“Sometimes less is more, as is the case when it comes to data breaches thus far in 2022!”

Glenn Baruck, The eDot Family of Companies

There is some good news and bad news regarding data breaches thus far in 2022. The good news is the number of victims per cyberattack appears to be down compared to last year’s data breach numbers thus far in 2022. However, the bad news is that the actual number of reported incidents of data breaches has increased by 14 percent, to 404, during the first quarter of 2022, compared to the same period in 2021, according to data from the Identify Theft Research Center.

In this article for crn.com, author Jay Fitzgerald serves up insights into the numbers and a rundown of the top 10 breaches so far in 2022.

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“To make informed decisions, you should be aware of the top physical threats to your organization and the solutions available to protect against them.”

Glenn Baruck, DigiTek Security

As we have all witnessed recently, physical security has become increasingly important to organizations in the U.S. and worldwide. Business owners and organizational directors must plan for physical security threats and provide training, tools and solutions to help their teams feel more safe and secure.

This piece by security and technology expert Ryan Schonfeld for securitymagazine.com reveals the top 5 physical security threats of 2022 and solutions organizations should consider to help protect themselves, their facilities and teams.

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“It helps to know what you’re up against to be properly prepared. This list is an excellent start.”

Glenn Baruck, The eDot Family of Companies

According to Ed Skoudis and his colleagues at the SNAN Institute, 2022 has been such an active year for cybersecurity incidents that they could have come up with a list of the 50 top cybersecurity threats of 2022. Instead, they opted to refine these to the five major categories of cyberthreats for 2022.

If you want to know what you’re up against, familiarize yourself and prepare for the threats on this list.

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“If you are a small business owner, please read. SMBs accounted for 82% of cyberattacks in 2021!”

Glenn Baruck, The eDot Family of Companies

Small business owners often do not have cyberattacks and ransomware on the top of their lists as critical concerns. Usually, sales, rent salaries and other business needs take top billing. Unfortunately, according to author Jerry Hsieh of securitymagazine.com, this needs to change! In this article, Hsieh tells us that over 80% of ransomware attacks in 2021 were on SMBs, letting us know the five most common security mistakes made by small businesses and how to fix them!

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“Preparation for severe weather disruptions may be the most important planning process you undertake for your organization and employees!”

Glenn Baruck, The eDot Family of Companies

Weather-related disruptions can cripple an organization as severely or even more so than technical disruptions. In 2021 there were 20 different weather and climate-related disasters that each cost the U.S. one billion dollars or more, just two events shy of the record set in 2020. Last week we featured insights on the 2022 hurricane season and how organizations can prepare for the severe summer weather that often makes its way to the Midwest following a tropical storm or hurricane making landfall on one of our coastlines.

In this article, author Staci Saint-Preux for securitymagazine.com identifies four of the most critical disruptions businesses and organizations should plan for in the event of severe weather.

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