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Is your IT security proactive?

Posted on Friday October 26, 2018  |  prevention, intrusion prevention system, firewalls, cybersecurity, antivirus

Do you spend hours obsessing about the inner workings of DNS-layer security, intrusion prevention systems, and data encryption? If you're not a managed IT services provider (MSP), you probably don't. Instead, you're probably looking for a business partner to manage those nitty-gritty details for you. However, there's one thing you really ought to know: What exactly are "proactive cybersecurity" measures?

Five tips to prevent VoIP eavesdropping

Posted on Thursday April 27, 2017  |  voip, threat, sme, smb, prevention, eavesdropping, cybercrime, attacks

Eavesdropping is the intentional act of secretly listening in on a conversation, usually not for the best of intentions. Although today the act also includes VoIP telephone systems, it's not a recent trend. As exemplified by the SIPtap attacks of 2007 and the Peskyspy trojans of 2009, cybercriminals have had their eye on VoIP ever since it was introduced to the market. Here are five tips to combat VoIP eavesdropping:

What exactly is preventive cyber-security?

Posted on Wednesday February 15, 2017  |  prevention, intrusion prevention system, firewalls, cybersecurity, antivirus

There has been a movement among technology providers to promise “proactive” cyber security consulting. Small- and medium-sized businesses love the idea of preventing cyber-attacks and data breaches before they happen, and service providers would much rather brainstorm safeguards than troubleshoot time-sensitive downtime events.

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