Many individuals and smaller companies assume that they won't be the target of a cyber attack just because they're not important enough to be on anyone's radar. There's a few things wrong with that kind of thinking, but first and foremost don't sell yourself short. Everyone's data has a monetary value attached to it.

Unfortunately, privacy and security are two different things when we’re speaking about technology. Strengthening one can weaken the other, and vice versa. This is a really complex topic, but let’s try to break it down into component parts and remove some of the mystery.

Having an effective cybersecurity plan at a Family Office is not only good business practice, but an increasingly necessary component of risk management. The 4,500+ Family Offices in North America are being targeted by cyberattacks due to the large amount of wealth being managed and the high profile individuals associated with the businesses.

SKOUT Email Protection is a cloud-based email security solution that blocks spam, malware, and — most importantly — phishing attacks. Our solution catches everything by utilizing computer vision, artificial intelligence and machine learning. Driven, curious, mobile, and growing smarter by the subject line, SKOUT Email Protection adds an important layer of protection to your inbox.

Phishing is simply the act of using bait (like an urgent request to log into a website) to get a user to do something they normally would not do. Since phishing attacks are relatively easy to perform, they’ve become a favorite tool of threat actors around the world looking to break into systems and steal information. A phishing attack starts with a list of email addresses.

One of our readers asked: “I saw an article online that said that OneDrive was hosting a ton of malicious files. Is that true? Do I need to be worried?” This is not incorrect, but the worry factor is limited. Let’s take a look at what’s going on and how to protect yourself.

One of our readers asked: “I saw the news stories about Quest Diagnostics and LabCorp both getting breached. What happened, and should I be worried about it?” To set the record absolutely straight, neither of those companies actually got breached – technically. Data from both companies that was being held by a billing company was acquired by threat actors directly from that third-party company. The end result doesn’t change very much, but it’s good to make sure we’re following the path of this incident fully.

A reader recently asked: “There were news reports that Honda had a breach.  I’ve bought a Honda recently, should I be worried?” In this case, while you may need to be a bit more careful and on the lookout for phishing schemes, no there isn’t much reason to be worried.

A reader recently asked: “I’ve got kids, one in grammar school and one in high school.  What can I do to keep them safe online at home at everywhere else?” Keeping kids safe is always a top issue we hear about in Cybersecurity. The most common question in a world where young people are often much more connected than their parents and guardians is “Where do we even start?”

A reader recently asked: “What is disinformation, and why does it come up in articles and news stories about Cybersecurity?” Disinformation is a very old technique in the physical world. While it was formally coined as a term in the Soviet Union, military campaigns have used disinformation to force enemies to make mistakes or erode support at home since humans figured out the very basics of psychology and covert operations. Today, it’s used for a variety of purposes well beyond the battlefield, and some of those enter into the realm of Operational Security (OpSec) and reputation monitoring - components of Cybersecurity.