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QUARTER 1—2021
Protect your business from phishing with staff training Phishing email scams continue to rise. Scammers know more about their targets and fraudulent emails are getting more difficult to recognize. Phishers work off the trust you have with your existing service providers. Phishing emails are a form of social engineering because Social engineering is it targets humans and exploits people to find the art of manipulating vulnerabilities. Phishing people to divulge emails often appear from confidential information well-known companies, or to access a like Amazon, Netflix, restricted system. Microsoft, your bank or even your Internet or IT provider. Protect Your Staff & Your Business According to Servpack, over 14.5 billion phishing emails are sent to users every day. Fraudulent emails are still the most common cause of security breaches. Over 90% of vulnerabilities stem from an email. Fortunately, there is a way to reduce your company's cyber security risk. According to Managed Security Analyst Brandon Huber, security awareness training gives companies and most importantly employees, the knowledge to prevent unauthorized access to their network and private data. Don't Take The Bait! "Being caught off guard and falling for a phishing email can happen to anyone. The more we work to keep security awareness top-of-mind for all staff, the more secure your entire company network is," said Huber. Huber continued to explain phishing emails often use scare tactics with a sense of urgency. Words like, "Act Now!" to avoid a penalty charge or late fee. Sometimes, the threat will appear to be a breach of your computer, account, or other information and require you to verify your security
information. All of these tactics will seem urgent as cyber criminals know it's easiest to catch you on a whim of emotion with no time to verify the validity of their request. One Wrong Click Is All It Takes It only takes one wrong click for a vulnerable employee to accidentally breach company security. ReadiTech has partnered with KnowBe4, the market leader for security awareness training and simulated phishing tests. Reports show training staff reduces organization risk and increases identifying and reporting suspicious emails before there is a problem. Nearly 80% of companies that have conducted security awareness training reported improvements. ReadiTech saw an improvement in companywide security awareness after starting its ongoing phishing training program from 20% click-through rate to less than 3%. Security Awareness Training Baseline Testing: Assess the Phish-prone™ percentage of your users through a free simulated phishing attack. Train Your Users: On-demand and interactive training with interactive modules, videos, education with ongoing security hints, and email tips Phish Your Users: Fully automated and simulated phishing attacks, hundreds of templates with unlimited usage and community phishing templates. See the Results: Enterprise-strength reporting showing stats and graphs for both training and phishing, ready for management to see the great ROI. Continued on page 2.
"Being caught off guard and falling for a phishing email can happen to anyone. The more we work to keep security awareness top-of-mind for all staff, the more secure your entire company network is." Managed Security Analyst Brandon Huber
Security Awareness Training continued from page 1. Implementing a security awareness program for all employees—from the CEO to the newest member of the team—is an essential step to create and maintain network security.
IS YOUR BUSINESS NETWORK SECURE?
With new online dangers, evolving cyber threats and more staff working from home, creating and maintaining a secure network is more important than ever before. ReadiTech can simplify and secure your IT environments letting you focus on your business and helping you succeed.
ReadiTech Recommends These Tips to Help Create a Secure Network.
Looking for IT support? ReadiTech offers a variety of IT security solutions including Security Awareness Training. Call our team at 877-559-4692 or visit readitech.com to find out how our knowledgable and friendly IT experts can help your business improve productivity and reduce costs.
Want to know for sure if your network is secure? Need a more in-depth analysis? Call today 877-559-4692.
Email Anti-Virus Protection: Email filters scan every email sent to your network users. Anti-Virus removes potentially dangerous email attachments that contain viruses or Trojans which could shutdown your entire network. Strong Passwords: Strong passwords are important in protecting against data breachess. However, don't use the same password for every website and remember to change your password occasionally. To track your passwords use a secure protected vault or password keeper. Backup & Storage: Server failure, power outages and cyber threats can put your network security and its data at risk. Online backup stores your files securely. Managed online backup continuously monitors your files and automatically backs them up whenever they change.
New tech solutions help both teachers and students online and in the classroom The COVID-19 pandemic has caused life to become more digital than ever before. As a trusted technology solutions provider, ReadiTech strives to offer the best products and services to create efficient work and learning environments for our clients. Students and teachers, whether at home or school, faced new challenges this year as they adjusted to distance and hybrid learning and teaching. To help schools succesfully meet the new challenges of the pandemic, ReadiTech partnered with Newline Interactive Displays and Audio Enhancement Solutions to improve learning for all students so they can hear and see classroom activities and assignments wherever they are. Newline Interactive Displays make it easier to keep students engaged during class, both at home and in person. The display provides easy collaboration and creative options for teaching. Teachers can share their screen from any device and other capabilities allow students to join a class remotely from any location.
The Newline Interactive Displays also allows IT administrators to simplify support. The display hardware and applications, are easy to use and allow for remote connections to update applications and troubleshoot from anywhere. Social distancing and mask requirements create barriers between the teacher speaking and students listening. To keep students and teachers connected and avoid sound loss ReadiTech offers Audio Enhancement Solutions to improve speech intelligibility with even sound distribution and improve student attention, interaction and learning. Audio Solutions amplifies sound, making it easy for students in the back of the classroom hear as well as if they were sitting in the front. Learn more about capturing students' attention and engaging their senses to improve learning with new technology solutions at readitech.com or call 877-559-4692.
NEWLINE INTERACTIVE TOUCH DISPLAYS
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IN THIS ISSUE: FIGHT AGAINST PHISHING ATTACKS Over 80% of organizations that have conducted security awareness training reported improvements.
Security Awareness Training
Scammers know more about their targets and fraudulent emails are getting more difficult to recognize. Help manage the ongoing problem and provide your staff the resources to improve security with Security Awareness Training and Simulated Phishing.
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Technology Tools for Teaching
Hybrid and online learning is no easy task for students or teachers. ReadiTech helps teachers capture students' attention and engage their senses to improve learning with new easy-to-use technology solutions.
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