How many times a day do we hear about "the cloud"? If you have a phone or tablet computer, you're using cloud storage every day! It's the biggest buzzword in the technology world, and many are worried how safe the cloud is with their data. Why it's called the cloud has nothing to do with data zipping through the sky, but from the graphic used in the 1960s that was a picture of a cloud to depict a telephone network. The [...]
Cybersecurity is one of the hottest topics in any business setting. With the massive amounts of data that business have on hand, from financial data to personal employee records, all businesses have to protect themselves from online scams. The threat of online scams is visible every day. We often hear about the large company data breaches such as Marriott and Facebook. But the small and medium businesses are at as much risk. According to Small Business Trends, 43% of all cyber [...]
End of Life for Windows 7 What does End of Life for Windows 7, coming January 14, 2020, mean for your business? In the technology world, End of Life means the end of support for either a piece of hardware or a software program by the creator. The product will continue to work, but the developer will no longer be providing any fixes for security flaws or bugs, nor will their be any improvements made on the product. You [...]
Messy Filing Cabinet If your business is like most, you still rely on paper documents in your day-to-day operations. However, many companies are reaping the benefits of converting these paper documents into digital files and working with them electronically through a document management solution. Are paper documents bogging down your business' workflows and processes, while hampering your regulatory compliance? To determine whether now is the right time for your organization to implement a document management solution, here are some [...]
Data Breach Dangers Data breach dangers are now the reality for businesses! Over the last 30 days, approximately 20 large data breaches have affected people across the United States. Guesstimates put the number affected number of people at anywhere from 100 million to upwards of 1 BILLION. Even at a conservative estimate of 250 million, that means one in eight people in the world could have been affected by one or more of these data breaches. While Marriott [...]
Data Breaches and Dark Web Monitoring In the last two weeks, three large corporations have been victims of data breaches. Just days before Black Friday began, Amazon revealed that an internal technical error breached the names and email addresses of an unknown number of customers. On November 29th, Dunkin Donuts announced that their DD Perks Program experienced a data breach that gave out DD Perks Users usernames, passwords and emails. Finally on November 30th, Marriott announced that its [...]
Windows 7 End of Life As the clock ticks down to the end of extended support for Windows 7, businesses around the world are having to take a long look at their IT environments. Windows 7 still retains the largest share of the operating system market in the business world. Despite being nearly nine years old, 40.88% of all computers are still running Windows 7, the largest share of any operating system on the market. The gap between [...]
Managed IT vs. Break/Fix Managed IT vs. Break/Fix is a question many small and mid-size businesses deal with on a regular basis. All organizations need to make decisions to increase organizational productivity, but also reduce costs whenever possible. When it comes to unexpected issues caused by IT maintenance, is your business prepared to deal with them immediately? Having preventative maintenance and effective disaster avoidance strategies may add expenses to your budget that you hadn't considered, but have you [...]
Dark Web Monitoring Nearly everyone had heard about the Dark Web, and there is a lot of scare tactics out there regarding it. The Dark Web is a part of the internet where criminals can roam free, and much illegal activity takes place there. It is important for you to understand what the dark web is and how it can impact your business. Dark Web - The Basics When you're using a site like Google or LinkedIn, you [...]
Mobile Security October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month. All month long we'll be providing you with resources to keep you and your business safe from hackers, malware, ransomware and the dark web. Today's resource comes from the Department of Homeland Security. Each October they celebrate National Cybersecurity Awareness Month with their Stop. Think. Connect. campaign. Below is a link to a fantastic Mobile Security Tip Card from the Department of Homeland Security. This outstanding resource provides you with the [...]