How to secure data on Microsoft Office 365

Although it may be tempting to think that with data in the cloud your business isn’t susceptible to data loss, it’s still vital to add an additional security layer to protect email from spam, phishing, ransomware and other advanced cyber threats. In fact, nowadays malware is usually sent via email and hosted on cloud storage platforms.

Protecting even a cloud-oriented business from known and unknown threats is therefore critical in order to instantly stop the spread of malicious software, phishing, ransomware, spam and business email compromise (BEC) – and best of all requires no high-tech skills.

What’s the solution?

With Kaspersky Security for Microsoft Office 365, your company can protect Exchange Online, OneDrive files, SharePoint files, and Teams files against malware, phishing, spam, and other threats.

 

Make use of the most sophisticated technologies for your security and at the same time enjoy a quick start thanks to predefined policies and auto configuration.

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To support remote working in this challenging time, we’re offering 6 months’ FREE protection with the very latest version of Kaspersky Security for Microsoft Office 365. This extends protection for SharePoint Online and Microsoft Teams, securing all collaboration and messaging channels within Microsoft Office 365.

Kaspersky Security for Microsoft Office 365 uses advanced heuristics, machine learning and other next-generation technologies to protect your communication and collaboration processes from ransomware, malicious attachments, spam, phishing (including Business Email Compromise) and unknown threats.

Sign up NOW for a FREE 6-month license and take protecting remote workers off your to-do list.

Click here to view the full datasheet, or watch the short video below.

Want to find out more?

As Kaspersky Gold Partners, Complete IT Systems can offer you expert advice on the solutions and how they could be effectively deployed in your business.

To find out more please call us on 01274 396 213 or use our contact form and we’ll arrange a good time to call you back.

 

90% of malware is delivered via email. Is your business email secure?

Malware and email messages are, unfortunately, the same as bread to butter or hands to gloves. The two go hand in hand. In fact, the connection is so acute that it’s been found that over 90% of all known malware is delivered into companies via email.

And there’s even worse news for IT managers and systems administrators. Here’s some of the main points from the Cofense State of Phishing Defence report:

  • The average user / employee doesn’t go two full days between receiving phishing messages
  • More than 50% of phishing messages have the word “invoice” in the subject line
  • 21% of malicious emails carry harmful attachments or phishing-related malware

Given that this data was gathered over 135 million simulations, 800,000 emails and 50,000 actual phishing campaigns targeting companies in 23 industries, the threat is obviously a real one.

Protect your business email with a 6 month FREE Kaspersky trial!

To support remote working in this challenging time, we’re offering 6 months’ FREE protection with the very latest version of Kaspersky Security for Microsoft Office 365. This extends protection for SharePoint Online and Microsoft Teams, securing all collaboration and messaging channels within Microsoft Office 365.

Kaspersky Security for Microsoft Office 365 uses advanced heuristics, machine learning and other next-generation technologies to protect your communication and collaboration processes from ransomware, malicious attachments, spam, phishing (including Business Email Compromise) and unknown threats.

Sign up NOW for a FREE 6-month license and take protecting remote workers off your to-do list.

Why Kaspersky?

  • Prevent threats and keep your business running
  • Endpoint protection from the most tested, most awarded security vendor
  • Protect Windows desktops and file servers, Mac OS workstations, iOS and Android smartphones and tablets
  • Secure Microsoft Office 365 communication and collaboration

Want to find out more?

As Kaspersky Gold Partners, Complete IT Systems can offer you expert advice on the solutions and how they could be effectively deployed in your business.

To find out more please call us on 01274 396 213 or use our contact form and we’ll arrange a good time to call you back.

 

References:

https://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/most-malware-arrives-via-email/d/d-id/1333023

The State of Phishing Defense 2018

Reopening the workplace after COVID-19: A checklist for businesses

As the UK and other countries and cities start to ease lockdown restrictions, this handy checklist for reopening business workplaces can help you jumpstart safe and efficient returns to work, and kick-starting of business.

You and your users have been quarantined in your homes for the past few days weeks months, and now
authorities are looking to lift restrictions and open up. You may be thinking, “We’ll be back soon, and I can get out of this house!” The problem is, if you just pick up and go, and don’t prepare for having people back in the workplace, you may run into issues that could have been easily avoided. So now is the time to prepare.

This checklist is not meant to be an exhaustive list, but it can help provide guidance as you look to reopen. It’s
organised into four sections:

  • People
  • Workplace
  • Technology
  • Your Customers

Every company’s situation is of course unique, but evaluating your plan with these components in mind can help you get organised and anticipate obstacles that may stand in the way.

Extra security layers for collaboration tools

As you can read in the Technology section of the checklist, many users have been using Microsoft Teams for collaborating with colleagues during the lockdown period. Yet one in three users experience data loss in cloud applications like Microsoft Office 365 and Google G Suite.

With more and more businesses now using the Microsoft Office 365 suite of tools, it’s more and more vital to ensure that your data is adequately backed up to avoid accidental loss, or the risk of being held to ransom for your own data.

We’ve pulled together a list of 4 reasons to add an additional layer such as Datto SaaS protection to your organisation’s data, and this video outlines Datto’s SaaS protection services in a little more detail.

Find out more

You can read more about Datto SaaS data protection in this article.

As Datto Partners, Complete IT Systems can offer you expert advice on the solutions and how they could be effectively deployed in your business.

To find out more please call us on 01274 396 213 or use our contact form and we’ll arrange a good time to call you back.

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Help during the COVID-19 crisis

The expert team at Complete IT Systems are publishing a series of guidance and tips to help you and your business through this situation. This covers all aspects of quickly providing safe, comfortable and efficient home offices for your users, including data security, collaboration tools, laptops, desktops, print and consumables, support for critical IT tasks, and more. Click here for our central COVID-19 resource hub.

 

 

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Want to find out more?

Complete IT Systems can offer you expert advice on various homeworking and remote working solutions and how they could be effectively deployed in your business.

To find out more please call us on 01274 396 213 or use our contact form and we’ll arrange a good time to call you back.

Help during the COVID-19 crisis

The expert team at Complete IT Systems are publishing a series of guidance and tips to help you and your business through this situation. This covers all aspects of quickly providing safe, comfortable and efficient home offices for your users, including data security, collaboration tools, laptops, desktops, print and consumables, support for critical IT tasks, and more. Click here for our central COVID-19 resource hub.