I have been asked many times by company bosses whether there is such a thing as a 100% cyber-secure environment. The simple answer is NO. There is no such thing as a 100% secure environment, especially when you are connected to the Internet. To have near 100% protection, you would […]
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All companies will experience a cyber attack. Below are 7 reasons why. #1 Surfing dubious websites In today’s technology-driven world, web surfing is an everyday activity. No one in front of a device, be it a desktop, tablet, or mobile phone, would not be surfing a website. Cybercriminals know […]
An information security policy is a vital document to an organization. It serves as a baseline of what a company is doing to protect information within the organization. It also serves as a reference to employees on how they should handle information. The information security policy is gaining importance as […]
In the 80s, anyone who owns a computer would inadvertently hear of the term anti-virus. They would be asked whether they would want to purchase an anti-virus application to protect their computer. In the 2000s, a new term has emerged –malware. While computer salespeople today do not ask customers to […]
A phishing attack can happen any time. Imagine you are living in a village, and you, the village chieftain, hears of an impending attack. You would quickly summon the villagers and prepare them for the attack. If the village is attacked, property and lives will be lost. Today, companies are […]
As more and more companies embrace technology and go online to conduct their business, they need to understand their legal obligations. Companies and governments are no longer view the Internet as playgrounds for people trying to experiment. Today the Internet plays a crucial role in businesses. The Internet has gone […]
Mixed content is a security issue. It is part of a Content Security Policy (CSP). For the longest time since the birth of the Internet, there was no requirement for websites to have the secure transport HTTPS protocol to display web content over browsers like Google Chrome. Traffic and data […]
The General Data Protection Regulation, GDPR for short, is a privacy law designed to protect the personal data of European Union (EU) residents. The GDPR took effect on May 25, 2018, and affects all companies, regardless of origin, if they possess the personal information of an EU citizen in their […]
With the rampant collection and misuse of personal data by marketing companies and online businesses, regulatory bodies are stepping in to safeguard individual privacy and personal data. Today, almost every country has regulations to protect the privacy and personal data of its citizens. The European Union (EU), is no exception. […]
Search engines are continually indexing the World Wide Web. They deploy efficient crawler programs to seek out webpages and index them for better search results. However, there are some sensitive pages on a website that we recommend site owners not allow search engines to index and display as it could […]
There are many Content Management System (CMS) out there in the market. You need to choose one which has a logging feature to serve as an audit trail. Many activities are happening at the backend of a website – you will be making changes on your website, adding new capabilities, […]