As long as there has been the exchange of money, there has always been fraud. From Hegestratos, the first recorded fraudster in 350 BC Ancient Greece, to Charles Ponzi’s infamous scheme of redistributing investments, to the present day, criminals have always tried to find new and more sophisticated ways to dupe people out of their money. …Continue Reading: Scams can be complex, so let’s stop playing the blame game
Cybersecurity
How to build a cybersecurity strategy for your SME
The number of small businesses is growing. In fact, at the start of 2017, small businesses accounted for 99.3% of all private sector businesses. Yet, with this growth comes the risk of security breaches: these breaches aren’t limited to the major companies. The UK Government announced earlier this year that more than two in five…Continue Reading: How to build a cybersecurity strategy for your SME
Computers not consultants: Say goodbye to the age of cybersecurity consultancy
In days gone by, when an organisation wanted to protect its cyber defences, the norm would be to bring in a cyber consultant or agency. Whether it was a someone-who-knew-someone-who-knew-someone kind of contact or an established name like Capita, they would act as the go-to source of cybersecurity knowledge and execute a strategy to protect…Continue Reading: Computers not consultants: Say goodbye to the age of cybersecurity consultancy
How to be more meerkat about your email security
The DMARC authentication protocol lets you keep a constant watch out for these impersonation attacks, just like a meerkat!…Continue Reading: How to be more meerkat about your email security
How HTTPS made HTTP a thing of the past
On Tuesday 24th of July 2018, Google took a big step towards making the internet more secure with their release of Chrome 68. It will now flag a warning to users when they visit a website that uses unencrypted HTTP instead of HTTPS. …Continue Reading: How HTTPS made HTTP a thing of the past
OnDMARC wins ‘Innovative Product of the Year — Cloud Based’ at Cyber Security Awards 2018
Last night, at the Cyber Security Awards Gala dinner, the Red Sift team was delighted to receive another award recognizing their hard work in bringing to market a solution that transforms the way organizations of all sizes can protect their emails from phishing attacks…Continue Reading: OnDMARC wins ‘Innovative Product of the Year — Cloud Based’ at Cyber Security Awards 2018
