MailGuard Partners Blog

In his 2019 keynote speech, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella warned that the cost of cybercrime is approaching US$1 trillion per year. Email borne-attacks like phishing, and ransomware form a key component of this figure.

As the year comes to a close, a big thank you to our partner community who have helped us on our journey in making 2019 a huge success.

To help ensure you and your clients are supported during the end-of-year holiday period, our service desk will be available and ready to assist you with your needs 24 hours a day (Mon-Sun), as per normal.

If there's one thing that we’ve learnt this year, it’s how easy it is for data to fall into the wrong hands. 2019 was a reminder that companies, regardless of industry or size, will be breached. No matter how big or small, the enemy will find a way in if you are not vigilant.

Click Frenzy in November marks the start of online Christmas season shopping in Australia, followed by the additional online shopping campaign Black Friday. These one-day pressure sales promise outrageous bargains from some of Australia’s biggest retailers such as Myer, Sony, Bonds, and Air New Zealand.

As IT consultants, the responsibility we hold in guiding our clients to help them build an effective digital strategy is crucially critical in the field of cybersecurity. After all, if a firm’s emails or networks aren’t secure, it can impact every aspect of that company’s operation.

October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month (CSAM). This effort was brought to life through a collaboration between the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the National Cyber Security Alliance. 

It might be your clients' CFO, reviewing transactions for the monthly executive payroll.  

Emerging IT is an Australian managed service provider and has been a valued reseller and partner of MailGuard's since 2016.

The company was founded in 2001 and today, it delivers managed services to over 100 clients. In 2016, the company turned from a Network Operations Centre (NOC) to a Security Operations Centre (SOC). This has seen the implementation of next-generation anti-spam, web defence and antivirus protection.

We spoke with Christos Pavlou, the National Sales Manager of Emerging IT, to learn more about the company’s ethos, its approach to cybersecurity, and the biggest value that MailGuard brings to its clients. 

I was going to begin this blog by posing a question to you about ‘How high cybersecurity is on your clients' list of priorities?’ 

Imagine a company with the most experienced cybersecurity team, and the best software and hardware defences. You’d probably think that this organisation won’t ever find itself on the end of a devastating cyber-attack, right?