The year 2020 brought unprecedented challenges and opportunity for healthcare organizations as they looked to secure their patients, clinicians, care teams, endpoints and data.

The C Spire Business team works hard, and we're excited to announce that we've earned another award from global tech giant Cisco to prove it.

We’ve come to the end of National Cybersecurity Awareness Month. With the sudden and drastic increase in remote work during the COVID-19 pandemic, you need daily, hourly, minute-by-minute efforts to protect your business IP, data and assets. A strong security posture should be at the forefront of your IT strategy.

There is no one-size-fits-all approach or magic bullet to prevent intrusion, but by incorporating some sensible practices into your cybersecurity approach, you can build a framework for protecting your organization’s assets.

While you work to succeed and grow your business during the pandemic, cyberthreats are growing, as well. Cybercriminals are taking advantage of the current climate to better mask their phishing and malware attacks on your critical data.

According to the FBI, attacks related to COVID-19 have increased 400 percent. A recent study shows that 53 percent of U.S. industrial enterprises have seen an increase in cybersecurity threats since onset of the coronavirus pandemic.