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If you’re under pressure to take urgent action – stop and think At Blue Ridge Technology, we talk a lot about cybersecurity, and we publish about it on this blog regularly, too. Why? Because digital threats are one of the biggest risks that businesses, including our clients, could face. It’s vitally important to have strong cyber defenses in place (and we’re certainly ready to audit your hardware, network, and software defenses to find any vulnerabilities—just reach out today). But it’s just as important to train yourself and your employees or teammates on how to be aware of cyber threats. In other words, cyber awareness training is just as valuable as the best firewalls and endpoint protection systems. That may sound like a bold claim, but it’s true. The most common digital attacks don’t happen by bad guys brute forcing their way through your firewall. They happen because someone on your team makes a mistake. Your Biggest Cybersecurity Threat Is on Your Payroll As crazy as it sounds...

Your business is losing hundreds of hours to spam every year Email spam in business contexts is still alive and well. It may not be as visible of a problem as it was a decade or 15 years ago, but spam email is still alive and well. Your business is dealing with costs associated with email spam. Some of these costs may already be on yoru radar, but others could be hiding out of sight. So what are the hidden (and not so hidden) costs of spam email, and what can you do about it beyond what you’ve already done? We’re glad you asked! Here are some threats you might not know about — and mitigation strategies that can help you shore up your spam defenses. Cost #1: Wasted Time and Lost Productivity The first cost to consider is just how much time your team is wasting working through pointless email. Yes, your spam filter is catching quite a bit of the spam heading to inboxes, but it doesn’t catch everything. And, depending on your settings and how well your team trusts the filter, people may s...

While most e-mail platforms offer scanning and filtering, this is often not enough security to protect yourself from spammers and hackers.. Basic e-mail filtering isn't sufficient to provide adequate spam detection, and they often allow phishing, and potential threats through to the network. Online security specialists generally believe that the number of email and phishing attacks are on the rise. Companies can improve their security awareness and decrease the risk of email threats by applying dedicated anti-spam filtering services. E-Mail Filtering: Preventing Spam What Anti-Spam E-mail Filters Actually Do E-mail filters use various security mechanisms to detect spam and dangerous e-mails. This includes blacklists of senders and websites included in spam. These mechanisms are updated in real-time to protect against newly created attacks. A powerful anti-virus engine also looks for links to malware and sites that hide the real identity of the proxy server. In order to allow the sy...