Cyber-Security and Advanced Threat Protection Services
Cyber-Security has been around for a while, but not until recently has it really gained a lot of attention. We would all hear of the odd breach here and there with respect to big companies, and thought nothing of it because it wasn’t affecting us directly. Then came along CoVid-19, and everything changed pretty much overnight.
Companies were closing their doors, and people were being laid off. Some people were able to maintain their employment, but only by embracing the prospect of working remotely from home. For companies, this meant accepting a new normal of having employees NOT come into the office daily. With this, came challenges in Collaboration, Communication, and let’s not forget Security. Everyone was essentially thrust into the world of BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) integration.
Larger companies gave their staff company devices to utilize at home. However, many smaller companies resorted to having their employees use their own devices for work. This presented its own set of challenges with in-house data security, and adequate security of Employees’ Personal Systems.
Now as if the whole paradigm shift to working remotely wasn’t enough, hackers saw this as an opportunity to up their game. No longer were they just going to focus on the “Bigger Oganizations”; they were going after smaller companies as well. This was evident in the shear number of breaches that occurred in 2020 compared to 2019. Hackers had new targets, and those new targets were considered easy pickings in comparison.
- These are actual, documented numbers of personal data breaches as of July 5, 2020 for years 2019 and 2020 respectively.
- 2019 (Jan 1 – Dec 31): 5.974 billion
- 2020 (Jan 1 – Jun 30): 16.092 billion
Notice that the # of breaches for the first half of 2020 exceeded all recorded breaches in 2019 by over 169%.
As Cyber Attacks grew in sheer numbers, the number of data records being compromised increased exponentially. This became a big concern for Small to Medium Sized Businesses, as they were clearly in the Cyber-Criminal’s cross-hairs. Many of these same companies had/and still have no outsourced IT Support to help them navigate through these threats.
This paradigm shift in Risk Prevention promptly brought about change in the IT Industry. IT Companies were required to make changes to their Managed Services offerings, thus providing ongoing monitoring and remediation of Client Information as it pertained to online data breaches.
At TSG Computer Services, we take this very seriously. As such, we have implemented our EnCompass Cyber-Protection Software, and pushed it out to all our clientele. In fact, we are such strong believers in its ability to safeguard systems and personal identity, that we use it ourselves.
Our goal is to mitigate the risk when it comes to unauthorized access to your system(s), as well as to provide you with the insight and knowledge to not only be able to immediately address a data breach before it escalates, but also to prevent a data breach by utilizing our Security Awareness Training, making you and your employees the best defense against cybercrime.