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Software Downloads: An Underestimated Risk for SMEs
Long confined to pirated software, the issue of uncontrolled downloads is taking on a new dimension. Between counterfeit vendor websites, free tools found on Google and applications installed without validation, IT managers are facing an issue that is as much about governance as it is about cybersecurity.
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Vulnerability Scanning or Penetration Testing: A Question of Cyber Maturity More Than Budget
With cyberattacks on the rise, more and more businesses are seeking to assess their level of exposure. But when it comes to testing their security, confusion often persists between two very different approaches: vulnerability scanning and penetration testing. While both methods share the same goal, they do not answer the same questions and are not necessarily aimed at the same organisations.
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Is Your Domain Really Protected Against Email Spoofing?
Most businesses regard their internet domain as a strategic asset. Yet in many cases, it remains technically possible for a third party to send emails that appear to come from the business itself. To limit this risk, three mechanisms are now considered standard: SPF, DKIM and DMARC. Their adoption is growing, but their configuration often remains incomplete.
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Microsoft Teams Is Becoming a New Playground for Social Engineering
Cybersecurity researchers have documented several campaigns in which attackers impersonate IT support technicians directly in Microsoft Teams. While the technique is not new in principle, it marks a notable shift in intrusion methods: cybercriminals are now moving into the collaboration tools businesses use every day rather than relying exclusively on email. [cybersecur...tydive.com], [cyberpress.org]
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Do Permanent Administrator Rights Still Have a Place in Swiss SMEs?
While SMEs invest in ever more sophisticated cybersecurity solutions, some of the most effective measures remain surprisingly simple. Managing user privileges is one of them. Inherited from a time when autonomy came before security, the permanent administrator account is now being called into question by the rise in cyberattacks and evolving IT governance best practices.
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Shadow AI: Have Businesses Already Lost Control of Their AI Usage?
As generative artificial intelligence becomes part of everyday work, its actual adoption often moves faster than internal policies. Between productivity gains, personal accounts and unapproved extensions, IT departments must now govern a technology that is already widely adopted.
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Generative AI in Business: What Uploading a File Really Reveals
Using AI assistants to analyse documents is becoming commonplace in Swiss businesses. Behind the time savings lie questions of confidentiality, transparency and accountability that organisations can no longer leave to individual users.
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Shadow AI: The Silent Risk Behind the Adoption of Artificial Intelligence in Business
Generative AI has become part of employees’ daily work in just a few months. Behind this enthusiasm, a phenomenon is growing that is still widely underestimated: Shadow AI.
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Corporate cybersecurity: the 5 false certainties that expose sensitive professions
Law firm, trust company, private clinic, private bank, international NGO: in the professions we support every day in French-speaking Switzerland, data is not a simple IT asset…
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Hostpoint accelerates on file transfer with File Express, between sovereignty and security
In a digital landscape where data exchanges are exploding, file transfer is establishing itself as a strategic service, well beyond its utilitarian function. It is in this context that…
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"Don't touch that": Why legacy technical debt is one of the biggest risks in your server room
The most dangerous sentence in a server room is often: "Don't touch that."
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MFA is a strong lock — but it's not the whole door
Multi-factor authentication (MFA) is a strong lock on the front door. But it's not the only thing that determines whether someone can access your systems.
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Clean Desk 2.0: why physical habits remain a cybersecurity issue in 2026
In the traditional office, a Clean Desk policy relied on simple discipline: shred sensitive documents, lock them away and never leave passwords visible.
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Why your SaaS exit strategy is more critical than ever in 2026
When you first sign up for a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform, everything is designed to feel simple and seamless. At AWSMTECH (Switzerland) LTD, we see this every day with small and medium-sized organisations…
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