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4 Tech Trends Sweeping Small Businesses in 2018
As 2018 takes off for small businesses, the tech landscape is evolving more rapidly than ever before. If tech investment hasn’t yet been on the top of your list, 2018 will be the year you take a closer look at what tech it takes to win in your space. We have narrowed it down to…
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Security Notice: CPU Hardware Vulnerability
As many of you may have seen in the media yesterday or this morning, news has broken of another significant technology-related security concern – CPU architecture flaws dubbed Spectre and Meltdown. As with similar prior events, our team has been monitoring the information coming from a variety of sources, assessing the risk, and preparing next…
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Stay Secure on Cyber Monday
The unofficial launch to the holiday shopping season is just days away. Black Friday will see deals on everything you could need for your gift list. However, if you’re like me, you prefer to skip the lines and the crowds and do you Christmas shopping online. Cyber Monday has been a great way to save…
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Bad Rabbit: The Latest Security Threat
Bad Rabbit is hitting organizations across Russia and Eastern Europe. This is a file-encrypting malware threat that shows up in the form of a phony Adobe Flash update. This ransom note is very similar to Petya, which went around in June. At least three media organizations in Russia have been hit. Bad Rabbit holds data…
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Patching Best Practices
Patches are essential for your cyber security, your performance, and reliability. All platforms release patches with new features and increased security. With as many platforms as the average small business employs, patches can be a lot to keep up with, but they are crucial to maintaining an efficiency and secure network. There are two problems…
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7 Simple Tips to Improve Data Security
Everyone knows security is no joke, but just to put it into perspective, the average cost for a small business that suffers a cyber attack is $9,000, according to the National Small Business Technology Survey. If that sum would threaten your small business, use these 7 simple tips to protect yourself. Antivirus & Antispyware Make…
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More than Storage: Explore the Cloud
The cloud is for more than storage. Although it remains a mystical unknown land to many small business owners, it’s really quite simple. Cloud storage is data stored on the internet in secure locations. On-site data storage is slowly being fazed out as the more agile and reliable cloud storage takes center stage. So what…
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4 Security Vulnerabilities You Aren’t Even Worried About
For your cyber security defenses to be effective, you must be constantly updating and testing your network. Since 71% of cyber attacks target small business, it has never been more important. You must stay vigilant for your cyber security to stay effective and it can be exhausting. There are 4 common vulnerabilities you may not…
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It’s Time to Act on Security
Every day, our clients are asking us questions about cybersecurity. Many questions lately are focused around the same theme – Why the urgency? Why are the solutions that worked before not enough? We understand the confusion. But the answer is relatively simple – the technology landscape has changed dramatically in the last 3 years. The…
