Enhancing Cybersecurity: A Call to Action
Troy Gerrie • Feb 20, 2024
In 2023, the National Cyber Security Centre issued a report that sheds light on critical trends in the cybersecurity landscape. As we navigate an increasingly digital world, understanding these insights becomes paramount.
Incident Motivation and Financial Impact
- 28% of all cybersecurity incidents were driven by criminal or financial motives. This statistic underscores the urgent need for robust security measures to safeguard against malicious intent.
- Small businesses in New Zealand bore the brunt of these attacks, suffering
direct losses exceeding $15 million last year. Remarkably, this figure is likely an underestimation, as mandatory breach reporting has yet to be enforced.
The Surge of Phishing Attacks
- In the third quarter of 2023, phishing attacks skyrocketed by 173%. These deceptive tactics serve as the gateway for broader cyber assaults.
- An astounding
91% of all cyberattacks originate from phishing attempts. This highlights the critical importance of
staff training and awareness to recognise and thwart such threats.
Yorb’s Commitment to Cybersecurity
Yorb is thrilled to have our Defender security product in full swing, but this is just the beginning of our cybersecurity journey. Throughout 2024, we will intensify our investment in cybersecurity to address emerging industry challenges, insurance requirements, and regulations. Our goal is to provide comprehensive, full-spectrum cybersecurity protection for all our valued clients.
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In today's fast-paced digital landscape, the security of your business is paramount. Cyber threats are ever evolving, and protecting your data and assets requires a proactive approach. Yorb Defender offers a comprehensive suite of cybersecurity solutions tailored to meet the needs of businesses of all sizes, empowering you to safeguard your digital assets effectively. Yorb Defender simplifies cybersecurity, offering a holistic approach to protecting your business against a wide range of threats. Here's what sets us apart: Comprehensive Protection: Yorb Defender provides robust protection against viruses, malware, and other online threats. Our suite of tools includes managed antivirus, endpoint protection, vulnerability management, web content filtering, and email security, ensuring that every aspect of your digital infrastructure is safeguarded. User-Friendly Management: Managing your cybersecurity shouldn't be a headache. With Yorb Defender, you get a user-friendly interface that makes it easy to monitor and manage your security environment. From setting access rules to monitoring administrative changes, you have full control over your cybersecurity posture. Proactive Monitoring and Response: Yorb Defender employs proactive monitoring and response capabilities to detect and mitigate potential threats before they can harm your business. Our security information and event monitoring (SIEM) system keeps a close eye on your network, providing real-time alerts and insights to help you stay one step ahead of cybercriminals. Cross-Platform Support: In today's interconnected world, protecting your business means securing devices across multiple platforms. Yorb Defender supports Windows, MacOS, iOS, Android, and Linux, ensuring that all your devices are protected, regardless of the operating system they run on. With Yorb Defender by your side, you can take your cybersecurity to the next level. Our comprehensive suite of tools, user-friendly interface, and proactive monitoring capabilities give you the peace of mind you need to focus on running your business. Don't let cyber threats hold you back – empower your business with Yorb Defender today.
With cybercrime increasing at an exponential rate, the importance of cyber security is crucial now more than ever. Large organisations such as Fujitsu and Trello to government entities such as the Australian Court System, and more recently, the US Government have fallen victim to cybercrime resulting in data breaches this year.
What a busy start to 2024, unfortunately we are approaching the end of our run of long weekends. We typically run our businesses in two gears, the external facing business with clients and the internal busyness that while frequently neglected is equally important in the long run. The trick has always been balancing those two, ensuring we can achieve immediate client goals, whilst preparing for tomorrow. It feels like this year we’ve been running in both gears from the very beginning with plenty of work, challenges and excitement in both. We see the same challenges when working with our clients; the immediate needs of keeping users working & productive, ensuring backups are working and security is in check. But also balancing this with longer term strategic business and technology goals. This quarter we will be launching our re-imagined Digital Partnership solution, with agreed quarterly focus areas, focusing on topics such as Security, Business Continuity, Productivity, Future Technology (think AI, Chat GPT, Co-Pilot) and Business Intelligence. Our aims are to ensure you have the expertise, resources, and capacity to execute on your vision, whilst also keeping an eye on any day-to-day business requirements. With the ever-increasing pace of technological change and critical nature of IT in today’s business, this is an area that requires constant attention, whilst not deflecting from the day-to-day. In March we also undertook seminars on the future of AI and Microsoft Co-Pilot in Whanganui, Levin, Palmerston North and Hastings. These were tremendously successful with over 180 people signing up to attend. There are a lot of misconceptions. about AI and how it will impact our businesses. It’s important we all keep our eyes on where this technology is headed so we can plan for the opportunities and challenges it will inevitably bring. If you were unable to make the seminar, please head along to YouTube to watch the recording: Link Here , apologies for the audio issues at the start. For our customers on the West Coast, we are running a series this week. Daniel Goymer CEO