Your website generates leads, customers, and revenue. It’s a channel through which the world can discover and engage with your business. You want peace of mind that such a critical part of your business is functioning and accessible to your audience 24/7. It is important to stay on top of security, platform, plugin, and core […]
There are articles released every year about bad password choices that everyday users make, and they make IT Tech’s cringe every time they read them. Why are bad passwords such bad news for IT techs? Simple. As IT experts, it’s their job to ensure the security of the business-related data contained on networks. Best practices […]
Traditional Anti-Virus alone is no longer adequate in protecting your endpoints from the latest online threats. With the emergence of Ransomware and other network cripling threats, it’s become more important than ever to ensure that every facet of your technology infrastructure is protected. The theory of layered security is simple in that a single layer […]
October is Cyber Security Awareness month, an internationally recognized campaign held each October to inform the public of the importance of cyber security. We’ve listed 5 best practices to help keep your business safe…
As more tactics and threats hit the mainstream, it’s more important than ever to ensure your least patcheable resource is secure – your employees.
Over the past year, Ransomware has proven to be an increasingly lucrative business for cyber-criminals and has become very widespread that victims have resorted to paying to get their data back. Recently the Dell Sonicwall Threat Research team has received reports of yet another ransomware called Petya. Petya is no different than standard ransomware, but […]
Most business owners don’t have the time or even the care to think about network security. And why should they? Isn’t that what they pay the “Tech Guy”to care about? Isn’t that what anti-virus is for? The words ‘UTM Appliance’, ‘Endpoint Security’ and ‘AUP’ are all gibberish to most business owners. The reality is unless […]
CryptoWall is a new and highly destructive variant of ransomware. Ransomware is malicious software (malware) that infects your computer and holds your data hostage in exchange for money. Older ransomware used to block access to computers. Newer ransomware, such as CryptoWall, takes your data hostage. With CryptoWall, thieves use asymmetric encryption, where the decryption key […]
Disaster recovery (DR) – a popular term in the IT industry, and an important subject for businesses. How does one explain disaster recovery to an organization without confusing them more than clarifying? Or without boring them? First, there are two critical terms we need to familiarize ourselves with and understand. Recovery Time Objective (RTO): Simply put, […]
You’re kidding yourself if you think that your business website is safe from hackers. They’re not just after the likes of Sony, Home Depot, and other large corporations. In fact small businesses are often the target of cyber attacks more so than large corporations because they don’t have the budget or technical power to prevent […]
We’re not talking about embellishing the truth about the size of that trout you caught. In today’s digital world, phishing is defined as the attempt to acquire sensitive information such as usernames, passwords, and credit card details (and sometimes, indirectly, money) by masquerading as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication. There have been some […]
The Heartbleed virus has been out in the wild for a little over two years now. So why all of the panic all of a sudden? Here’s what you need to know about the latest virus threat to hit mainstream media: What is The Heartbleed Virus? Heartbleed is a security bug or programming error in […]
There are over 500,000 Android-based phones activated daily, making it the best-selling type of smartphone in the world. Which means that the risk for viruses, malware and security breaches are higher than other devices. There are over 1,000 new Android apps added to the marketplace each day, and downloads on the Android Marketplace have reach […]
Every business has critical data that it relies on. Whether it’s accounting files from Simply Accounting or Quickbooks, or client and patient records, to drawings, Word and Excel documents. The bottom line is, your business can’t operate without access to this data. Introducing ‘Partek Protect’ – the affordable, secure, completely manageable online backup solution. Why […]
Okay, I know what you’re saying – What on earth is ‘disaster recovery’? Simply put, disaster recovery are the processes and systems put in place that allow your business (or more specifically its technology), to operate in the event of a disaster or emergency. This ‘disaster’ could include floods, fires, theft, epidemics etc. So why […]
With so much to think about when starting a business, it is little wonder that many start-up businesses often overlook the importance of Computer Security. In fact recently AVG Anti-Virus performed research that identified that as many as 1 in 5 start-up or single-employee businesses are not using any security software at all. We believe, […]
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