Leading MTSP Shares Why Email Is an Easy Way to Destroy a Company’s Network
CHANDLER, AZ – Imagine Technology Group is protecting businesses
with their innovative new AI (Artificial Intelligence) anti-phishing technology which is
designed to protect businesses from cyber attacks through the most prevalent tactic, email
phishing. Phishing is the fraudulent practice of sending emails purporting to be from
reputable companies in order to get individuals to reveal personal information, such as
passwords, credit card numbers or even company data.
Business owners have been hearing about the substantial increase in cyber crime in
recent years. Many of these attacks successfully breaching major infrastructure systems
and gaining mainstream media exposure (while some cyber criminals prefer to target larger
organizations). Many of those organizations have responded by investing heavily into
cyber security solutions to fortify their defenses to such a high level that they become less
appealing targets. As those larger companies form a stronger “barrier to breach,”
cyber criminals have shifted their focus to smaller businesses who possess very weak
infrastructure and little to no cyber security. Imagine Technology Group is taking a stand
against these threats by deploying new AI-based solutions, like their anti-phishing
technology, to protect the inboxes, identities and futures of small businesses.
“Unfortunately, human error is one of the leading reasons that a business is affected
by cyber crime,” stated Mark Lasinis, CIO/VP of Technology of Imagine Technology Group.
“While employee education and awareness training is always beneficial, after protecting
SMBs for years, we’ve found that one of the fastest, most effective and easy-to-implement
ways to minimize organizational risk significantly is to limit employee access to phishing
emails in the first place. When you automatically filter out suspicious-looking emails from
ever reaching your employees you remove the possibility of human error altogether. One of
the reasons an AI-powered solution is so important here is because your app is constantly
learning from the aggregate data, becoming smarter and more efficient every second that
you have it turned on. We generally explain the difficult to quantify, yet unmistakably
powerful capability of AI by asking people if they’ve ever played chess against their
computer on the ‘Hard’ level. How many times have you beaten it on “Expert” mode. That’s
basically what our cyber security solutions are all focused on achieving for our customers.”
It turns out that the data supports Imagine Technology Group’s approach. According
to Accenture, “43% percent of cyber attacks are aimed at small businesses, but only 14%
are prepared to defend themselves.” From a business owner’s standpoint, the risk simply
outweighs the reward. Most organizations (60%) go out of business within 6 months if they
haven’t implemented some type of AI, according to Inc.com.
Fortunately, the costs to secure your organization are nominal in comparison to the
liability they instantly eliminate. Not to mention the “peace of mind” that business owners
gain by addressing this directly. While phishing is the most common form of attack it’s also
prudent to ensure that your cyber security solution also protects you from malware, data
loss, anomalies, and other methods of cyber attack. “Another key differentiator to look for in
any malware or phishing defense tool you want to use is to make sure that your defense
system is one that is invisible to hackers. You want to add in as many layers of security as
you can to increase the amount of friction a hacker must endure to breach your company.
This increases their likelihood of just looking elsewhere for a weaker infrastructure to target.
However, each organization has different risk factors, budget considerations and levels of
exposure, all of which must be tailored to fit the organization’s needs in the most appropriate
manner,” closed Lasinis.
