For most executives and business owners, the word “audit”  conjures images of teams of accountants scrutinizing every aspect of a company's financial accounting records. The only benefit gained from such an audit is the satisfaction that some outside entity could not find anything out of order with your company's financial reporting. A cyber security audit, on the other hand, possesses a slightly different and somewhat more beneficial benefit. A cyber security audit takes an objective look at your company's data security as a means to identify possible vulnerabilities. After a cyber security audit, you will have the satisfaction that your company is doing all it can to protect sensitive data and the confidence to insure to your customers and clients that their information is safe.

What Does a Cyber Security Audit Involve?

Cyber security audits are sometimes confused with penetration tests, however to be fair, a cyber audit is far more comprehensive. Penetration tests occur from outside of the network structure and are designed to identify the potential vulnerabilities of network firewalls. Cyber security audits generate site specific assessments of the application of an organization's data security plan. A methodical analysis is performed from within the organization, drawing a conclusion about the present environment that can be compared to data security goals.

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An organization has many public faces, but it seems that one of the most important of them is represented by the web server. The bad news is that they are generally the most targeted and they need to share info about a company without actually giving away the so called store. There are plenty of dangers that surround a company's servers and in the following paragraphs, they will be explained in more detail.

Those unfortunate not having their businesses hosted and managed by highly skilled and trained people in government data centre or places specialized in high availability have plenty to loose.

Threats against Web servers

As previously mentioned, there are many threats that servers are prone to and the majority of them will depend on the environment, operating system and apps people have configured on the system itself. Below, there are some examples of the most common attacks a server may face.

The objective of using emails in a fundraising campaign is to build and nurture strong relationships with prospective donors. Emails are free, and can help you reach more people than traditional campaigns. Here’s how you can optimize your fundraising emails to get the most out of them.

1. Employ Strong Subject Lines

You have three seconds before you lose subscriber’s attention. Use the subject line to grab attention - tease, motivate, entice and hook the reader using terms such as ‘can’t miss’, ‘VIP’, ‘become famous’ and so on. Find out what gets the best response from your target audience.