What exactly is a supply chain attack and how does it impact your organization? A supply chain attack is a type of cyberattack that targets an organization’s external suppliers and vendors. This can have significant consequences for the organization, such as financial losses, damage to reputation and costly recovery efforts.

To succeed in today’s modern competitive business landscape, you need to understand the strengths and weaknesses of your employees. This will equip you to identify areas where employees may need further training, including cybersecurity awareness.

Are you sure that your employees can resist threats and prevent cyberattacks?

Certain employee traits can indicate a lack of cybersecurity knowledge or awareness.

Cyber insurance is a type of insurance that protects businesses from financial losses that can result from a cyberattack. While it’s an essential tool for businesses of all sizes, there are some facts you should be aware of before purchasing a policy.

As a small business owner, you may think you are “too small” to be the target of cybercrime because you aren’t a large, multimillion-dollar company. However, this couldn’t be further from the truth. Although the media mainly focuses on attacks on big businesses, small businesses are low-hanging fruit for cybercriminals.

One of the biggest challenges that small and medium-sized businesses face is how to use their limited resources most effectively. Every decision, from what products or services to offer to how to market and sell them, must be made to protect their bottom line.

While you would not expect a technology company to discuss topics such as trust, we're not like most managed service providers (MSPs). We understand how technology affects trust and impacts your people, processes and bottom line. That's why we're here to show you how to leverage trust to achieve your organizational goals.

With the business world heavily reliant on digitalization in this day and age, the use of technology in your organization is unavoidable. Although technology can undeniably give your business an advantage in increasingly competitive markets, there are many troublesome areas to keep an eye on. This is why interest in cybersecurity has risen in recent years.

April 2022 Volume 17 Issue 4
From the desk of Michael Aliperti, MS-ISAC Chair

For two years, you’ve accumulated digital clutter and technical debt at a rate previously considered impossible, at least pre-pandemic. The good news is that spring has sprung, and spring is the time when we all agree to pretend we enjoy cleaning.

The cyber insurance market has completely shifted over the last year. An increase in the number of claims and larger monetary damages associated with those claims has caused insurance carriers to adopt stricter underwriting guidelines, decrease coverage limits, and increase rates.

Over the years IT providers to small and medium businesses have built their relationships with clients on several different business models to provide various services. The foundation of the relationship has been help-desk, managing and maintaining technologies, and performing projects.