Cybersecurity ABCs

The numbers are mind-numbing. In the U.S. alone by mid-year there had already been more than 850 reported data breaches, with more than 34 million records exposed. Meanwhile, the quantity of extant data – and thus potential targets – is growing to yet another level with the advent of the Internet of Things. The number of connected devices is predicted to exceed 20 billion by the year 2020. Still, the most chilling number reported in this post from LookingGlass Cyber may be the relatively modest “sixteen.” That is the average number of phishing probes that organizations are receiving per month, according to one recent study. This post give some tips for recognizing these increasingly sophisticated attacks, and also reviews other cybersecurity basics, including password protection, software patches and router protection.