Does Cybersecurity enter decision: Cloud or own Servers?

Is it safer/cheaper to run your own computers? Or should you have a cloud based service that manages your IT functions? What characteristics are there in the decision to outsource servers? Or when outsourcing your IT department? Don’t believe that outsourcing your IT servers now removes the risk of a data breach!!  Or if you … Read more

What is the Highest Risk Attack on us Right Now?

Is it Ransomware with a shotgun approach? A shotgun approach means the attackers are sending ransomware attacks to many computers – not picking their targets, only spreading out to whatever computer will answer a certain defense profile. Or ransomware that is targeted to specific industries? Will the ransomware attacker pick on a specific industry that … Read more

Would be Nice if Everyone Took Cybersecurity Seriously

What if people took vaccines with  Inoculation rates of the cybersecurity industry?  So the inoculation rates of a typical vaccine was and is 90% – 95% and that is how most of the old diseases were actually eradicated. My point is that what if people treated Cybersecurity like they should we would have less people … Read more

Upgrading Computers Means We Are All Better For It

If you upgrade then we also benefit – since now your machine cannot be used by criminals to attack other machines. How can we help you understand to upgrade your system( i.e. Patch – install vulnerability fixes)? This has been attempted before on this site – in the following post: https://oversitesentry.com/small-businesses-do-not-get-hacked/   of course businesses can … Read more