The total damages from cybercrime amounted to a staggering $6 trillion USD globally in 2021. Damages from ransomware attacks could very well reach $20 billion by 2021 – a 57X increase from levels measured just six years back in 2015. Estimates from...
Online shopping is so convenient, so easy. Rather than spending hours trailing around stores looking for something that never seems to be in stock, a quick search on your phone can save time, stress, and effort. We all love the ease of it. However, online shopping can...
No industry is immune to cyberattacks and the ripple effects, which can really be devastating. The financial industry most especially makes an attractive target and the reasons are not far fetched; access to personal, and sensitive information, while also serving as a...
BYOD is hardly a new concept. According to a 2020 report by ResearchAndMarkets, even before the pandemic, 95% of organizations already allowed the use of personal devices for work in some form. 87% of businesses are, in fact, dependent on their employees being able to...
If anything, this year has been one long lesson in the necessity of disaster recovery and having a Business Continuity Plan (BCP) in place. Although no one could have possibly anticipated the scale of the disaster we faced, companies that had an effective plan in...
Spam filters are not enough. To understand the clear and present danger of phishing attacks, one just needs to look at the data. APWG’s Phishing Activity Trends Report for Q1 2020 cites an uptick in phishing activity at levels that haven’t been seen since 2016. More...
