MailGuard Blog

As Easter approaches, you may be planning on enjoying a fun weekend with your family, but cybercriminals are likely hopping around trying to send new email scams your way.  

If you’ve been checking the news anytime in the past month you would have heard about the massive Citrix data breach, when hackers reportedly accessed 6 to 10 Terabytes (TB) of confidential internal information in early March.  

Are you scared or excited about the future of AI? Perhaps a combination of both? As a technology insider, I’m really excited about the prospects for AI in the coming years, and the transformative implications it holds for each and every industry.

Do you go on holidays without buying travel insurance? I sure don’t. When I’m in Champagne's exotic vineyards or tasting fine wine somewhere during my Taste Champagne adventures, I want to be sure that my trip isn’t ruined with a big hospital bill. 

With MailGuard being a Gold Microsoft partner, my team and I have been privileged to work and interact closely with several senior members of the Microsoft partner network, such as Gavriella Schuster, Microsoft’s Corporate Vice President who oversees the company’s partner channel.

If you work within the cybersecurity space, the terms “doom-mongers” or “scare-police” might sound familiar to you. If you feel that’s how the rest of your company views you, then you’re not alone. Thycotic’s 2019 European Cyber Security Teams Survey Report, found that as many as 63% of security professionals felt that their security teams are viewed as their company’s naysayers, often labelled as ‘doom-mongers’ or a ‘necessary evil’.

Cybersecurity is everyone’s problem. Execs, the board, staff on the ground, and especially your IT and Infosec leaders. The question is, are they up to the high-pressure demands in these ever-changing times?  

As a cybersecurity leader, I frequently get asked by business owners about how to build a cybersecurity tool stack that can combat current and future threats to a business. Choosing the right tech stack is hard, balancing budget pressures against your needs to get the best bang for your buck.  

Does Bring-Your-Own-Device (BYOD) make sense for your business? With the potential for cost and time savings becoming increasingly evident, the chance for your staff to use their own devices to do work (especially away from the office) may be an exciting prospect.

Here’s a hypothetical example of a commonly observed type of email fraud:

According to the 2019 Annual Cybercrime Report by Cybersecurity Ventures, cybercrime will cost the world $6 trillion annually by 2021, up from $3 trillion in 2015.

What would be the consequence if your business’ email was not accessible for 30 minutes? How about a full day? A week?

For better or for worse, cybersecurity continues to be a fundamental concern for businesses. In fact, 2018 was a year that saw a rise in both the number and complexity of cyberattacks. From Facebook to British Airways, brands from all over the world fell victim to cybercrime and made headlines on what seemed like a daily basis.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning are currently hot property, on the wish and hit lists of just about every company on the planet.

Another day, another red-faced exec wondering how his company just managed to get scammed out of thousands of dollars. Embarrassing? Yes. Uncommon? No.