The state of cybersecurity is as dangerous today as ever. Business should be taken extreme care as attacks are coming from nation states as well as other malicious actors. According to Barracuda, their threat detectors are detecting an average of 1 million zero-day malware detections...
In today's rapidly evolving digital landscape, the protection of sensitive data is more critical than ever. Businesses face a myriad of cybersecurity threats, from malicious attacks to data breaches, putting their reputation and bottom line at risk. As organizations navigate this complex landscape, turning to...
The value of a well configured and robust firewall for your business cannot be understated. The business firewall is the blockade that separates the dangerous Internet from your business network and decides what digital traffic is allowed in and allowed out. However, more workers...
It is 2020. Wow. It seems like just yesterday we were preparing for Y2K. The cyber world is a very different place than it was twenty years ago. In 2000, there were 361 million Internet users. Today there are well over four billion. Some of those four billion are bad...
In August, New York State signed into law the SHIELD Act or the “Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security” Act. This is an enhancement to New York States previous law and has several keys points that anyone doing business in New York should take note of. This...
Last month we focused on the developments in phishing scams as the topic of our blog. Based on the high volume of interest in the topic, we are going to continue the conversation this month. Just to summarize a few of the key points...
According to a study conducted by VISA, 85% of data breaches occur at small businesses. This is no accident. The simple reasons are 1) there are a lot of small businesses and 2) small businesses are easier targets than large enterprises. Many small businesses are...
October was National Cyber Security Awareness Month. Here at Colden Company we are trying to do our part to raise awareness through webinars, social media posts, and other communications. We often say here at Colden Company “If you are running your business the...
Hackers WANT your credit card data. They WANT your customer’s credit card data. They will try hard to get it. They will NOT stop. These are unfortunate truths. In 2006, MasterCard, Visa, JCB, American Express, and Discover established the PCI Security Standards Council,...
Ransomware is making the news again this month, with the WannaCry virus that affected hundreds of thousands of computers in many countries around the world (150 countries according to Wikipedia), including the United States. This virus would encrypt all of your files and demand ransom...