Business protection
Scam prevention built for owners & teams
Consumer guides protect people. This section protects companies — categorized by industry and by the security gaps criminals exploit most: weak 2FA / MFA, insecure HTTP sites, invoice fraud, and untrained staff. Unfamiliar terms? Open the glossary or hover dotted words.
Test your company’s exposure
Owners and employees: run a 3-minute vulnerability check across MFA, payments, BEC, servers, and staff habits — then get a ranked fix plan.
Security fundamentals every business needs
These gaps make companies easy targets regardless of industry. Start here if you only have 15 minutes.
2FA / MFA for business
Authenticator apps vs SMS, who needs MFA, recovery codes, and why “password only” email gets companies emptied.
Read guide → InfrastructureHTTPS & secure servers
HTTP vs HTTPS, TLS certificates, hosting hygiene, and how insecure sites enable phishing and data theft.
Read guide → Finance & emailBusiness email compromise
CEO fraud, vendor bank-change emails, and wire diversion — the #1 high-dollar scam hitting businesses.
Read guide → PaymentsVendor & invoice fraud
Callback verification, dual control for ACH/wires, and how fake invoices slip past busy AP teams.
Read guide → PeopleEmployee security awareness
Phishing drills, social engineering scripts, USB bait, and a simple onboarding checklist for every hire.
Read guide →By industry
Attackers reuse industry-specific pressure points — payroll, patients, deposits, gift cards, and suppliers. Pick your lane.
Storefront & hospitality fraud
Gift-card mule schemes, QR menu swaps, card skimmers, fake managers, and delivery app account takeovers.
Industry guide → HealthcareClinics & practices
EHR/phishing, fake billing portals, ransomware precursors, and patient-data bait aimed at front-desk staff.
Industry guide → Trades & constructionContractors & suppliers
Fake material invoices, deposit diversion, change-order fraud, and impersonated project managers.
Industry guide → Professional servicesLaw, accounting, agencies
Client fund wires, spoofed partner email, and “urgent closing” payment changes.
See playbook → E-commerceOnline stores
Fake payment gateways, chargeback abuse signals, and lookalike storefront phishing of your brand.
See section → Real estateClosing & escrow fraud
Wire instruction swaps on sales, rental deposits, and title-company impersonation.
See section →Minimum security baseline
If your business has not done these yet, you are running open. Assign an owner for each item this week.
- MFA on email, banking, payroll, and admin panels — prefer authenticator or hardware keys over SMS.
- HTTPS everywhere — no customer or employee login on plain HTTP; renew TLS before expiry.
- Dual control for money movement — two people approve wires/ACH over a set amount.
- Vendor bank-change callback — verify new payment details on a known phone number, never from the email.
- Separate admin accounts — daily work stays on a non-admin user; patch OS and browsers.
- Train every role — front desk, AP, sales, and owners get the same red-flag language.
- Incident contacts ready — bank fraud desk, IT/MSP, counsel, and insurance cyber policy numbers.
- Scan before you act — paste suspicious invoices and “CEO” emails into ScanBeyond first.
Suspicious invoice or “CEO” email?
Paste it into ScanBeyond before anyone wires money or resets a password.
Check scam risk — free