The first step in increasing organizational security is to establish a baseline understanding of your organization’s workflow and existing policies. Think about and document how your organization would manage a cybersecurity event under current circumstances: How long would your downtime be? How would that impact your ability to serve your clients? What would be the real cost of recovery?
Directory modernization for growing organizations
Our client was growing fast without a proper directory manager or identity provider. We worked with them to implement a cloud-based identity management solution to prioritize their security, growth, and self-sufficiency.
JumpCloud’s “Partner Success” interview with Michael Horst
Macktez COO Michael Horst talks to Chris Tate from JumpCloud about how our years-long partnership with JumpCloud has grown as JumpCloud’s features, our clients’ needs, and workforce trends have evolved.
Contact form failures revealed by DMARC
DMARC reports reveal what’s missing. Without DMARC, some emails can fail authentication and soon start getting rejected.
Turn on multi-factor authentication right now
As work-from-anywhere becomes the norm, access to confidential information is no longer protected by physical access to an office or to a MFA is one of the most effective and easiest layers to add for preventing this kind of unauthorized access and improving your digital security.
Insurers play catch-up on cybersecurity policies
When you next try to renew your cybersecurity insurance, you might find the process for approval and the policies available are quite different from before.
Recognizing and avoiding phishing scams
Phishing emails and text messages attempt to trick you into clicking on a link, opening an attachment, or sending proprietary information. Often the return address is the name of a person or company you recognize, leading you to believe the message is legitimate. But there are many ways for you to recognize phishing and to avoid falling for scams.
Business phone services now require registration for text messaging
If you are using a mobile app for your business phone service (like RingCentral, Zoom, or Dialpad), you might be used to using SMS text messaging to connect with your contacts. But now, due to new regulations, SMS through business phone services will be restricted until your organization is approved to send business-related SMS.