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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...
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...
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...
Use an MSP to prepare your business for tomorrow’s market
Many small businesses tend to view an MSP as the local fire truck. Available when an emergency happens, they rush in, put out whatever tech fires broke out, and then leave. This is also known as the "break-fix” approach to technical support. However, an MSP brings...
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...
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....
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...
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...
IT staffing should address risk first and foremost
For any business, but especially a smaller one without deep pockets, the consequences of a natural disaster, human error or cyberattack may mean the end of the business. As a result, when pursuing IT staffing risk evaluation becomes critical. Risk management...
Forego the standard IT staffing models
From the outset, even the smallest start-up is reliant on IT infrastructure. Digital technology cannot be avoided. For small-to-medium-sized businesses, developing and bringing on staff to support that IT infrastructure is often a low priority compared to ramping up...
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