Every day we read about another cybersecurity breach. Lost credit card information, hacked emails, corporate or national security information stolen by insider or external actors. Cyber espionage and security attacks have become sophisticated and big business. We have reluctantly learned a new language: ransomware, “phishing”, malware, HIPAA (in healthcare), PCI (for credit card protection), and PII (personally identifiable information) to name a few.
The challenge grows even faster as more and more devices are attached to our networks. New devices like thermostats, smart lights, cell phones, watches, and smart monitors of all types connect to our networks to share information. This Internet of Things (IoT) creates new threats.
Ransomware payment demands have skyrocketed – from an average of $12,000 in Q1 of 2019 to three times as much at $36,000 in Q2 of 2019. But these “ransoms” to unlock wrongfully encrypted computer systems do not include the cost of lost productivity, impact to reputations, and expense to recover from successful attacks. The global damage of ransomware annually is estimated to be in the tens of billions of dollars at this point. Much of this threat is aimed at small and mid-sized organizations that have fewer resources to defend themselves.
OXEN Technology is a small organization. We serve small and mid-sized organizations. We are in this together. Cybersecurity is at the heart of each of our businesses for the foreseeable future.
What should you be doing?
We work with clients every day on these essential cybersecurity issues. More importantly, we continually invest in improving our understanding of the threats and finding the right partners to provide the level of security that we and our clients require.
We can perform a network risk assessment that encompasses your organizational risk, personnel risks, and technical risks.
All of our core solution bundles and packages include anti-virus, anti-malware, and anti-spam protection for your desktops and servers. These include our Network Essentials package and Business Bundle.
We offer this annual online security awareness training at no charge to all employees of our managed IT services clients. A monthly subscription version of this training is also available and includes ongoing education, weekly quizzes, and simulated phishing attacks.
This testing is free to our managed IT services clients. An external vulnerability scan can give you certainty and clarity about the vulnerabilities of your network and the information you need to act to improve your security.
Our Managed Firewall solution provides constantly monitored and managed next-generation firewalls, with features such as DPI-SSL (encrypted traffic inspection).
We have data backup and BCDR options for all requirements and budgets. Our OXBOX appliance allows clients to quickly recover a functioning system, applications, and their data in case of a failure on their production hardware or software systems. It is automatically backed up to a secure remote data center in case of a disaster affecting your entire facility.
Our Network Security Monitoring appliance constantly scans your IT network for security threats and events that are then analyzed with sophisticated software and a 24/7 Security Operations Center. We notify you of the most dangerous threats and jointly determine how to eliminate them.
Unsure of where to go with your cybersecurity practice? We offer a Shared CIO or CISO role, where one of our consultative experts helps to shape and lead your technology and/or cybersecurity initiatives. This role aims to work with your IT team and your businesses leadership to achieve your goals.
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