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Top Cyber Security Challenges and Preventions

 As the world gets increasingly driven by digital technologies the threat from hackers or cyber criminals is growing unabated. The Cybercrime Magazine pointed to this phenomenon by stating the cost of cybercrime to touch $6 trillion by 2021. The pandemic seems to have given a leg up to cybercrime with more people working remotely from homes becoming easy targets. Also, with technologies such as 5G, IoT, AI & ML, and Big Data being used by organizations, the sophistication of attacks from threat actors has increased manifold. For any business cybersecurity company , this means the need to augment their knowledge base regarding the evolving threat scenarios.  In 2020, the US Federal Trade Commission received alarming reports of around 1.4 million identity thefts, which are double than what was reported in 2019. With the increased use of OSS among individuals and organizations, hackers are having a field day. They leverage the inherent vulnerabilities within such software to ...

Tips to Prevent Becoming a Victim of Social Engineering

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The internet has brought several benefits for people, organizations, governments, and entities. The humongous amount of data transmitted each second across the globe tells the story of a thriving digital age and the world becoming a global village. However, with ease, convenience, cost savings, speed, agility, and remote working associated with the digital age is the danger of cybercrime. According to the World Economic Forum, cyberattacks are considered to be ranked first when it comes to the risks caused by humans. And going by the statistics of Cybersecurity Ventures, by 2021 cybercrime shall cost the world a whopping $11.4 million every minute.  It is not that such threats are not acknowledged by businesses and other entities, for they do take effective measures to prevent cyberattacks. It is just that they do not always consider the most crucial aspect when it comes to tackling cybercrime – the people. In fact, the human link is supposedly the weakest one to get unauthorized a...

What Is Penetration Testing and Why Does Your Company Need it?

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Penetration testing is a procedure to assess the real security of an information system using controlled attacks and identify weakness of the system that are maximally safe for infrastructure and business processes, as well as identifying and attempting to exploit vulnerabilities. Penetration tests allow you to provide detailed information about existing security loopholes, plan the most important areas to improve the real security of the information system.  There is no denying that improving your offerings and developing your infrastructure are all important, but you can never side-line your organization’s security under any pretext. Moreover, with businesses going digital now, cybersecurity surely becomes a matter of concern for companies similar to yours. It is not without a reason the global cybersecurity spending is expected to cross $54 billion by the end of 2021.  Security will help organizations retain their brand value and credibility in this age of cyber threats. So...

What Makes Network Penetration Testing Important for Organisations?

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Digital transformation has accelerated the growth of online platforms, showing us just how important security in the digital age is. Every business needs to take cybersecurity into consideration if they want to stay protected from cyberattacks. Unless you have taken the right steps to combat the security threats, you will be far from building a strong online presence and win the trust of your stakeholders. Now, this is where network security testing comes into play and becomes important in improving your security posture. Network devices host the critical data of your organisation and thus deserve to be protected against cyber threats. Further, you should contact the security experts who can identify and fix such vulnerabilities and secure your organisation’s network. If you are still not convinced, here are 4 more reasons that prove how important network penetration testing is for your company.  Regulations and Compliance – With data privacy policy to protect the privacy and conf...