Proactive monitoring is becoming a buzzword, selling point, and service that nearly every IT provider should be offering. But what exactly does proactive service mean and what does it do for your business? As a business leader, the last thing you have time for is outages, like: Your network gets interrupted A device crashes [...]
A common issue for many businesses is that budgeting for IT can be a difficult, frustrating task. There are so many unknowns and unpredictable components of running a business. How do you incorporate technology into that blurry picture? Create a roadmap You need to create a roadmap with a long-term view that includes constants [...]
From non-profit protection to ransomware cover-ups, this month’s tech link round-up covers all the things we’ve been reading recently. Are you about to transform your business to digital? Check out the third article. Worried about how all those mobile devices are affecting your company’s security? That’s article 4. And if you’re in Healthcare and you [...]
We’ve discussed the use of strong passwords. We’ve covered the many different cyberattacks that target businesses. Armed with this knowledge, it makes sense to seek out additional ways to prevent financial loss from the damage cyberattacks can cause. Your small business isn’t safe from cybersecurity hacks. In fact, hackers often target smaller companies because [...]
Social engineering is the process of manipulating human emotions to generate a reflex response. This reflex response usually causes someone to overlook obvious clues that they’re being scammed, which is how companies end up with data be held for ransom, viruses attacking their systems, or emails being spammed. You’ve likely heard of at least [...]
From cybersecurity risks to the actual process of switching to the cloud, we’ve scoured the Internet for this month’s link round-up for how to protect your small business from threats and pitfalls in the cyber world. Did you know that not all data should be migrated to the cloud? Or that tailgating isn’t just a term for the pre-football [...]
If you think the biggest threat to your cybersecurity is targeted at your anti-virus, spam filters, and firewalls, you’re wrong. Your biggest threat is all around you. Down the hall. In the office next door. Even at the water cooler. Your biggest threat is your people. While hackers do still try to attack businesses [...]
We’ve talked about creating a Technology Disaster Plan. We’ve provided a guide on how to recover from a physical technology disaster. Now, we’re going to address the importance of having a cybersecurity recovery plan in place. Cybersecurity risks are harder to pin down than other types of business disasters. To quote Mike Osborne, founding [...]
In the era of bring-your-own-devices, companies have a choice to make: Do we provide our own devices for employees to use, or do we let them bring personal devices in for work purposes? But how does a company protect themselves from data leaks, hacks, and other perils that come with multiple access points? Personal [...]
It’s time to turn your attention to mobile devices. With the rise of bring your own device (BYOD), many companies expose themselves to risks they may not be aware exist. What is Bring Your Own Device (BYOD)? Employees utilize personal technology (like phones or tablets) to execute work-related functions. Sometimes, this means accessing confidential, [...]