MailGuard Partners Blog

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Here at MailGuard, we’ve often seen a spike in online shopping related cyberattacks every time a public holiday approaches.

As IT consultants, we are given the responsibility of guiding our clients and helping them build an effective cybersecurity strategy that is in accordance with their needs. 

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. 

What would be the consequence if you or your clients' business emails were not accessible for 30 minutes? How about a full day? A week?

It’s officially silly (shopping) season. As crazy hot sales and year-end promotions start to fill inboxes, here are some tips you can share with your clients to help them reduce the risk of online fraud and stay cyber secure this festive season. 

There’s a lot about online crime that’s ambiguous and confusing, but the damage it’s doing is all too clear. Recent research figures released by the FBI and reports from independent cybersecurity experts estimate that the damage bill from cybercrime in 2018 will reach more than US$12 billion dollars.

"Cybersecurity needs to be taken seriously… Cybercriminals are becoming more sophisticated and small businesses are particularly vulnerable. Many small businesses have successfully blended their physical and virtual shopfronts to establish sustainable operating models... Cybercriminals now are attacking small businesses very regularly. They know the big guys have really cool systems and they know the little guys haven't.”

I’m very pleased to announce that MailGuard is now an official launch partner of Microsoft Azure Australia Central. 

Our email filtering technology is now hosted on Microsoft's secure public cloud, which is certified by the Australian Signals Directorate.

Cybercrime and data-security are a growing challenge here in Australia. The Australian Government recently published figures estimating that cybercrime costs our economy about AU$1 billion annually and if the international trends are anything to go by, that figure will be growing rapidly over the next few years.