Cyber Threats are a Risk for Small- and Medium-Sized Businesses, SMBs
This is the first of a two-part blog series focusing on cybersecurity for small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). Read the second blog here. “I knew what a tornado could do, but you never think it would hit your place.” – Dan Oswald, a small business owner. Many SMBs know what a cyber attack is and the […]
Cybersecurity 101: Educated Employees are Your Best Defence
Cybercrime costs Canada 0.17% of its GDP, which is equal to $3.12 billion a year.[i] Many cybersecurity threats, for example, advanced malware, require sophisticated technology to combat the attacks. However, daily, a company’s greatest vulnerability is its employees. Too often, when faced with a cyber attack, a shareholder worries about possible technology weaknesses. Instead, they need […]
IDC MarketScape Recognizes ISA as a 2019 Major Player in the Canadian Security Services
IDC MarketScape Recognizes ISA as a Major Player in Canadian Security Services.
Grow Your SMBs Online Presence Cyber Securely
Canadians are known for their entrepreneurial spirit, which has led to a thriving national economy. According to Statistics Canada, Canada has nearly 35,000 new entrepreneurs each year. A total of 99.7 percent of all Canadian enterprises are small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) with less than 500 employees, and micro-enterprises (with 1 to 4 employees) represent 54.1 […]
Caught in the Crosshairs: Geopolitics, Espionage and Cybersecurity
“We need to think about an active adversary,” said Cisco Systems CEO Chuck Robbins during a recent Bloomberg interview. “The problem is that the adversary only needs to be right once. We need to be right all the time.”[i] In 2018, in the United States, Cisco blocked seven trillion cyberthreats, over 20 billion per day, on […]
Interested in a Career In Cybersecurity?
Are you interested in a career in cybersecurity? There are over 300,000 cyber security jobs that are open in the United States, therefore, it is clearly a great time to join an industry that is booming. But where do you start? In order to help close the gap in cybersecurity skills, CyberSeek provides, detailed, actionable […]
All Bets Are Off: Cybersecurity in Casinos
When I mention “big casino heist,” you’re probably quick to envision a scene from the Ocean’s movie franchise, a slew of armed Elvis impersonators in 3000 Miles from Graceland or the appropriately titled film Heist. You’re probably not thinking a smart thermostat in an aquarium. The idea of a fish tank heist is a lot […]
Cybersecurity Alert: Formjacking Activity on the Rise
With cryptocurrency value wildly fluctuating, cybercriminals are moving away from cryptojacking and ransomware and finding new ways to make a quick and dirty dollar. Their current scam of choice is formjacking. Formjacking involves the malicious use of JavaScript code to steal financial and personal data, most notably credit card numbers, from payment forms on e-commerce […]
Cybersecurity for SMBs: Don’t Make it Easy for Cybercriminals
In our digitally-networked world that covets data, breaches are an everyday reality. A cybersecurity breach that targets a well-known brand name becomes a top news story garnering headlines and shock. The media often depicts malcontent masterminds going after corporate monoliths. Breaches that target small or medium-sized businesses (SMBs) rarely make headlines even though they can […]