{"id":765,"date":"2017-09-29T11:00:58","date_gmt":"2017-09-29T16:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/flatwatertech.com\/infosys\/?p=765"},"modified":"2017-09-29T11:00:58","modified_gmt":"2017-09-29T16:00:58","slug":"equifax-how-does-it-affect-your-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flatwatertech.com\/cms\/index.php\/2017\/09\/29\/equifax-how-does-it-affect-your-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Equifax – How does it affect your business"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/p>\"\"Unless you have been on a long vacation on the moon, you have heard about the massive Equifax data breach of information of over 143 million consumers.\u00a0 Hackers exploited a vulnerability in some of their website software to get names, birth dates, Social Security numbers and addresses of approximately half of the United States.\n

The worst part of this hacking is it was totally preventable<\/strong>.\u00a0 Hacks like this no matter what vector they take (website, email phishing, etc.) share common properties.\u00a0 There are three security practices you can implement to avoid them.<\/p>\n

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  1. Maintain your systems by keeping updates installed.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. Train your employees.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  3. Work with security vendors to make sure you have the right solutions in place.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Flatwater Technologies partners with many leading vendors to provide security solutions.<\/p>\n

    We us Webroot, Watchguard, Malwarebytes and Virtru to provide front line security to our clients.\u00a0 We also, through our RMM Managed services<\/a>, provide constant patching and reporting for most common operating systems and application software.<\/p>\n

    For more information Contact us<\/a> today.<\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Unless you have been on a long vacation on the moon, you have heard about the massive Equifax data breach of information of over 143 million consumers.\u00a0 Hackers exploited a […]<\/p>\n

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