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October Cyber Security Update
A few years back, one of my daughters who was 8 at the time, while playing an online game was hit with a malware pop up. One of those congratulations - you have won "something too good to be true" messages. The offer was more than her 8-year-old experience could...
How to Reduce the Noise from Your Servers
This popular blog post was originally posted October 21, 2014 One IT problem that you may have heard about is server noise. A server unit is a noisy piece of equipment, because it comes with multiple fans used to keep the machine cool. One big reason why servers are...
Why Cybersecurity Is the Next Best Investment for Your Organization
We can’t believe it’s mid-October here already, but that’s a great time of year because as the year ends, it becomes time to take a look at the following year’s budgets and start deciding what investments your organization is going to make in 2020. The options aren’t...
3 Ways to Ensure Endpoint Security for Remote Workers
It’s 2019, and the idea of “working from home” is becoming increasingly popular. In fact, remote work has grown 159% since 2005, and every year more organizations allow some kind of remote workforce. As the modern business world becomes ever more tech-centric, that’s...
How to Prepare Your Endpoint Security for 2020
It may only be September, but the year is coming to a close - which means it’s time savvy business leaders begin to plan for 2020 and beyond. And one of the most pressing cybersecurity issues that needs to be addressed before the new year is endpoint security. Often...
AI for Cybersecurity
You pretty much still need to be playing Pong to miss the growing cybersecurity challenges organizations face today. As long as there have been data, people have tried to get at and manipulate information that they’re not entitled to. That’s what spying is about....
September Cyber Security Update
Voice phishing is now here. And it costs. Recently, one company’s CEO was out $243,000 after receiving a phone call he believed to be from his boss. The voice – which he recognized – on the line requested funds be sent. Only after sending the funds did the CEO...
The Importance of a Cyber Security Response Plan
In today’s technologically controlled world, a cybersecurity incident at your organization is no longer a case of “if,” but “when.” Threats come in all shapes and sizes today - from trojans and malware, DDoS attacks, phishing schemes and the dreaded ransomware, every...
How to Create a Winning Backup Strategy
Everybody needs backups in place - but a bad backup strategy can make all your efforts nearly useless when the time comes to rely on them. That’s where a good data backup strategy comes into play - which is something every small-and-medium-sized business needs....
August Cyber Security Update
The cost of money is this month's topic Money is certainly always in the news but this month, there are many newsworthy cyber security money topics. I'd like to share some takeaways from the Capital One breach, the QuickBooks hack and related online banking stories....