Unless you are in some defence or Government business I would buy an anti-virus package (like Bitdefender) and add the encryption module. Very cost effective! You could also add a patch module and even a complete EDR solution - (endpoint detection and remediation package)…

Tunde is absolutely right and is what I was trying to say in my first answer, Tunde did a better job though. AI based tools without a gateway can be installed in minutes, will pick up more malicious attachments, more content related bad stuff, provide better visibility and…

Top brands don't mean best or most cost-effective. My advice is to look a bit further before you make a decision Evidence suggests that most top brands are pretty good at detecting and blocking malicious attachments, best case letting through 1%, but can be worse than 50%…

Yes - definitely Loads of options - depends on your budget. Backups need to be part of your cyber security strategy and therefore consider the security features of the platform too. At FortNet we work with a platform that gets the price down to as low as $2 per user per…

This vulnerability is particularly critical because Log4j is widely used in open source and commercial software and remote exploitation of the vulnerability against any internet-facing server is trivial using a single HTTP post. Exploitation results in full system…

@Geoffrey Poer ​covers it well with his answer and the Cisco blog does too.  Compromise Assessments should be performed frequently, weekly or at least monthly. Rather than a pen test, or at least in addition to pen tests, we recommend regular analysis of your entire…

Yes you need a backup solution for M365 - absolutely For example, we provide a managed version of Spanning for less than £2 ($3) per active mailbox and provide unlimited capacity and infinite retention across OneDrive, SharePoint, Teams etc.  The user interface is dead easy…

Excellent points from all contributors. I would add the following EDR can generate a lot of alerts and events. If you have a small team and limited cyber analysts then you should consider outsourcing to a SOC or even a NOC i.e. MDR The benefit of an outsourced SOC is that…

Most companies have hundreds of apps so it is impractical to ensure every single app is always meeting your security policies especially when they may have third-party components embedded. Another way to approach this may be to look at zero-trust networking and…

The question is very broad as it depends on what industry you are in and if you are B2B or B2C and how transactional your website is. Ideally, you should request a cyber security consultant to provide some advice My priority would be to request a comprehensive IT & Risk…

There are a number of alternative cloud solutions available e.g. Druva.  However, if the price is a key factor then you may benefit from by using an Managed Service Provider (MSP). MSP's white label large, credible & established platforms. They provide the same level of…

The recommendations have been spot on however, if your budget is very limited there are options we offer for cloud and on-premise backup which are significantly lower priced but as reliable and as feature rich as the brand leaders. Security is always a focus area and it is…

Everyone has recommended good reliable solutions, Rubrik, Veeam, Druva would be our top choices. You need to decide how quickly you need to get a solution deployed and running, how much you want to spend over the next 3-5 years, does your business have any reason not to be…

Druva - 100% cloud, unlimited uploads and downloads, includes de-duping, built-in security protection from Ransomware scanning to encrypted storage and locked files. They only charge for the data size once de-duped. Processes to test that your backups actually work too…

Cloud based backup and storage is the way to proceed in most cases, thus avoiding hardware that needs to be located securely and needs regular updating and refreshing.The longer term cost of ownership will be less by using cloud backup Generally the following should be…

Dan Doggendorf gave sound advice Whilst some of the free or cheap platforms will provide valuable information and protection, your security strategy has to be layered. Understand what you want to protect and from whom. At some point you will need to spend money but how do…