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Datalink Networks Wins UpCity 2024 Excellence Award
Datalink Networks is proud to announce its listing among top IT services from UpCity, part of Gartner Digital Markets.
By Mackenzie Ferrell on April 2, 2024
A cyberattack occurs every 39 seconds and cybercriminals are counting on your users to take their bait. By understanding the basics of cybersecurity and being aware of common cyber threats, you can fortify your defenses against malicious actors. Enhance your cybersecurity knowledge and protect your data with these key insights.
Cybersecurity awareness is becoming increasingly essential, empowering individuals and organizations with the knowledge needed to defend against cyber threats. In the face of more sophisticated cyber-attacks, awareness becomes pivotal in preventing security breaches. It entails recognizing the risks associated with online activities, identifying potential threats, and taking necessary actions to safeguard information.
Effective cybersecurity awareness training plays a crucial role in reducing the risk of breaches, often stemming from human error or lack of knowledge. By cultivating a culture of cybersecurity, organizations can bolster their overall security posture and ensure that employees remain vigilant and proactive in their cyber defense approach.
Cybersecurity encompasses the strategies, technologies, and practices designed to protect computer systems, networks, and data from unauthorized access, attacks, and damage. At its core, cybersecurity aims to ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of digital assets.
This involves implementing various layers of defense, including firewalls, encryption, and access controls, to safeguard against a wide range of threats such as malware, phishing, and ransomware. Additionally, cybersecurity emphasizes the importance of proactive measures such as regular software updates, employee training, and risk assessments to mitigate vulnerabilities and prevent potential breaches.
Ultimately, maintaining robust cybersecurity measures is essential in today's interconnected world to safeguard both personal and organizational information from cyber threats.
By staying vigilant and fostering a culture of cybersecurity awareness, individuals and organizations can effectively defend against common cyber threats.
Barracuda’s Security Awareness Training is a robust program designed to empower organizations in their battle against cyber threats. Here are the key features and benefits:
Threat Simulation and Training:
User Behavior Analysis:
Customizable Training:
Compliance-Ready Training:
Engaging Awareness Material:
Comprehensive Solution:
Remember, security awareness training is a critical component in safeguarding your organization against evolving cyber threats.
Barracuda also provides a powerful service to combat phishing threats. It educates users through realistic scenarios, incorporating multivariable testing with mock-phishing campaigns.
The hands-free partner service manages content creation and campaign execution, while comprehensive reporting helps identify high-risk individuals. By integrating these simulations, organizations build a resilient “human firewall” and enhance their defenses against evolving cyber threats.
With Barracuda Email Protection at the forefront of defense, over 20,000 spear phishing attacks are intercepted daily, offering a robust defense against these malicious campaigns.
Leveraging this extensive threat intelligence, Barracuda's Security Awareness Training takes a proactive approach by creating real-world simulations and training content aligned with all identified 13 email threat types.
Through this comprehensive training program, users gain invaluable insights and practical skills to identify and thwart various email threats, including business email compromise and impersonation attacks.
We've partnered with Barracuda, a leader in cybersecurity, to help guard you against these highly targeted phishing attack with security awareness training. Our proactive end-user email security awareness training provides timely training for all users.
With our service, customers have seen a reduction in attack incidence, while users were empowered to report email threats, and meet internal and regulatory compliance needs.
Watch our video below to learn how this training works!
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