Cybersecurity for Home and Business
In the modern online world, it is important to have your head around Cybersecurity and what it means for you at home or for your small business.
The most common or significant cyber threats we see are:
– Malicious software (malware and viruses)
– Ransomware (a type of malware but focused on locking your computer or network)
– Phishing (scam messages – mostly angling for ways to get your bank details)
– Email compromise and identity theft
The good news is that there plenty of things you can do to minimise any threats:
– Make sure that all of your devices are tuned up and up to date (software updates, patches etc)
– Make sure you’re across all of your online accounts/identities and two-factor authentication is set up where possible
– Use software to protect you where it makes sense to do so
– Educate yourself (or your staff) to make sure that you can quickly flag any warning signs
– Keep important data and documents backed up – ideally in the cloud
There’s plenty of programs out there that promise the world and try to scare you into using them. Many either fall short or do a bunch of stuff that you don’t need and just make your devices slower and harder to use.
If you’d like to discuss Cybersecurity at home or for your business, we’re here to help at WestVIC Technology.
We partner with MalwareBytes to deliver industry leading Cybersecurity solutions. Their solutions offer powerful protection and clean-up with “set and forget” ease of use. Malwarebytes solutions stop infections, even ransomware in its tracks, protecting your devices and your data from cyber criminals.
We think this solution is the best available in the market and quite simply, it does its job very well at a great price-point. Another area where it’s different – it is happy to operate in the background without constantly trying to cross and upsell you.