Think Cyber Secure

What does it take to choose secure cloud applications for your business?

What can you look for in cloud applications to see if they’re secure?

Today, we will talk about how you can check to see if potential cloud applications are secure enough for your business.

We’re going to do this by sharing three things you can look for before you consider using any cloud application.

Believe it or not, all cloud applications are not made equal.

While it might seem obvious that they should all take cybersecurity seriously for the sake of their business, many don’t.

If you want to protect your business, you’re going to need to do your own assessment.

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If you want to learn more about how you can protect your business,

Get the "30 Day Online Business Cybersecurity Jumpstart Guide" and learn step-by-step how to start protecting your business from cyber threats In the next four weeks.

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If you want to protect your business from cyber threats in 2022 and are overwhelmed or unsure where to begin, this episode is for you.

In this episode, we're going to discuss four strategies for 2022, how they protect your business, and what you need to do to quickly implement them in your business.

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If you want to learn more about how you can protect your business,

Get the "30 Day Online Business Cybersecurity Jumpstart Guide" and learn step-by-step how to start protecting your business from cyber threats In the next four weeks.

Get the guide at the link below:

Many businesses believe their business is vulnerable to a cyberattack, yet most don't make it a business priority.

We've worked with many clients who set aside budget and resources but had not prioritized the results.

When a business priority came up, the business would move cybersecurity aside to be faster/cheaper/easier.

In this episode, we're going to discuss four steps you can take to make cybersecurity a priority in your business and keep it that way.

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If you want to learn more about how you can protect your business,

Get the "30 Day Online Business Cybersecurity Jumpstart Guide" and learn step-by-step how to start protecting your business from cyber threats In the next four weeks.

Get the guide at the link below:

If you're like most people, the concept of a Cybercriminal is a highly-technical person hacking through your business's firewall looking to steal your most sensitive documents.

Though, did you know that this is only one type of Cybercriminal?

If the cybercrime game has become a race to the bottom to find viable targets and small businesses are prime targets, then what are cybercriminals after? Even though your business may be small, that doesn't necessarily mean that it won't be a target for Cybercriminals. Here are 5 things that Cybercriminals want from your small business.

In talking with small businesses or startups on Cybersecurity, the conversation often leads to the statement, "that's nice, but we're too small to be a target."

What they don't realize is that this statement isn't necessarily true anymore. 

It's often thought that good Cybersecurity is out of reach until your startup or business reaches a certain point because good Cybersecurity means a healthy budget. 

While a budget is necessary, you can do lots to secure your business right from the beginning that doesn't require much of a budget at all. 

Here are 5 Cybersecurity activities you can do without much of a budget.

When we talk to people about cybersecurity, the conversation immediately goes to the sophisticated attacks that dominate the news. 

While these are indeed dangerous attacks, focusing on attacks like these takes focus away from the more common cyber attacks that a small business will likely see. 

There are many other simple and straightforward cyber attacks and cyber risks that are still the weakest links for most businesses. These more straightforward risks are what make up the 5 top cybersecurity risks.

We've seen many organizations that are focused on the ideal picture of Cybersecurity.

They believe that if they cannot achieve perfect or near-perfect Cybersecurity in their business, they shouldn't do anything until conditions are right to achieve their ideal vision.

However, good Cybersecurity isn't something that you can achieve overnight. That, coupled with the fact that Cybersecurity is continually changing and evolving, waiting until the time is right can be a very discouraging view. It takes consistent work from everyone in the business, adapting as things change over time.

So, how can you keep moving your Cybersecurity forward when it seems like an impossible task?

We talk to many people who see the news headlines and want to improve their businesses' cybersecurity.

However, they struggle with what to do and where to begin.

They see all the tools they can buy and the threats out there and wonder how it all fits together or feel that it's too expensive. Often, this leads to choosing the "do nothing" option.

Though getting started and building a plan aren't all that hard! Like anything, it just takes a little effort. 

The best part? You don't have to go it alone or guess at what you need to do. There are frameworks and guidelines out there that can help.  

When businesses ask us to help them with their cybersecurity, we go through an initial assessment to see where they're at.

There's one thing that we always ask about that's critical to their cybersecurity, and often than not, it hasn't been done.

It's your business's cyber asset inventory. A cyber asset inventory is a list of your business's physical technology and software assets, data assets, and data flows, along with how critical each piece is to your business. 

Inventorying is critical because, as an old saying goes, "You can't secure what you don't know you have." 

It's all well and good to say that you need to foster a cybersecurity culture.

But how exactly do you do it? At first glance, something like a safety culture seems a lot easier. Everyone can relate and picture what the steps are to achieve that goal.

Cybersecurity, on the other hand, usually evokes a shrug. The path to success isn't as straightforward.

How can you build an influential cybersecurity culture in your business that everyone can get behind?

Startups are increasingly disrupting industries worldwide, using the Internet and technology to do it at the core of their business. 

In chasing the dream of becoming the next unicorn, entrepreneurs and startups commonly ignore their businesses' cybersecurity and instead focus solely on growth.

In doing this, they're not only risking their chances of becoming the next unicorn but taking the chance of losing the business entirely.

Spending some time on cybersecurity and a cyber-secure culture in the early stages can pay dividends back in the not so distant future.

One thing that always seems to get overlooked is your business's social media profiles.

Social media has become an essential part of your business's brand and maybe even how some consumers solely view and interact with you.

Though, have you ever thought about how it could impact your brand and reputation if someone got ahold of your social media accounts?

Unfortunately, this isn't only a theory anymore, as it has happened to some brands already.

In this episode, we cover some best practices to protect your business’s social media accounts from cyber threats.

At this point, you've heard it enough. 2020 was a struggle in many ways. The best part about 2020 is that the countdown to 2021 is on.

Though, if you're expecting to start planning your year in January after day one has passed, you're already behind the ball.

Now is the time to start planning so that you can hit the ground running in January. If you don't, you're going to be using up valuable goal-achieving time figuring out what goals you want to achieve. At the same time, your competition will be well ahead of you.

With less than 30 days left until 2021 arrives, what strategies can you add to your goals to move the needle forward on your business's cybersecurity in 2021?

Due to the pandemic and lockdowns, online purchasing over the holidays will be at an all-time high. Many people will be shopping online for the first time or more frequently than they have in the past.

However, as with all good things, there is a downside too. Cybercriminals are noticing this surge of online shopping and are keen on taking advantage to further their goals as much as the rest of us are.

In this episode we’ll give you some examples of how you can protect your business and customers from this threat and reduce the chances of becoming a victim of cybercrime over the holiday season.

In the last year, virtual meeting tools have exploded in use, Zoom being one of them. However, like most software or services, Zoom doesn't come with many of its security features turned on by default. In this episode are 8 things you can do to ensure your Zoom meetings are secure.

There are many ways a cyber incident could impact your business's brand and reputation without ever having a data breach. It is worth considering brand and reputation damage when you're assessing your cybersecurity, not only the damage from a data breach.

Have you made your Cyber Security Resolution for 2019? It doesn't have to be complex or lofty. Set some actionable goals and get moving!

Bonus Announcement:

We've launched a new FREE email course "Jumpstart Your Cyber Security" to help you jumpstart your cyber security in 2019.