Information Technology Cybersecurity
Securing a critical flaw in your cyber-architecture
You spend your time helping and assessing your clients' digital needs, but what about your own? Are you equipped to handle the workload and do so productively and securely? Mix remote work with a pandemic and you get a brutal combination of security dependencies, threats, and budgetary constraints. Expected to do even more with less, IT teams are stretched to the max and the security liabilities are piling up. Now, a sharp increase in email-borne cyberattacks is very much paralleling the rise in remote work.
It’s time to lock it down.
The Threat:
Increased Surface Area
350% rise in phishing attempts. - UNICRI
Your customers are counting on you to keep their workplaces secure from threats. This means ensuring yours is also safe and your reputation remains intact. The larger your attack surface area, the more weak links leave gaps for cyber criminals to take advantage of. The UN reports that phishing attempts have increased 350% since the pandemic, and 96% of threats begin with email, reports Verizon.
The Opportunity:
Become Essential
Be the trusted provider your customers need
Although threat actors see disasters as an opportunity to attack, it's also your chance as an IT service and software provider to help defend. Providers that are able to affordably scale email and communications security will come out ahead. They’re better able to reallocate much-needed capital, seize on growth opportunities, and communicate freely and securely with vendors and customers.
Break down old security barriers.
Move forward with Zix.
79% of business leaders say new business models introduce technology vulnerabilities faster than they can be secured.
96% of threats start with public email. - Verizon
A lack of trust cost U.S. businesses $756B - Accenture
Cost of breach up 1.5x - Security Intelligence
4 in 10 threats involve employees; 75% lack skilled resources. - Deloitte
Only 52% of surveyed executives are confident or extremely confident in their organization’s security. - Deloitte
43% of breaches in 2019 involved SMB - Verizon
SMBs typically lose 25% of revenues after a breach - Cyentia