Info Exchange Ltd KNOWLEDGE GAIN No Images? Click here Hi Guys, With the heightened frequency of cyber attacks occurring in Jamaica and across the world, we have dedicated this e-newsletter to cyber security issues. Learn about what's happening in the cyber underworld and how businesses can help to protect themselves. We hope you will find this an interesting and useful read! Regards, Ann Marie Walter-Allen, Chief Marketing Officer, Info Exchange Ltd Jamaica is Firmly in the Sights of Cyber CriminalsToday, cyber-criminals are no longer after bragging rights and kudos for being able to breach security systems. They want money, data, or both, and the lengths they will go to, the levels of deviousness they will employ to achieve their goal, are mind boggling. The unwary are easy pickings, as witnessed by the increasing number of successful attacks on some Jamaica government sites and even our own financial institutions (notably NCB) have been targeted. ...While everyone has become used to the ‘smash and grab’ form of cyber threat – concentrating efforts on withstanding the more-easily recognized forms of attack – today’s Advanced Persistent Threats are far more insidious and appreciably less easy to detect. Compromised Email - The True Value of Your AccountNo matter how much you try and pretend they aren’t a possibility, data breaches are a common occurrence, and the problem is only getting worse as hackers and their software continue to get better at breaking and entering....One of the weakest security links is your email. Without a email solution that provides top-notch anti-virus and malware detection, you are exposing your accounts to the possibility of being compromised. You may be wondering, “Why would a hacker be interested in my email account?”.
Internet of Things (IOTs) Impact on Cyber Security October 2016 brought a massive and sustained Internet attack like nothing seen before. The Internet infrastructure company, Dyn, was attacked, and this caused outages affecting countless individuals and thousands of online retail operations in the USA. This is yet another reminder, of the hostile online environment in which businesses must operate. Jamaican businesses are not exempt. Of particular concern is the speed with which the nature of attacks change, as SMEs with relatively small budgets find it difficult to keep abreast of the changes...For CEOs and CIOs throughout the world and in Jamaica, End Point Security now has to be one of the uppermost concerns... Call us today 876-931-9552/3 or Email us at mybusiness@infoexchangeja.com , visit our Blog at http://www.infoexchangeja.com/blog and our website www.infoexchangeja.com to learn more about our services |