Hello! If you are new to this series please start with Day 1. To all that are caught up welcome back. Today we will spend 5 minutes learning about stopping your business’s workstations from running malware (malicious software). This can happen many ways but usually involves an employee opening an attachment in an email, visiting a… Continue reading Stopping Malware – Day 11 – Part 1
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Dangerous Website Protection – Day 10 – Basic Web Security Part 1
Hello! If you are new to the series start with Day 1. If you are all caught up, welcome back. Today we are diving into providing your employees some protection against visiting dangerous web sites. There are myriad ways that attackers can get your employees to visit a website that they control. Once there, they can… Continue reading Dangerous Website Protection – Day 10 – Basic Web Security Part 1
Security Monitoring – Day 9 – Security Visibility: Part 1
Hail! If you are new to the series start with Day 1. For those caught up let’s get hunting. Today will focus on instituting a cost-effective, management-light security monitoring solution. Like its analog in the physical world (security cameras) security monitoring is an important tool for deterrence, real-time detection of crime in progress and clear evidence… Continue reading Security Monitoring – Day 9 – Security Visibility: Part 1
Patch Management – Day 8 – Basic Hardening Part 2
Salutations, if you are new to the series start here Day 1. To those who are caught up let’s get to it. Today we are diving into a very important hardening topic…patching. When you visit a bad site, or click a bad link you generally haven’t lost full control of your computer yet, but if you… Continue reading Patch Management – Day 8 – Basic Hardening Part 2
Password Protection – Day 7 – Who can do what? Part 2
Howdy, if you are new to this series start with past me on Day 1! For the rest of you…you are stuck with present me. Today we will be learning about how reuse and recycle is great in most areas but dangerous when it comes to passwords (aka Password Protection)…and what we can do to protect… Continue reading Password Protection – Day 7 – Who can do what? Part 2
Digital Asset Access -Day 6 – Who can do what? Part 1
Hello! If you are new to the series on Small Business Security, make sure to check out Day 1. If you are all caught up, welcome back to. Today we are going to do through each of the digital assets you outlined previously to assess the accounts/users in each and their Digital Asset Access. When… Continue reading Digital Asset Access -Day 6 – Who can do what? Part 1
Firewall Settings – Day 5 – Basic Hardening: Part 1
Welcome, if you are new to the series start with Day 1. For those who are all caught up let’s continue. Today we will spend our time shoring up some basic technical defenses. For those who are not overly fond of technology….You can do this :). First things first let’s make sure we have firewalls to… Continue reading Firewall Settings – Day 5 – Basic Hardening: Part 1
Digital Asset Protection – Day 4 – Know Thy Stuff: Part 4
Hello! If you are new to this series on securing your small business in 5 minutes per day than you should start with Day 1. If you are all caught up then welcome back and let’s dive into it. Today, Digital Asset Protection, is the last day of “Know Thy Stuff”… at least for now. By… Continue reading Digital Asset Protection – Day 4 – Know Thy Stuff: Part 4
Small Business Security in 5 Minutes – Day 3 – Know Thy Stuff: Part 3
Hello! If you are new to this series please start with Day 1 or if you missed any other days they can all be found Here. If you are all caught up, welcome back to Day 3 where we will spend the next 5 minutes continuing to incrementally improve our small business security situation with a digital assessment.… Continue reading Small Business Security in 5 Minutes – Day 3 – Know Thy Stuff: Part 3
Digital Assets – Day 2 – Know Thy Stuff
Digital Assets – Day 2 – Know Thy Stuff If you are new to this series please start with Day 1. If you are returning, welcome back! So you have pulled together a list of your digital assets, applications and systems…now what to do with the list. First, let’s do some cleanup. Can you get… Continue reading Digital Assets – Day 2 – Know Thy Stuff
