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Your employees are frequently exposed to sophisticated social engineering attacks. If these attacks get through your spam filters, a single employee can accidentally cost your business thousands of dollars . In addition, personal information about your clients and employees may be compromised, damaging your reputation and incurring legal and regulatory costs. Human error is a leading cause of cybersecurity incidents and the Canadian Government recommends a cybersecurity training program as one of the fundamental security practices every organization should implement. Stratum has partnered with KnowBe4, the global leader in Security Awareness Training, to make building a cybersecurity training program for your company easy and effective.

Cybercriminals do more than just steal data. Often, they destroy data, change programs or services, or use servers to transmit propaganda, spam, or malicious code. Increasingly, organizations are implementing multi-factor authentication (MFA) in their data security strategies.

A long time ago, Microsoft posted a TechNet article entitled "Ten Immutable Laws Of Security (Version 2.0)". The article has since been removed, but was valuable reading so we have preserved it verbatim here.

Cyber risk is a reality of doing business in the 21st century and needs to be a significant part of every business’s risk management strategy. Understanding the cyber risk exposure and tolerance of your business is an important first step, but for many small and medium business directors these first steps into understanding cyber risk can be overwhelming. Fortunately, there are a few key activities that any business, regardless of size and budget, can undertake to reduce their cyber risk and improve their resilience to attacks. While not comprehensive, we believe they represent a significant and important first step toward building a cybersecurity program that effectively protects your business.