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Business, Business IT, CybersecurityTags: Artificial Intellegence, Business security, cyber attack, Cybersecurity, TechnologyJosh Staker January 18, 2024

Why Businesses Should Be Concerned about AI and Cyber Attacks

Hacking methodologies have improved over the years. The moment a new IT program or algorithm becomes known, cybercriminals are right on it, immediately looking for ways to use these developments to their advantage. This is especially true in the realm of AI and cyber attacks. While artificial intell...

Business, Business IT, CybersecurityTags: AI Tools, Artificial Intellegence, Cybersecurity, hack prevention, hackersJosh Staker January 11, 2024

How Is AI Used in Cybersecurity Especially in Hacking?

Artificial intelligence has found many excellent uses in business in the past year. In particular, generative AI chatbots based on the large language model (LLM), like the currently very popular ChatGPT from OpenAI, are now being used by cybersecurity companies to respond to customer service request...

Business IT, CybersecurityTags: Artificial Intellegence, Business security, cyber attack, Cybersecurity, TechnologyJosh Staker January 4, 2024

How Do Hackers Use AI?

Artificial intelligence has been a key ingredient in propelling businesses forward—creating better customer engagement, cutting response times, providing client-specific solutions, and more. But hackers have also had access to the same innovative technology: AI. While businesses use it to improve ...

Business, Business IT, CybersecurityTags: Business security, compliance, Cybersecurity, Cybersecurity training, TechnologyJosh Staker December 20, 2023

Role of Cybersecurity Training in Compliance and Risk Reduction

The primary reason for training employees on cybersecurity is to protect the organization from online attacks. But there are many other reasons you should embark on security awareness training. It is also important for customer reassurance, employee wellbeing, and, our topic for this post, cybersecu...

Business, Business IT, CybersecurityTags: Business security, cyber attack, Phishing, Social Engineering, TechnologyJosh Staker December 13, 2023

Phishing and Social Engineering Training

Companies have tried many methods to train employees about phishing and social engineering. But after all this time, over 90% of all data breaches are traced back to human error. It seems we haven’t progressed from where we were five years ago! Is it that hard to learn? Perhaps there is ...

Business, Business IT, CybersecurityTags: Business security, Cybersecurity, Cybersecurity threats, Cybersecurity trainingJosh Staker December 6, 2023

Top Mistakes to Avoid When Training Staff on Cybersecurity

As technology continues to advance, so do the techniques used by hackers. We must keep up with their evolving strategies to keep our systems protected. To do this, regular cybersecurity training of employees is a must. Studies show that an effective training method can reduce vulnerability to phishi...

Business IT, CybersecurityTags: Business security, cyber attack, Cybersecurity, Cybersecurity risks, Phishing, TechnologyJosh Staker November 29, 2023

How Hackers Use Social Engineering Tactics in Phishing Scams

Social engineering is quite a buzzword these days in the world of cybersecurity. But what is it, and why are businesses so afraid of it? It is a form of hacking that uses deception and manipulation to get victims to divulge information. Companies have reason to be fearful because social engineering ...

Business IT, IT ComplianceTags: Business security, cyber attack, Cybersecurity threats, Social Engineering, TechnologyJosh Staker November 15, 2023

Training Employees to Spot Social Engineering

Social engineering is one of the newest methods hackers use to access sensitive information. Rather than attacking a system directly, this technique relies on human psychology to gain information. This method is brilliant when you think about it because it does not have to deal with going past ironc...

Business IT, CybersecurityTags: Business security, IT security, Phishing, phishing scam attacks, TechnologyJosh Staker November 8, 2023

Top 8 Phishing Scam Tactics and How to Identify Them

Phishing has been a common hacking method for over two decades now. You would think that everyone would already know how it works and how to avoid becoming a victim, right? Sadly, that is not the case for these Phishing Scam Tactics. There are more victims now than ever. In 2022, there were more tha...

Business IT, CybersecurityTags: Business security, Cybersecurity, Cybersecurity threats, security incidentJosh Staker October 24, 2023

Is Your Organization Prepared to Respond to a Security Incident?

One cybersecurity incident takes place every 14 seconds. Contrary to common assumptions, hackers are not only attacking big businesses. Everyone is now a target, from multinational corporations to small local businesses. With no discernible attack pattern, it’s hard to tell who the next victim wil...

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