Cybersecurity threats

Blog, Business, Business IT, CybersecurityTags: Business security, cyber attack, cyber holiday, Cybersecurity threats, TechnologyJosh Staker October 15, 2025

How Can Small Businesses Prevent Cybersecurity Threats During the Holiday Season?

Why Do Cybersecurity Threats Surge During the Holiday Season? Imagine this scenario: It’s December 15th, your busiest sales week of the year. Half of your employees are out for holiday-related events, the other half are trying to fit in their personal shopping between customer orders, and your IT ...

Blog, Business, Business IT, CybersecurityTags: Business security, cyber attack, Cybersecurity, Cybersecurity threats, TechnologyJosh Staker October 1, 2025

Why Do Cybersecurity Attacks Spike in October and How Can Businesses Fight Back?

October isn’t just about pumpkin spice and Halloween decorations—it’s also the peak season for cybersecurity attacks. While businesses across San Diego prepare for Cybersecurity Awareness Month, hackers are preparing too, exploiting seasonal distractions that leave companies exposed. Here’s ...

Business IT, CybersecurityTags: Business security, Cybersecurity, Cybersecurity risks, Cybersecurity threats, Social Engineering, TechnologyJosh Staker September 10, 2024

Recognizing the IT Security Risks Facing Your Business Today

How many real or imminent cyber threats did your company encounter in the past month? These days, it’s not unusual for a business to face IT security risks daily since hackers are becoming increasingly creative. An unknowingly clicking on a link or download can cause bleeding losses before you kno...

Business, Business IT, CybersecurityTags: Business security, cyber attack, Cybersecurity, Cybersecurity threats, TechnologyJosh Staker March 14, 2024

The Steps to Take to Prevent AI from Being Used Against You

Artificial intelligence has dramatically changed how we run our businesses, mostly for the better. Unfortunately, AI has also brought us bigger and far more alarming security risks, since hackers are now using this technology for their nefarious purposes. In fact, there has been a significant jump i...

Business, Business ITTags: Business security, cyber attack, Cybersecurity, Cybersecurity threats, Social Engineering, TechnologyJosh Staker March 6, 2024

Real-Life Examples of How AI Was Used to Breach Businesses

There has been a lot of talk recently, about how hackers are leveraging AI to breach businesses. Hackers can sneak their way in more easily with these new algorithms used in social engineering. Unfortunately, these are no longer just theoretical discussions. We have reached a point where AI-po...

Business IT, CybersecurityTags: Artificial Intellegence, Business security, cyber attack, Cybersecurity, Cybersecurity threatsJosh Staker February 15, 2024

How Is AI Used Against Your Employees

Artificial intelligence has evolved dramatically, and the improvements are evident. In one of its first applications, AI was used to develop a checkers program. It was a monumental achievement at the time but seems so simplistic compared to today’s AI applications. AI is an everyday tool behind ma...

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, 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, 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...

Business, Business ITTags: Business security, cyber attack, Cybersecurity threats, Data Security, mobile threats, TechnologyJosh Staker October 11, 2023

The Top 7 Mobile Security Threats to Address in Your BYOD Policy

BYOD or Bring Your Own Device is a modern practice where employees use their personally owned gadgets – smartphones, laptops, tablets, or whatnot – for work. This is opposed to the traditional method of using company-issued equipment exclusively for work stuff which can have mobile security thre...

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