Tag: avoiding security breaches

  • What to learn from Sony’s security breach

    What to learn from Sony’s security breach

    The scale of the recent security breaches at Sony, which led to the cancellation of The Interview’s theatrical release, can make the company’s problems seem beyond the realm of the average small business. But the security mishaps that created the circumstances for the hack are as applicable to modest local and regional companies as they […]

  • 3 IT security take-aways from the Sony hack

    3 IT security take-aways from the Sony hack

    Any business can become the victim of security breaches on a mass scale, as shown by the debacle which recently eclipsed Sony and forced it to temporarily cancel the release of blockbuster movie The Interview. Beneath the dramatic headlines are lessons for small business owners everywhere in how simple errors in IT security management can […]

  • What do Sony’s troubles say about security?

    What do Sony’s troubles say about security?

    Sony has learned the hard way what havoc can be wreaked when a lapse of basic security principles is allowed to go unchecked. On the receiving end of the recent hack which saw the company lose its vital email communication systems for days – reverting to pen, paper and fax machines – and with the […]