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Understanding Digital and Physical Attack Surfaces

Understanding Digital and Physical Attack Surfaces

Last week we discussed attack vectors. This week, we’ll delve into attack surfaces to round out your understanding of how security breaches happen and might be mitigated. Attack surfaces encompass the potential avenues that cybercriminals can exploit to compromise...

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Understanding Active and Passive Attack Vectors

Understanding Active and Passive Attack Vectors

Attack vectors refer to a route or technique employed by a hacker to unlawfully infiltrate a network or device to exploit vulnerabilities in the system. Attack vectors are divided into active and passive attacks. Active Attack Vectors Active attack vectors involve...

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Risk assessment: A Value model

Risk assessment: A Value model

Risk assessment is all about identifying external and internal threats that exist for your business, measuring the likely consequences if any of them becomes reality, and determining how each could damage or impede your business. A data security risk assessment would...

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Addressing IT in Your SMB

Addressing IT in Your SMB

No matter the size of your business, the product or service you sell; your company is at least partially reliant on technology to survive and function in today’s marketplace. It is just unavoidable. A significant portion of everyone's business is online in some...

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2024 Expected Cybersecurity Trends

2024 Expected Cybersecurity Trends

What do the 2024 cybersecurity trends look like? According to Forbes, by year’s end, the expected cost of cyber attacks is likely to top $10.5 trillion annually. How will this impact SMBs? AI: Tool and Weapon Increased, adaptive threats mean that every aspect of...

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AI All Around Us

AI All Around Us

It is virtually impossible to avoid hearing about AI all around us. Ever since ChatGPT hit the market, AI has become a never-ending topic of news, articles, advertisements. Many sing its praises and tout all the benefits, while others warn of doom and gloom....

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Small Business Use of AI

Small Business Use of AI

AI tools can help even the smallest business is in sales and marketing. Most businesses put up a website. Marketing on social media is common for many, and can be a game-changer for a small startup. However, a lot of marketing on social media and through your website...

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AI: Can you avoid the risks it carries?

AI: Can you avoid the risks it carries?

Are there risks to AI? Absolutely. Can you avoid the risks it carries? For example, in the area of content creation, there are a variety of risks that you open yourself up to. One of the more significant is the trustworthiness of the content created. You rely on...

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