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Cybersecurity Awareness Month Finer Details

Cybersecurity Awareness Month Finer Details

Security Updates Microsoft, Apple, Google, Firefox and numerous other reputable software products release updates regularly to patch identified vulnerabilities and performance issues. Some software addresses updates automatically, but if programs aren’t allowed to...

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Cybersecurity Awareness Month Foundations

Cybersecurity Awareness Month Foundations

Limit Access Physical and digital access to information and tools should be limited to an as-needed basis. Is your CEO’s, Controller’s, HR office open to anyone to rummage through? If so, it’s a disaster waiting to happen. Locks: on doors, windows, drawers and file...

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October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month

October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month

No matter how much people hear about data safety, sloppy cybersecurity is still prevalent. Maybe you and your users are tired of constant reminders and warnings, and it all becomes background noise. However, think about it like driving a car: if you start glossing...

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Data Security and Strategic Planning

Data Security and Strategic Planning

Do you look at the technology you use to run your business as just some reliable piece of invisible infrastructure that hums along in the background? Look at technology from a strategic perspective. What can technology do to support your business in the future? How...

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MSPs let you take care of business

MSPs let you take care of business

Every business relies on technology to function. From simple things like email, VoIP, and hosted applications, all the way to predictive analytics for inventory and sales, technology is at the root of every business. Unfortunately, no matter how much small-to...

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Use your data to drive business growth

Use your data to drive business growth

Smaller firms may hear about the use AI to analyze data and how this is driving the big corporations of the world, but they often don’t realize that they can do the same. The size and age of your business doesn’t have to be a limiting factor in whether you use data....

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Understanding Digital and Physical Attack Surfaces

Understanding Digital and Physical Attack Surfaces

Last week we discussed attack vectors. This week, we’ll delve into attack surfaces to round out your understanding of how security breaches happen and might be mitigated. Attack surfaces encompass the potential avenues that cybercriminals can exploit to compromise...

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Understanding Active and Passive Attack Vectors

Understanding Active and Passive Attack Vectors

Attack vectors refer to a route or technique employed by a hacker to unlawfully infiltrate a network or device to exploit vulnerabilities in the system. Attack vectors are divided into active and passive attacks. Active Attack Vectors Active attack vectors involve...

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