Learning Center: Videos
Our Learning Center Video Library is designed to provide answers to questions that we are most frequently asked. Since we have so many videos, we have separated them out into categories to help you navigate to the video that will best answer your questions. We also have a search feature on each page.
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What is Social Engineering?
Social engineering is a type of cyberattack that relies on psychological manipulation rather than advanced hacking tools. Hackers use these tactics to trick individuals into revealing sensitive information. This video explains how social engineering works, common tactics used by attackers, and why business owners should care.
Is Cloud Data Backed Up? | Understanding Cloud Data Protection
In this video, we explore the difference between cloud redundancy and traditional backups. Cloud providers like Microsoft, Google, and Amazon use redundancy to store your data across multiple servers and locations, protecting it from hardware failures and technical issues. But redundancy alone doesn’t equate to a full backup.
What Are The Different Types of MFA?
In today's digital landscape, securing sensitive information is more crucial than ever. You've likely heard the term "Multifactor Authentication" (MFA) multiple times, but what exactly does it mean, and why is it so important? In this video, we break down the different types of MFA—knowledge, possession, inherence, and location.
What is Business Email Compromise (BEC)?
In this video, we explore Business Email Compromise (BEC), a modern-day digital con game posing a significant risk to organizations of all sizes. Learn how cybercriminals gain access to corporate email accounts and use them to conduct unauthorized transactions or extract sensitive information.
Microsoft Outage Linked to CrowdStrike Update: Global Impact Explained
Discover the details behind the recent Microsoft outage linked to a CrowdStrike update. Bob Coppedge, CEO of Simplex-IT, breaks down the global impact, affecting airlines, businesses, and emergency services. Learn what this outage means for your organization and the steps you need to take to stay protected.
What is a Secure Email Gateway?
A Secure Email Gateway is a specialized software solution designed to monitor, filter, and protect email traffic entering and leaving an organization's ecosystem. It serves as a virtual checkpoint, sorting through every email to identify and neutralize potential threats before they reach their intended recipients.
What Is Microsoft Security Copilot?
Microsoft Security Copilot is a generative AI-powered security solution. It provides tailored insights that empower your team to defend your network. It also works with other Microsoft security products. Microsoft Security Copilot helps security teams respond to cyber threats, process signals, and assess risk exposure.
What is the Difference Between WPA, WPA2, and WPA3?
In the ever-evolving world of technology, securing our wireless networks is crucial to protecting our data and privacy. If you've ever wondered about those cryptic acronyms like WPA, WPA2, and WPA3, this video is here to help you understand the basics of wireless security.
Are QR Codes Safe? Tips for Using Them Securely
QR codes are everywhere nowadays, right? You see them on menus, posters, flyers—pretty much everywhere. They're super handy too! Just whip out your phone, snap a pic, and bam! You're directed to a link, a discount, or even a video. But hold up, there's a sneaky side to these little squares.
What is Firmware?
Ever received a "Firmware update available" notification and wondered what you're actually updating? In this video, we break down the concept of firmware, the unsung hero embedded in our devices. Firmware is a specialized type of software embedded in hardware devices, dictating how they function.
What is Network Monitoring?
Network monitoring is the process of observing and analyzing the traffic and behavior of computer networks to ensure they are performing optimally and securely. They make sure everything is in order and there are no suspicious activities or potential threats.
What is DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM)?
DKIM, DomainKeys Identified Mail, is used to authenticate an email. It uses a digital signature to let the email recipient know the message and content of the email was authorized by the domain owner. How does DKIM work? Actually it's fairly complicated in terms of generating public and private keys in order to verify the content of your email.
What is Sender Policy Framework or SPF?
Sender Policy Framework (SPF) is an email authentication protocol designed to prevent email spoofing and spam. It restricts who can use an organization's domain as the sender of the email. In most phishing attacks, threat actors usually spoof the sender's email address to look official. SPF prevents that from being received.
What is DMARC?
DMARC, Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting & Conformance, is an email security protocol that verifies email senders by building on the DNS services and the SPF, and DKIM protocols. It was created to block the threat of email spoofing, domain spoofing, email phishing, business email compromise, and other email-based attacks.
What is DMARC the Simplified Version?
Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting & Conformance. It’s actually a 4 letter acronym that really takes advantage of a 3 letter and a 4 letter acronym, SPF (Sender Policy Framework) and DKIM (DomainKeys Identified Mail). So together we have an 11 letter acronym. And if you want emails from your company to be safely delivered, better pay attention.
What is an Insider Threat?
An insider threat refers to the risk or potential harm posed to an organization's data, systems, or security by individuals who have authorized access to the organization's resources. These individuals could be current/ former employees, contractors, or business partners…