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The COVID-19 pandemic has forced organizations to press remote worker programs into action, often with hard lessons learned along the way. All organizations in today’s world must be able to adapt to changing business conditions with little advance notice, and ensure secure remote work is part of a robust business continuity plan. This is not so easy. Organizations wrestling with a remote workforce are learning the limits of outdated integrated firewall and virtual private network (VPN) sol...

There were over 187 million ransomware attacks in 2019. That’s over 500,000 attacks on businesses every single day. If you have not yet been a victim of a ransomware attack, the odds are that it is just a matter of time. And if you have already been breached, you’re not immune. When that day comes, it is essential that you know what to do to minimize the impact to you, your team, and your business.Here is a quick overview of the steps your organization will need to take to deal with an active...

With 43% of attacks in 2019 targeting small and midsize businesses (SMBs),1security is no longer a topic business leaders can ignore yet remains one of the most intimidating subjects for many leaders to tackle.New technologies and working models expose new risks, meaning effective security must be complete security. The good news is security has gotten much better. Leading security vendors like Fortinet are continually validated by third-party testing groups to effectively prevent threats acr...

Over the past decade or so, technology has been steadily evolving to give workers more flexibility in the devices they use, the locations they can work from, and the resources they can access. Bring your own device (BYOD) and cloud application access were the first steps toward enabling flexible work. Although organizations were on track to embrace a true work-from-anywhere (WFA) strategy sometime in the next few years, the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the need. And now more workers are dema...

Despite feeling quite prepared for ransomware incidents these days, most organizations have a greater level of concern about ransomware than any other cyberthreat. The experts from FortiGuard Labs, including our threat researchers and incident responders, have outlined fundamental steps to reduce cyber risk...

A successful small to midsize business (SMB) focuses on two things above all: growth and a shrewd oversight of cash flow. SMBs are attractive targets for hackers, and in the modern age, weak security can put a stop to both of those things. Many SMBs struggle to implement strong, holistic security across their business for a variety of reasons and too often rely on piecemeal security cobbled together with multiple vendor point products that don’t operate cohesively. Ultimately, this results in...

Sophos Firewall has been designed right from the start to address today’s top problems with existing existing firewalls while also providing a true next-gen platform to tackle the modern encrypted internet and evolving threat landscape.. Sophos Firewall brings a fresh approach to the way you identify hidden risks, protect against threats, and respond to incidents while providing optimal performance. Our Xstream Architecture for Sophos Firewall utilizes a packet processing architecture that...

The attraction of Office 365 is clear. Why set up your own Exchange Server, or manage and maintain Office software, when Microsoft can take care of it all for you?Consider, however that when you hosted your Microsoft infrastructure in your own datacenter, you supplemented it with security technology from other suppliers to reduce the risks of malware threats and guard against service outages...

Attackers relentlessly target organizations with spam, phishing, and advanced socially engineered attacks, with 41% of IT professionals reporting phishing attacks at least daily. Your end users are often an easy target and the weakest link in your cyber defenses. Keep your users – and business – safe with effective phishing simulations, automated training, and comprehensive reporting from Sophos Phish Threat...