Category Archives: Cyber Security

Celebrating Data Privacy Week: 5 Tips to Protect Your Data

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Every January we have the opportunity to take a look at our cyber hygiene by celebrating data privacy week. With cyber threats seemingly increasing every time we open our eyes, it’s important that we all take security seriously and ensure our data is safe with a security audit. According to a recent study, the average […]

5 Cybersecurity Small Business Tips

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As a small business owner, you know better than anyone just how hard it is to juggle everything. From ensuring operations run smoothly, to crafting a great customer experience, to coordinating a team of amazing people, you have your eye on a lot of moving pieces. You probably know that cybersecurity is critical, but you […]

How Do Companies Protect Customer Information? Here Are 6 Examples

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Did you know small businesses are the primary target of cyberattacks? As levels of cybercrime rise, small businesses across Canada have been left vulnerable to security breaches, malware, and other common cyber threats. Being the victim of a cyberattack doesn’t just hurt your business; it can also harm your customers. Your customers trust you to […]

7 Ways Your Small Business Can Benefit From Cybersecurity Providers

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How secure is your small business? Just because your business is small doesn’t mean that hackers won’t target your sensitive data or client information. In reality, cybercriminals often target small and medium-sized businesses because they don’t have the budget for comprehensive cybersecurity measures–making them the perfect target for cyber threats.  Unfortunately, many small businesses gloss […]

What Does a Good Disaster Recovery Plan Look like?

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Disasters can come in many shapes and sizes – a natural disaster, hardware failure, data breach, or cyber attack. Whatever the cause, due to our reliance on technology, every business needs to have a disaster recovery plan in place to minimize the damage and get back up and running as quickly as possible. In this […]

3 Simple Ways to Help Protect Your Business from Online Scams

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Cyberattacks can happen anytime and on any device. At the Digital Risk Summit 2022, leading cybersecurity researchers at Group-IB found that in 2021 over half of all cybercrime were scams. As a business owner, you cannot control how your employees use their personal computers and mobile devices when they’re not at work.  What you can […]

5 Essential Cybersecurity Measures All Insurance Companies Should Have 

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Companies with physical locations require secure locks and alarm systems in place to protect their physical property from damage or theft. The same goes for digital spaces. All businesses need a cybersecurity strategy. No two businesses are the same, which is why you need solutions tailored to the size, capacity, and nature of your data.  […]

3 Reasons Why Insurance Agencies Need Round-the-Clock Infrastructure Monitoring

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Insurance gives customers peace of mind and confidence to go about their daily lives. Whether commuting to work in their vehicle, running their business, or sleeping soundly at home, we feel safer and less stressed knowing that insurance has our back in the event of surprises or disasters. It’s crucial for insurance agencies to instill […]

Practical Tips to Avoid Phone and Chat Scams

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When we mention online scams, most people automatically picture themselves sitting at their computer or laptop, falling for a fraudulent email or phishing scheme. Maybe they imagine opening an infected attachment or accidentally downloading malware from the internet. While it’s true that these types of cyber incidents are common, there are other methods hackers exploit […]

Top Cybersecurity Threats Facing Canada’s Small Businesses

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When we think of cybercrime, we might just picture the huge government shutdowns or ransomware attacks that cost millions of dollars, but they’re really much more common than that. Shockingly, the 2020 Cyberthreat Defense Report (CDR) by CyberEdge Group found that 78% of Canadian organizations experienced at least one cyber attack within a 12-month period. […]