{"id":1330,"date":"2016-05-24T10:16:34","date_gmt":"2016-05-24T14:16:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/209.208.108.186\/?p=1330"},"modified":"2016-05-24T10:16:34","modified_gmt":"2016-05-24T14:16:34","slug":"potential-victims-to-very-smart-thieves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wavecrest.net\/index.php\/potential-victims-to-very-smart-thieves\/","title":{"rendered":"Potential Victims to Very Smart Thieves"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Employees need to know what their employers\u2019 philosophy is behind technology. Does my employer want me to use whatever app I choose? Can I just store and share work information where it is most convenient for me? Will my employer listen when I explain how much my cloud app does to improve my workflow? If you as the employer listen, you could save your business from an incident or a serious breach.<\/p>\n

It is amazing that the news is filled with data breach, data loss, ransomware, and spear phishing, and yet many businesses still think they are immune from an attack. If you are connected to the Internet, you are a highly susceptible victim. Do not take this to mean that you should not run your business with the highly efficient and collaborative tools that cloud services offer. It just means think and act to protect your enterprise assets and employees.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s first cover where a major number of incidents start. Your enterprise weakness . . . the employee. It doesn\u2019t matter if you have the best employees in the universe, they are human. Hackers perfect the way they attack; that is their job. They have become so good at what they do that good employees send out W-2s, transfer millions to banks in foreign countries, and hand out their logon credentials without question.<\/p>\n

Now let\u2019s talk about what you can do to help your employees to not become victims.<\/p>\n