Cybersecurity is never out-of-office: Protecting your business anytime, anywhere

This article warns that cybercriminals—especially ransomware groups—capitalize on holidays, nights, and weekends when organizations are understaffed, citing notable cases (Colonial Pipeline, JBS, Kaseya) and research showing increased out-of-hours attacks. It outlines the business risks of delayed response and recommends practical mitigations, including continuous risk-based patching, MFA and strong passwords, data encryption, BEC controls, supplier assurance, multi-layered security, training, and a tested incident response plan with escalation procedures for out-of-office periods.