POPIA Guardians Caught with Pants Down
Peter Carruthers writes...
"The Information Regulator is one of the first victims of not taking prudent
measures to protect their data. (They're the team policing how your business
guards its data.)
They're part of the Department of Justice. The DoJ didn't protect its systems
well enough to stop a ransomware attack. They're not heeding the rules laid down
to reach "reasonable" compliance.
Right now, their systems remain compromised. Their email system still does not
work.
Ransomware is a special kind of software that stops you from entering your
systems. Instead, it displays a screen asking you to pay somebody a lot of
bitcoin to get access again.
Even if you pay the ransom, these crooks often ask for more. Some firms never
get their systems back.
These hackers are not hobbyists playing in Dad's garage. They're real
businesses. They're more interested in money than they are in client service.
And they're often a lot better at finding "clients" than we are.
We focus on these kinds of social engineering attacks in our POPIA training
courses. (Both for owners and employees.)
Most ransomware lands on systems via spam email containing malicious links.
Around 500 million emails each month contain such links. They look innocent.
They may be targeted just at you and your staff. The perp knows your firm will
pay millions to get access to its data again. To the perp, it's just a numbers game.
To you and me, it is our livelihood at stake.
Most of us make it much easier by using just one or two passwords for
everything. Or we forget to update our operating systems.
The answers are easy and free.
Click here to join us online at 8 pm TONIGHT (or Next Wednesday) to see how to block a ransomware
attack.
You'll also discover how to reach POPIA compliance easily.
And how to run a much safer business.
Warm regards.
Peter"
The Protection of Personal Information Act went
live on 1 July 2021. Here's a
free online course that tells you what the law says –in plain English. .
Here's a follow-on course, at a massive discount, that tells you
how to get POPI compliant,
All the best from Rick at megaplex.co.za,
the World's most helpful website for shops in Sandton.
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