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A Business World in the Clouds

Safeguarding Against the Security Pitfalls of Cloud-Based Platforms Majority of us are intimately familiar with the concept of ‘the Cloud’, the seemingly omnipresent information sharing and storage solution.  But how much do you know about the security systems that defend it?  Most of you may already be using cloud-based programs such as GoogleDocs, DropBox or, more commonly,...
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Enhancing Cyber Threat Protection in Microsoft 365

The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has recently published an advisory report that explores the ways M365 can be compromised by malicious parties, explaining how cybercriminals can use compromised M365 accounts to obtain financial profit. Integrating advanced threat prevention and data protection features to a M365 platform can enhance the existing security capabilities it offers. Clearswift’s bolt-on solution for M365 be seamlessly implemented to enable deep content inspection of all email traffic through the platform – inbound, outbound and internal – in both email messages and attachments.
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Like, Share and Destroy: How to Protect Your Business From the Social Media Threat

Social media is now the window to any business. 83% of organizations use social media as a marketing tactic, making it the most popular marketing tool. It is updated far more regularly than any website and businesses build a following based on publishing engaging content regularly. While businesses see the importance of using social media to quickly build their brand and reputation, there has been little emphasis on the downside to this. How social media can destroy a company’s reputation in an instant.
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Cyber Threats & Technology Tips That Your Business Can’t Ignore

As new threats are introduced into the cyberscape as well as evolved traditional threats, businesses need to be more prepared than ever for a data breach and have the latest tools in place to mitigate risks.
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Cloud Storage, File Sharing Apps and GDPR: This Could Get Ugly Fast!

Cloud storage services and file sharing apps such as Dropbox, Box, Microsoft OneDrive and Google Drive are so widely adopted by employees—knowingly or unknowingly by their IT departments—that most don’t think twice about using them to share corporate information.
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Preparing for the Inevitable: A Guide to Handling a Data Breach

Cyber-attacks and data breaches are now so widespread that it isn’t a matter of ‘if’ but ‘when’ your organization gets hit. According to the UK Government’s latest Cyber Security Breaches Survey, nearly seven in ten large businesses identified a breach or attack in the past year. When taking into consideration all sizes of businesses in the UK, nearly half had suffered a breach...
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WannaCry Fallout: What the Ransomware Epidemic Means for the Future of Business

Cyber security is now an agenda item in the boardroom, not just the IT department, in the wake of May’s Ransomware attack and the countdown to GDPR compliance well underway. In May, multiple organizations including the NHS, Spain’s Telefónica and Deutsche Bahn were struck with what is arguably the world’s most publicized cyber-attack. Within a day, the ransomware cryptoworm...
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Clearswift Wins Info Security PG Awards for Adaptive DLP, Office 365™ Email Security and Advanced Threat Prevention

Clearswift was recognized at the 13th Annual 2017 Info Security PG’s Global Excellence Awards® for its unique ability to prevent evasive cyber-attacks and data breaches through its game-changing Adaptive DLP, Office 365 Email Security and Advanced Threat Prevention solutions. Clearswift’s award-winning cyber security innovations are built around its unique layer of inspection...
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Clearswift sees 70% growth in its ‘Advanced Threat Protection’ Solution

Organizations look to a more effective layer of sanitization to defend against advanced malware and the resurgence of ransomware. Advanced malware attacks evading traditional perimeter defenses have exploded this past year enabling cybercriminals to steal sensitive data or hold it hostage for a hefty ransom. As a result, organizations across the spectrum from healthcare,...
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Malware in Attachments - Stop Them Striking Your Organization

Recently, we have been hearing from our customers and partners of a concerning increase in the number of sophisticated malware attacks which are striking organizations. These are not simple attacks, but involve compromising reputable web servers in order to deliver malware infected content. The good news is that there is a solution to this – but why are traditional methods simply not working?
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New Email-Embedded Malware Getting Through Major AV Scans

Clearswift has recently been approached by a number of top cybersecurity teams and organizations to help them address an increasing threat of ongoing attempts to deliver embedded malware hidden in email attachments that is automatically activated by malicious scripting code. The sophistication and continuous morphing of delivery methods have made it so these new malware variants go undetected and pass right by major AV scanning solutions.
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The Never-Ending Learning Curve

Not so long ago I wrote two blog posts on the Heartbleed vulnerability in OpenSSL. In one of them I alluded to the fact that we have not seen the end of it, unfortunately I was right.
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Inside Out, Outside in, Inside in...

Threats from outside the organization are still happening, but it's the threats from within which are causing a greater challenge. Not just employees but third parties who have access to internal systems and information.
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10 Essential Steps to Security for Businesses - part 2

To mark the close of EU National Cyber Security Awareness Month, this week we’ll be providing a couple of top tips per day to help ensure that both internal and external company data remains secure. Top Tip 3: Attack spyware from multiple angles Spyware is one of the more insidious (and annoying) web hazards. Fight it from all directions: Stop it at the gateway – with...