protected by MSE ((Microsoft Security Essentials)) after January 14, 2020,” the company said in a support document mainly concerned about the Extended Security Updates (ESU) being shilled to enterprises. “MSE is unique to Windows 7 and follows the same lifecycle dates for support.”

Security Essentials, a free antivirus (AV) program that launched in 2008, was originally limited to consumers. However, in 2010, Microsoft expanded the licensing to small businesses, defined as those with 10 or fewer PCs. Two years after that, MSE was replaced by Windows Defender with the launch of Windows 8.

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Supply chain as SMB threat

September 10, 2019 admin Business, Small Business, SMB, Supply chain

Credit to Author: Marvin the Robot| Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2019 15:21:20 +0000

Small businesses may not be the main target of cybercriminals, but it does not mean an SMB will not fall victim to a supply-chain attack. How not to become collateral damage.

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