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How to protect your company data from Hackers

In today's on-line world, technology users are essentially in a state of near-constant attack .  Almost every day there's a new data breach in the news involving a well-known company and quite often fresh rules for protecting personal information are circulated. Because of unwanted installer in email, phishing messages and malicious websites with URLs that are one letter different from popular sites, employees need to maintain a high level of awareness and diligence to protect themselves and their organizations. Phishing activities are especially pervasive, including attempts to steal user's credentials or get them to install malicious software on their system. The astonishing success rate of phishing attacks makes them a favorite. Most companies regularly conducts phishing exercises for their clients as part of their testing and training programs and have seen results where better than 70 percent of people will follow the link to a phony website and, of tho...