Modern businesses are data-driven. Data is a more valuable resource than hardware or software. In the past, businesses used to worry about the physical security of their equipment. Today their primary concern is about preserving their data. Data protection across...
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What is Patch Management, and Why Should You Care?
Businesses depend on the efficiency of their IT infrastructure. Monitoring the infrastructure and keeping everything up to date is a monumental task for any IT department. For smaller businesses with limited resources, this task can feel overwhelming. Patch management...
Why Do Passwords Have to Be So Complicated?
Confused about best practices for passwords? You aren’t alone! As the marketing coordinator of an IT Managed Services Provider, I thought it would be an interesting exercise to step in as a guest writer of our bi-weekly blog. My thought was that I would learn “best...
The Importance of Backup Data Recovery for Your Business
What Is BDR? BDR stands for Backup/Disaster Recovery and refers to the systematic archiving of data that can be retrieved in the event of damage or a loss. You can think of BDR as insurance for your data. And just like with other types of insurance, it’s better to be...
How Secure is My Data on Facebook? An Overview of the Recent Scandals
The recent Facebook and Cambridge Analytica scandal has rocked the digital world. Users are coming to the realization: “There ain’t no such thing as a free lunch.” For the price of liking cat pictures, we have traded our most intimate and private information. A...
Protecting Your Business Against Social Engineering and Cyber Threats
The cost of cyber attacks is rising for small and medium businesses (SMBs). A Kaspersky Lab 2017 survey found that cyber breaches can cost small and medium businesses $177K per incident. In the past, only large corporations had to worry about cyber attacks....
Ransomware Attack Puts School District Under Siege for $10,000
The Leominster Public School District is the latest victim of the growing phenomenon of ransomware. On April 14th, the computer systems of the school district were incapacitated due to an untraceable attack. The attackers were demanding $10,000 to let the school...
How To Protect Yourself from Identity Theft Online
How would you feel if you found out your identity had been stolen? Each year, millions of Americans fall victim to identity theft, and that number has grown steadily over the past 11 years. The impact on victims range anywhere from a slight annoyance to replacing...
6 Tips to Keep Your Data Devices Safe This Summer
It’s summer! Time to take the much-awaited vacation. You’re probably worried about getting your flight and hotel reservations in place, putting your luggage together, and setting up your business email accounts to ‘Out of Office’ mode. However, when you are traveling...
Office 365 Message Encryption with Azure Rights Management
Today security is everyone’s responsibility. If you are a business owner, you need to ensure that all your communication channels are secure. Encryption is a way to improve the security and reliability of your business emails. You can think of encryption as scrambling...