{"id":4455,"date":"2021-06-28T12:23:10","date_gmt":"2021-06-28T12:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cmitsolutions.com\/indianapolis-south\/?p=4455"},"modified":"2023-02-09T16:22:07","modified_gmt":"2023-02-09T22:22:07","slug":"what-does-a-brute-force-attack-mean-for-your-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cmitsolutions.com\/indianapolis-in-1023\/blog\/what-does-a-brute-force-attack-mean-for-your-business\/","title":{"rendered":"What does a brute force attack mean for your business?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Have you heard of a brute force attack? It\u2019s how cybercriminals break into accounts protected by weak passwords.<\/p>\n<p>A brute force attack is when cyber-criminals simply try to guess your passwords\u2026 again, and again, and again\u2026 until they force their way into your system.<\/p>\n<p>They don\u2019t stop until they win. This is why it\u2019s called a brute force attack. And the results can be disastrous.<br \/>\nA successful attack could lead to identity theft, data breaches, or the use of your company emails for scams\u2026<br \/>\nStrong passwords, multi-factor authentication, and limited log-in attempts are just some of the measures your business can put in place to combat the threat.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on how to protect your business from all cyber-crime, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cmitsolutions.com\/indianapolis-south\/contact-us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\">get in touch with us today<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you heard of a brute force attack? It\u2019s how cybercriminals break&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":111,"featured_media":5396,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[28,29,54],"class_list":["post-4455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cmit-indy","tag-cybersecurity","tag-cybersecurity-tips","tag-password-protection"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cmitsolutions.com\/indianapolis-in-1023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4455","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cmitsolutions.com\/indianapolis-in-1023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cmitsolutions.com\/indianapolis-in-1023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cmitsolutions.com\/indianapolis-in-1023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/111"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cmitsolutions.com\/indianapolis-in-1023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4455"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cmitsolutions.com\/indianapolis-in-1023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4455\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cmitsolutions.com\/indianapolis-in-1023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cmitsolutions.com\/indianapolis-in-1023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cmitsolutions.com\/indianapolis-in-1023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cmitsolutions.com\/indianapolis-in-1023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}