Blakes has launched its fourth annual Canadian Cybersecurity Trends Study. It analyzes key data points in the type and volume of cybersecurity incidents across Canada. The study also highlights some interesting observations the Blakes team made during the past year while handling numerous breaches. Some of the main findings include: Ransomware attacks remain the most commonContinue reading “Blakes Releases Canadian Cybersecurity Trends Study for 2023”
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Microsoft 365 Business Premium security operations guide
After you have set up and configured Microsoft 365 Business Premium or Microsoft Defender for Business (standalone), your next step is to prepare a plan for maintenance and operations. It’s important to keep your systems, devices, user accounts, and security policies up to date to help protect against cyberattacks. You can use this article as a guide to prepareContinue reading “Microsoft 365 Business Premium security operations guide”
How to Protect Your Business from Cyberattacks
From the Business Development Bank of Canada The BDC recommends a 4 step approach to strengthen your business cyber-defenses against attack. Especially relevant going into a long holiday weekend when attackers are specifically waiting to execute their attacks. Identify risks Create controls Establish a security culture Monitor and improve https://www.bdc.ca/en/articles-tools/blog/how-protect-your-business-from-cyberattacks
Microsoft Has Released Its 2021 Digital Defense Report
Actionable insights from the Microsoft Digital Defense Report: Protect against 98% of attacks by utilizing antimalware, applying least privilege access, enabling multifactor authentication, keeping [software] versions up to date, and protecting data [with best practices using Data Loss Prevention Policies and Sensitivity Labels]. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/business/microsoft-digital-defense-report
DATA CARE ASAP™ Methodology
Discover All Technology Assets (D.A.T.A. – you can’t secure what you don’t know you have) Hardware Inventory On premise Remote BYOD Network Diagrams Software Inventory On premise Cloud based Shadow IT Data Inventory Customers Vendors Employees Contractors Your data Other’s data Compliance And Risk Evaluation (C.A.R.E. – you advise, business leadership decides)Continue reading “DATA CARE ASAP™ Methodology”
