This week, the US government fell victim to a cyber attack — not for the first time. And just one week earlier, a major cybersecurity and forensics company announced they'd been compromised as well. It’s been a busy week in the cybersecurity industry!

Cybersecurity is a tough risk to quantify (let alone understand) because most business owners and risk managers aren’t experts, and this risk is invisible and incredibly technical.

Sender Policy Framework (SPF) helps servers verify that email messages appearing to come from a particular domain are legitimate.

Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) is the prevailing indicator concerning ransomware claims, and data shows that companies are specifically targeted due to the mere presence of RDP.

Ransomware events are dangerous. While it's best to avoid infections in the first place, the best way to recover from an attack is by having good backups.