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How the Cyber Grinch Stole Christmas: Safeguard Your Festive Season
- The holiday season creates the perfect environment for increased cyberattacks due to increased online shopping during Black Friday and Cyber Monday, followed by December festivities.
- Organisations are becoming prime targets for cybercriminals, with the rise of remote work and distracted teams, it is vital that businesses protect themselves from becoming victims of festive-season threats.
- Phishing emails are particularly convincing during this time, leveraging festive themes and urgent requests. Common scams include fake charity appeals, holiday e-cards, and counterfeit shopping sites advertising too good to be true discounts.
- Cybercriminals use AI-powered phishing scams, deepfakes and advanced malware all of which make it harder to detect and more personalised, using employee’s specific dates to make the breach more personal.
- Remote working was one of the biggest game-changers that happened over the past year.
- Remote devices, often the weakest link in cybersecurity, are particularly vulnerable, lacking the same level of security as office-based desktops.
- Organisations must adopt a robust cyber resilience posture that embraces endpoint security and enables them to respond and react in a timely manner. Centralised IT teams require real-time visibility into the network and must act decisively against suspicious activity.
- According to the Cyber Resilience Risk Index, Endpoint Protection Platforms and network security applications fail to operate effectively 24 percent of the time on managed PCs.
- Downtime—when systems, devices, or networks are unavailable due to a cyberattack—can severely disrupt operations impacting productivity and may result in significant financial losses, particularly during critical business periods like the holiday season.
- By adopting a proactive approach to cyber resilience, businesses can reduce downtime and ensure rapid recovery from security issues, protecting sensitive data and maintaining operations.
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