Don’t Be A Ransom Victim Last year, Health Scripps, a California-Based Company, lost over $100 million dollars in a ransomware attack. The attack resulted in leaked health information for nearly 150,000 patients and numerous lawsuits. Health Scripps’ lack of critical back up and IT security systems ultimately made them vulnerable to attack. Are you 100% confident that your data back ups can protect you in the event of a ransomware attack? If not, DO SOMETHING about it now before you also become a victim. This month we are offering a FREE audit of your data back up systems. We can help ensure that your company has the protections needed to handle a ransomware attack. Call (781) 356-3535 or schedule online at: www.americatech.com.
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Back To School! The 4 Cyber Security Trainings You Must Do With ALL Employees It’s back-to-school season! Soon, our kids will return to the classroom, where they will relearn the information from the prior school year to ensure that they were able to retain that knowledge. There’s nothing wrong with needing a refresher, and this is true for both students and your employees. If your staff has not had a refresher course on your company’s cyber security practices sometime in the last year, now is the perfect time to get them up to speed. After all, they can’t defend themselves from cyberthreats if they don’t know how. That’s why it’s so important that your team has bought into a cyber-secure culture and is aware of potential threats that could impact your business. Cyberthreats come in all shapes and sizes, but an overwhelming majority
of successful cyber-attacks can be attributed to human error, which is the main reason your employees need cyber security refresher training at least once a year. A lack of training can open your business up to hackers and other cyber-attacks by way of phishing e-mails, weak passwords, unsafe browsing and more – which jeopardizes your entire company. Additionally, in many cases, insurance won’t cover your claims if your employees have not undergone regular training. Finally, customers usually don’t want to do business with a company that isn’t keeping their information protected. It doesn’t matter how big or small your business is – you must make an effort to ensure that all of your employees have gone through cyber security training. However, if you’ve never trained your team on cyber Continued on pg.2
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