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How Data Breaches Can Impact Your Business

How Data Breaches Can Impact Your Business

The Cost of A Data Breach Data breaches are becoming increasingly costly, with the average expense of a successful breach soaring to an unprecedented 4.88 million dollars this year – a staggering 10% increase over 2023. This is the highest recorded total to date....

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Business’s Top Tech & Cybersecurity Struggles

Business’s Top Tech & Cybersecurity Struggles

According to Poneman’s reports and surveys, year over year, there’s been both a consistent decrease in the number of respondents satisfied with their existing security technologies, coupled with an increase in those planning to upgrade or expand their toolset. The top...

What is an Endpoint?

What is an Endpoint?

In today’s intricate landscape of network security, grasping the essence of endpoints is essential. An endpoint serves as a termination point on a network, encompassing a broad array of devices. From the everyday gadgets like laptops, desktops, mobile phones, and...

The Dark Arts: Unmasking the Top 5 Malicious Attacks

The Dark Arts: Unmasking the Top 5 Malicious Attacks

In the digital age, our technology evolves at an astonishing pace, opening up endless possibilities for progress. However, as we push boundaries, so do cyber criminals, finding ingenious ways to exploit both our technology and us. The first line of defense lies in...

Is Your Business Prepared to Face Cyber Threats?

Is Your Business Prepared to Face Cyber Threats?

TLDR: Ultimately, the reality is that the best way to protect your business against cybercrime is to invest in cyber security. At Cross Link Consulting, we’re committed to keeping our CSRA community and local businesses safe. Our vigililant monitoring of scams,...

5 Dangerous Cell Phone Scams…Don’t be a Victim

5 Dangerous Cell Phone Scams…Don’t be a Victim

Wouldn’t it be nice if every time the phone rang, you knew who was on the other line, and also that you could trust them? Although you can download apps on your phone to try to catch when the call is fraudulent, there is just no way of knowing. While some of those...

An Email Phishing Scam Hits Close to Home

An Email Phishing Scam Hits Close to Home

A new employee, at an Augusta non-profit organization recently received an email from a regional executive. The email had a totally authentic-looking email signature, so there wasn’t really any reason to question the validity of it. In the email, there was a message...

Is Your Password Being Sold on the Dark web?

Is Your Password Being Sold on the Dark web?

The Dark Web sounds like a super scary place where criminals go to do, well, criminal things. And, unfortunately, it is. Many banks are beginning to scan the Dark Web to look for signs that your information has been compromised and is being sold. When it reaches the...