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Digital Trust is a make or break for your business In today’s digital world where most businesses operate online and data breaches are becoming more common, digital trust has become a valuable commodity for those companies that earn it. This phenomenon – where trust has become the currency by which…

What is Human Operated Ransomware

By Gavin Wyatt0 CommentsCybersecurity

There’s a cyber threat that should be at the forefront of most organisations’ cyber security efforts: human operated ransomware. It consists of hands-on-keyboard attacks by financially motivated malicious actors, accessing internal corporate networks and deploying ransomware. They then use these to encrypt the organisation’s data, extorting them to pay a…

Keeping Your Family Safe Online: Microsoft Family Safety

By Gavin Wyatt0 CommentsCybersecurity

The IT world is abuzz with information about how to keep your business processes and your clients’ data safe. We hear about firewalls, VPN’s, two-factor authentication, antivirus software… the list goes on. We don’t hear as much about keeping your family safe online. Everyone wants to keep our kids safe…

Why Brisbane Businesses Should Backup Their Data

By Gavin Wyatt0 CommentsCybersecurity

Data loss is one of the single biggest threats facing businesses today. Your business and client data is the lifeblood of your business and is of great value to you. In today’s age of cybercriminals, this value makes it vulnerable. It becomes a target of hackers and online miscreants, eager…

Disaster Recovery: More Important than Ever

By Gavin Wyatt0 CommentsCybersecurity

There’s a buzzword that’s emerging as the business world adapts to the post-pandemic environment: resilience. The rush to work from home, the unprecedented drop in customer activity and a rise in cybercrime and online criminal activity has created a perfect storm. Organisations in Brisbane and around the world without sufficient…

What is a Chief Security Officer?

By Gavin Wyatt0 CommentsCybersecurity

The role of the Chief Security Officer, or CSO, is growing in importance in Australia. Once reserved for large corporate organisations, today businesses of all sizes are starting to incorporate this role. It’s a sign of the importance of online security, and the growing hyper vigilance around keeping business data…

Cybersecurity Framework: The Importance of NIST

By Gavin Wyatt0 CommentsCybersecurity

In terms of cyber security and staying safe online, it’s a jungle out there. Phishing scams are increasing exponentially while ‘hackers for hire’ are using their skills to exploit whatever they can from businesses of all sizes. Throw in a pandemic that’s disrupted where and how people work and we…

ScoMo Turns Up the Heat on Cyber Security

By Gavin Wyatt0 CommentsCybersecurity

It was hard to miss the Scott Morrison press conference on cyber security this week. If you or your business in any way relies on the internet for a smoothly functioning existence, you didn’t want to miss it. Not only was it a scary eye opener, it had a really…

10 Ways to Keep Your Home Office Secure

By Gavin Wyatt0 CommentsCybersecurity

Working remotely has actually been on the increase for a number of years, with technology and work schedules making it easier and often more suitable. Then along came COVID-19, and suddenly it’s rare to find someone who hasn’t experienced working from home. With the future being a little bit uncertain…

A Cyber Security Audit Case Study

By Gavin Wyatt0 CommentsClient Stories

Smile IT recently undertook a Cyber Security Audit for one of our clients, with an aim to evaluate the effectiveness of their cyber defence controls. This case study is designed to provide an idea of how we adapt our audit approach to individual companies. The aim is to provide relevant…