If you have been researching cybersecurity for your business, you might have seen people boasting about being ‘Cyber Essentials certified’. You might have also come across the phrase if your business has been trying to win government contracts. But what is the cyber essentials scheme and why would your business need it?
Ransomware is one the most serious threats that modern businesses face. A successful ransomware attack can leave your business unable to operate. It may also result in your customers’ data being leaked online. This can damage both the reputation and bottom line of your company.
Unfortunately, a lot of smaller companies do not survive the fallout from a ransomware attack. Many will go out of businesses in the following weeks or months.
Luckily, there are steps that you can take to better protect yourself against ransomware. There are also methods for recovering your encrypted data. Recovering your data allow you to continuing operating even if your current files are encrypted.
When it comes to cybersecurity, everyone has their own definition of what ‘secure’ means. For the average person, if they’ve swapped the letter I for the number one in their password, they’re ‘secure’. On the other hand, there are those who take an almost paranoid view of security, never trusting any system to be secure.
The important thing to consider when addressing security concerns within your business is what level of security will give you peace of mind, while also not being disruptive enough to start cutting into your organisation’s efficiency.
Ransomware is the number one cybersecurity concern for modern businesses. Falling victim to ransomware can render your machines and network unusable and could result in your business or customer data being leaked online. These consequences can cause damage to your profitability and your reputation. In this article, we’re going to look at the risks of ransomware, how ransomware spreads and how Carden IT Services can help to protect you.
Email is at the heart of most businesses. Protecting your email from threats also protects your sensitive data, your customers and your reputation.
Here at Carden IT Services, we’ve built and implemented disaster recovery and business continuity plans for both large and small companies, and although the details change depending on each of our customers’ specifics, there is a set of essentials that every disaster recovery plan needs.
The more connected modern businesses become, the more important cybersecurity is to their success and survival. At Carden IT Services, we take the security of our clients’ hardware, software, and devices seriously. Here are 5 of the tools and techniques we use to keep them safe.
Business disasters can strike at any time. Whether it’s an office fire that destroys your hardware, a flood which prevents you accessing your workplace, or a ransomware attack which encrypts your data – anything which brings your business to a halt can have a long-lasting impact on your profits and your reputation if you are unable to meet your customers’ needs. Recovering from these disasters quickly, and with no data loss can be the difference between your company surviving or going out of business.
Today, almost every aspect of a modern business is connected to the internet and so managed IT services have gone from being an advantage for businesses to being an absolute necessity. Here are 7 reasons why your business needs managed IT services.