Ever wondered how other businesses are saving money with SaaS? What in the heck even is SaaS? Let’s start there. Software as a Service means your employee or business tasks can be made simpler, easier or faster – or automated away from you altogether – by a service online. This can hugely increase employee productivity Read more about Benefits of a SaaSy Business[…]
Have you ever thought of your I.T. as strictly a necessary cost center to reduce downtime and increase productivity? You’re not alone, but it doesn’t have to be just that. Have you considered using I.T. to help you source additional revenue streams that add to your bottom line? In the same way marketing costs can Read more about I.T. Services That Make You Money[…]
Are you currently changing your password from ‘password’ to ‘123456?’ Those are two of the most common passwords of 2017, both therefore very hackable. So how can you keep your mental workload to a minimum while increasing the safety of your banking info or login to a client-facing work website? Complexity Can Be Easy to Read more about My Password Is ‘password’[…]
Have you heard of the Rule of Threes? The data you really can’t lose is called mission critical data, usually client or tax data, and ideally it should be in three places, not just the cloud. If the cloud loses your data by accidentally deleting it or intentionally deleting it because an employee breached their terms of service or actively Read more about Clouds Can Fail: Backing Up a Step[…]
Have you ever had that nightmare where a former employee anonymously posts information left on their phone from when they worked from you? How about the one where they bring a flashdrive in from home and from the instant the computer reads it, your network is never the same? The good news is we have Read more about Device Management and Protection Policies[…]
Have you ever seen VPNFilter installed on your computer? Probably not as unlike most malware you’ll read about, it infects routers. The FBI published on May 29, 2018 that since a half million US routers were infected, all small businesses and home owners should take action: at least reboot if not reset their routers as enough Read more about How to Save Your Router from VPNFilter[…]
Attackers Build Credibility To a skilled social engineer, any unprepared organization is vulnerable. It’s not hard to find information online these days. Directories, manager names, used technologies – these are all available to just about anyone and build an attacker’s credibility. The more familiar an attacker is with how a company operates, the easier it Read more about Social Engineering: Manipulation[…]
Have you ever tried to install some software only to find there are new programs on your computer you don’t recognize? Those Possibly Unwanted Programs or “PUPs” might be Adware that’s trying to sell you a premium version of something or possibly gathering and selling your personal information. Sometimes when downloading a program, if the Read more about PUPs: An Unwanted Litter[…]