{"id":4247,"date":"2021-02-01T07:49:15","date_gmt":"2021-02-01T12:49:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.exchangedefender.com\/blog\/?p=4247"},"modified":"2021-02-01T11:36:16","modified_gmt":"2021-02-01T16:36:16","slug":"cybersecurity-challenges-facing-our-nation-in-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.exchangedefender.com\/blog\/2021\/02\/cybersecurity-challenges-facing-our-nation-in-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Cybersecurity challenges facing our nation in 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"536\" src=\"https:\/\/www.exchangedefender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Copy-of-Untitled-20-1024x536.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.exchangedefender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Copy-of-Untitled-20-1024x536.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.exchangedefender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Copy-of-Untitled-20-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/www.exchangedefender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Copy-of-Untitled-20-768x402.png 768w, https:\/\/www.exchangedefender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Copy-of-Untitled-20.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The 2020 Covid-19 pandemic and recent presidential election turmoil notwithstanding, cybersecurity remains one of the most non-political, bi-partisan challenges facing our nation in 2021. It doesn\u2019t matter if you are a government organization or a private sector company, a non-profit or a for-profit, a Fortune 500 or an unfortunate 5000, everyone is being challenged daily to deal with the fervent bombardment of cybersecurity attacks on governments, businesses, and ordinary people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>While we\u2019ve been on the cyber-defensive with nation-state, and high level cyber-criminals for decades, the executive branch of the federal government\u2019s response has wobbled, staggered, and lurched in spastic fits that has essentially paralyzed any consistent national direction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p> Most critical of all, there has been no clear guidance to the nation on exactly what is the federal government\u2019s role in cybersecurity. Twenty years ago, dealing with foreign attacks were the sole responsibility of the federal government. Today, every private sector company, big and small, and every government organization\u2014federal, state and local\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/markweatherford\/2021\/01\/25\/the-biden-administrations-cybersecurity-opportunity-and-obligation\/?sh=2082e7a52c2a\">find themselves outmatched and under-resourced<\/a> in an unfair battle defending themselves against nations and organizations with far more dedicated assets.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>As overwhelming as these new trends may be, there are steps to mitigate some of the financial challenges SMB\u2019s are facing.&nbsp; Companies can invest in an <a href=\"https:\/\/exchangedefender.com\/advanced-email-security\">affordable email protection<\/a> in conjunction with sound business practices without breaking the bank. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cybersecurity tips for 2021<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Try reducing your organizations reliance solely on passwords and add Multi-factor authentication to ensure only authorized users gain access. Introduce technical <a href=\"https:\/\/exchangedefender.com\/advanced-email-security\">security solutions<\/a> with the use of \u201cthrottling&#8221; or account lock outs. Ensure that all corporate web applications require authentication use HTTPS.\u00a0 Enlist a password management software, such a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wrkoo.com\">WRKOO<\/a> or other secure storage.\u00a0 \u00a0Implement a disaster recovery plan that includes email continuity.  ExchangeDefender offers Email outage protection that is flexible to fit you company\u2019s needs. The service is quick and easy to setup. There are no software installations, and no manual switches. The easy part is that there is no management or maintenance required. ExchangeDefender\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/exchangedefender.com\/live-archive\">Live Archive<\/a> solution is designed to keep your organization in business whenever a disaster strikes. It provides continuous email communications regardless of internal network outages. Our service helps businesses preserve their brand and reputation while ensuring a reliable email continuity plan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":50,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.exchangedefender.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.exchangedefender.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.exchangedefender.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.exchangedefender.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/50"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.exchangedefender.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4247"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.exchangedefender.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4247\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4260,"href":"https:\/\/www.exchangedefender.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4247\/revisions\/4260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.exchangedefender.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.exchangedefender.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.exchangedefender.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}