It’s easy to shrug off the idea of downtime as something that might happen once in a blue moon. But when it does hit, even a single hour can snowball into thousands of dollars lost, not just in missed income, but also in wasted time, lost trust, and a scramble to recover. Let’s walk through […]
Tackle These Four False Assumptions about Cyber Attackers There’s one big assumption about cyber attackers that we regularly refute: “It can’t happen to me.” At this point, most businesses do recognize the serious nature of the cyberattack threat. Yet other assumptions about cyberattackers may also make your business vulnerable. Educate your employees about these four […]
Don’t Give Up on Password Managers Seeing a major password manager breached, it’s hard not to throw up your hands and say, “it’s helpless.” Still, don’t give up on all password managers. Used properly, they are still better than a password spreadsheet or sticky notes of your credentials. Plus, it’s definitely smarter than reusing the […]
Don’t Fall for Deepfake Voice Scams Deepfake has gone mainstream. You’ve probably seen a movie or TV show with a character complaining about images or videos that look real. You should also be wary of deepfake voice scams. Deepfake is a mashup of the words deep learning and fake. The technology uses artificial intelligence and […]
News of data breaches is all too common. This company apologizes for six million accounts breached. That company acknowledges hackers accessed 35,000 users’ personal identifiable information. But the question that probably matters most: Is your data breached, too? The company should contact you if your information is in a data leak, but you can’t rely […]
You’ve heard it before: no one is immune from cyberattacks. Doubt that statement? The Vatican suffered an attack that prompted it to take its websites offline. Yes, even the Holy See can suffer a Denial of Service (DDoS attack). The November 30, 2022 attack affected the official Vatican.va website. Several other Vatican sites were also […]
Businesses are no longer confusing the cloud with those puffy white things in the sky. For many, the cloud is a backbone business tool. Yet, some worry about storing their data on the Internet using cloud technologies. Consider these approaches to boost business confidence in cloud data security. #1 Encrypt Business Data The cloud is […]
What Happens to Your Data When You Die? Death is a morbid topic most of us try to avoid. Making a will and saying we prefer cremation is the extent of our advance planning. Yet, you may want to also think about what’s going to happen to your data. Consider your digital footprint. You have […]
Office 365 represents a complete shift in the way we interact with modern business computing. If you haven’t been introduced to it yet, now could be the time. Similar to the Microsoft Office desktop package that businesses have relied on for decades; Office 365 does even more to provide the critical tools you need to […]
Security and privacy are at the very top of our priorities when considering business IT. Major data leaks are in mainstream news on a near-daily basis and hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of customers are impacted every time they happen. Our number one goal is to make sure our businesses are kept out of […]