Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Five Actionable Tips:

• Put your trust in zero trust

• Focus on What Matters Most

• Secure your Network Access

• Balance your Security Investments

• Become Cyber Resilient

In fact, the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Internet Crime Report (PDF), saw a 7 percent increase in complaints, resulting in losses of nearly $6.9 billion. The surge in cyberattacks directly correlates to the broadened attack surface – specifically, the sudden shift to hybrid working. Cyber adversaries capitalized on the rapidly changing environment by intensifying their attacks and targeting the weakest link in the attack chain – the remote worker. Furthermore, professional hackers, cybercriminal syndicates, and nation-states are exploiting the supply chain, increasing their blast radius and overall damages.

https://www.securityweek.com/cybersecurity-awareness-month-5-actionable-tips

City of Tucson data breach exposed Personal Information

https://www.lotusbusinesstech.com/2022/10/24/personal-information-compromised-in-city-of-tucson-data-breach/

AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client for Windows

https://www.securityweek.com/cisa-warns-attacks-exploiting-cisco-gigabyte-vulnerabilities

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Maria and Curtis discuss...

What is a good password and what is the best and worse ways to store them.

A couple of large data breaches point out that hackers are now "living" in networks. They are gathering data to sell it online or extorting business owners.

October 27th Lotus is presenting a webinar on cyber security. Sign up at https://lotusbusinesstech.com/assessment.

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This week Maria and Curtis talk about…

The airport web site attack this week of major airport websites across the United States. What happened, how did it happen, and what was affected.

The dangers in mobile computing and how it can be managed in your company

What is juice jacking and how to protect yourself.

We have a cybersecurity webinar focused on cybersecurity insurance on October 27th. Sign up at https://lotusbusinesstech.com/assessment

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The fallout from the massive Uber breach. What is means for every business and the one thing they could have done to help prevent it.

How easy is it to train and test your employees to be cybersecurity-aware.

Cybersecurity webinar coming up https://www.lotusbusinesstech.com/free-executive-webinar/

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Maria and Curtis talk about cybersecurity insurance. Does the FDIC protect your bank account from a hacker? How insurance requirements are changing and why a pre-assessment is critical.

Application whitelisting and why is it important to your cybersecurity strategy. We talk about it in non-technical terms so you can understand the benefits.

New features in Apple iOS 16

Is podcasting right for your business?

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Curtis and Maria discuss viruses and ransomware on Apple computers. We discuss an important update for iOS phones, Apple Watch, and MAC computers.

We talk about cybersecurity audits and coming renewals and price increases.

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Maria and Curtis discuss...

Dark Web Scans

What is the dark web?

How do you find out if your information is on the dark web?

How do you protect yourself?

Teams Walkie Talkie

What is it?

How do you enable and use it?

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Mark Meng joins us to talk about managed print services.

Mark answers our questions including...

What is managed print services?

Isn’t is intended for larger companies?

How do you assess the how much a company will pay?

What do we do with our current printers?

Maria and Curtis talk about smishing and how to look out for it.

Cybersecurity insurance assessment and how to look out for the pitfalls that lead to denial and increased premiums.

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Here are the topics:

Dark Web Scans

What is the dark web and why do I care about it?

How do you scan the dark web?

What should I do if my information is found on the dark web?

Tax and Financial Phishing

Intuit released a warning saying they’ve seen an uptick in a specific phishing campaign saying that your account has been deactivated due to inactivity.

What can we do…

1. The IRS will never email you to ask you for your tax information.

2. You can set up a PIN with the IRS to protect the ability to file your taxes and your tax refund. Here’s some more information on that: https://www.irs.gov/identity-theft-fraud-scams/get-an-identity-protection-pin

3. Be very careful not to click on emails coming from Intuit telling you that your account is expired due to inactivity.

4. Avoid clicking on links from your accountant, or any major tax preparation service unless you have verified with them by voice.

5. Do not click on links inside emails you do not expect, and never send personal information over email.

Or course you will address the accounting topic.

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