Free cybersecurity assessments from RiskRecon,
a Mastercard company, will help small businesses protect their
environments during the COVID-19 crisis
TORONTO, May 11, 2020 /CNW/ - As small businesses across
Canada cope with ongoing social
distancing requirements, many are quickly moving their activities
online and facing greater exposure to cyber threats. To help small
businesses protect their operations, Mastercard today announced
that RiskRecon, a Mastercard company, is providing Canadian small
businesses free cybersecurity assessments through December 31, 2020.
The RiskRecon cyberhealth assessment helps businesses identify
and address potential vulnerabilities in their systems. By
monitoring and catching vulnerabilities early, it enables small
businesses to stay ahead of cyber criminals so they can focus on
growing their business, instead of fighting costly
cyber-attacks.
"Small businesses are the lifeblood of our economy and now, more
than ever, it's vital that they be protected," said Sue Hutchison, senior vice president of Product,
Digital and New Payments for Mastercard in Canada. "Mastercard has a proud history
of supporting small businesses in Canada and we're building on that by providing
free access to the resources small businesses need to safeguard
their systems now, and for the future."
With free access to RiskRecon's 'My Cyber Risk' service and
portal, small businesses will receive continuous cyberhealth
assessments along with actionable recommendations for how to
strengthen their cybersecurity posture. Using passive techniques,
RiskRecon helps enterprise organizations better understand and act
on their enterprise cybersecurity health by continuously
discovering their digital footprint and non-invasively assessing
their security risk posture across 40 security criteria spanning
thousands of security checks.
Small businesses with up to 100 employees can register for this
free offering at https://www.riskrecon.com/offer-canada. This
program is offered at no cost, and no obligation through
December 31, 2020.
This announcement follows similar initiatives by Mastercard to
support Canadian organizations, consumers and small businesses.
Most recently, the company announced that healthcare organizations
in Canada and worldwide will
receive free RiskRecon cybersecurity assessments through
December 31, 2020. Last month,
Mastercard enabled higher contactless limits across Canada as part of its global effort to ensure
consumers, merchants and small businesses have the resources to
safely pay, receive payment, and maintain operations during the
COVID-19 crisis.
About RiskRecon
RiskRecon, a Mastercard company, is
the only continuous vendor monitoring solution that delivers
risk-prioritized action plans custom-tuned to match your risk
priorities. RiskRecon provides the world's easiest path to
understanding and acting on own enterprise and third-party cyber
risk, enabling organizations to efficiently operate scalable,
third-party risk management programs for dramatically better risk
outcomes. Learn more about RiskRecon, request a demo or
visit the website at www.riskrecon.com.
About Mastercard (NYSE: MA), www.mastercard.com
Mastercard is a global technology company in the
payments industry. Our mission is to connect and power an
inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere by
making transactions safe, simple, smart and accessible. Using
secure data and networks, partnerships and passion, our innovations
and solutions help individuals, financial institutions, governments
and businesses realize their greatest potential. Our decency
quotient, or DQ, drives our culture and everything we do inside and
outside of our company. With connections across more than 210
countries and territories, we are building a sustainable world that
unlocks priceless possibilities for all.
SOURCE Mastercard