Phishing Threats: What Small Businesses Need to Know

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Phishing remains one of the most prevalent and damaging cybersecurity threats facing small businesses today. While it often masquerades as a minor inconvenience, the consequences of a successful phishing attack can be severe, ranging from financial loss and reputational damage to serious data breaches. At Ashdown Solutions, we work closely with small and medium-sized businesses […]

How Fast Could Your Business Be Breached?

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How fast could your business be breached? Find out with a human risk report If a cyber criminal set sights on your business today, how much time do you think it would take them to dupe an unwitting employee into handing over sensitive information?   A day? A week? A month?   With user-targeted attacks […]

10 Steps to Prevent a Data Breach

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Prevent data breaches before they happen! Protect your business with strong passwords, updates, encryption, and training. Stay secure—act now!

People: the Biggest Insider Threat to Your Business?

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Why are humans the biggest insider threat to your business? Employees have long been viewed as the ‘weakest link’ in a business’s cyber security chain and, with human error still being the number one cause of data breaches, that unwanted title can still be applied to many businesses today.   But what can make employees […]

5 Common Cyber Threats in 2025

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In 2025, cyber threats are in almost every nook and corner. They might be with the intent to destroy computers, steal data, or take money. Understanding what they are and how protection against them works will come in handy. What Are the Most Common Cyber Threats? They come in so many forms, some old, some […]