Ever Forward, Ever Changing! We have finally settled in to our new office at 15911 Robins Hill Road! We moved to the next building over to give us 3x the space and room to stretch our growing team! Many thanks to Dancor for all the construction and fun! We are planning an Open House in September to introduce everyone to our new space, look forward to an invite soon! Our new office is a very open, industrial style that is much more enjoyable to work in and has enough room for us to double our team! We are putting in some finishing touches for our Open House and are excited to show everyone our new home.
July 2018 This monthly publication provided courtesy of Jeff Cameron, CEO of Stronghold Services Corporation. Our Mission: To create and build professional, valuable and exceptional relationships with our clients; to develop and implement the most appropriate and effective technology solutions and processes.
Top 4 Ways Hackers Will Attack Your Network And They Are Targeting You RIGHT NOW Most small and midsize business (SMB) owners exist in a bubble of blissful ignorance. They focus on the day-to-day operations of their organization, driving growth, facilitating hiring and guiding marketing, without a single thought given to the security of the computer networks these processes depend on. After all, they’re just the little guy – why would hackers go to the trouble of penetrating their systems for the minuscule amount of data they store? And eventually, often after years of smooth sailing through calm seas, they get hacked, fork out thousands of dollars to malicious hackers and collapse beneath the weight of their own shortsightedness. The facts don’t lie. According to Verizon’s annual Data Breach Investigations Report, a full 71% of cyber-attacks are aimed squarely at SMBs. And while it’s unclear exactly how many of these attacks are actually successful, with the sad state of most small businesses’ security protocols, it’s a safe bet that a good chunk of the attacks make it through.
But why? As Tina Manzer writes for Educational Dealer, “Size becomes less of an issue than the security network … While larger enterprises typically have more data to steal, small businesses have less secure networks.” As a result, hackers can hook up automated strikes to lift data from thousands of small businesses at a time – the hit rate is that high. Today, trusting the security of your company to your son-in-law, who assures you he “knows about computers,” isn’t enough. It takes constant vigilance, professional attention and, most of all, knowledge. Start here with the four most common ways hackers infiltrate hapless small businesses. 1.
PHISHING E-MAILS An employee receives an e-mail directly from your company’s billing company, urging them to fill out some "required" information before their paycheck can be finalized. Included in the very professional-looking e-mail is a link your employee needs to click to complete the process. But when they click the link, Continued on pg.2
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