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Cybersecurity Awareness Month: How Seeing Yourself in Cyber Can Protect Your Company Against Threats

This year’s National Cybersecurity Awareness Month theme is “See Yourself in Cyber.” The theme focuses on how you can play a key part in cybersecurity. As business owners and employees, cybersecurity should be top of mind year-round. However, Cybersecurity Awareness Month reminds you to take the time to understand your important role in cybersecurity and […]

4 Ways to Improve Business Cybersecurity

Businesses can no longer afford to skimp on cybersecurity services. With data breaches becoming more and more common, it is essential that businesses take steps to protect their networks and data. Here are four ways that businesses can improve their cybersecurity posture. These include enabling multi-factor authentication, keeping your hardware and software updated, training your […]

7 Reasons Your Business Needs Content Filtering

Every business needs an IT strategy that includes virus protection, cloud backup, and content filtering, among other services. For those who aren’t familiar with it, content filtering is the practice of blocking access to content on the web that could be offensive, dangerous, or inappropriate. Families use it to block material unsuitable for children, but […]

How to Prevent Data Breaches

A data breach can be detrimental to businesses, especially when sensitive data is lost or private information is stolen. Companies should do their best to avoid any data breach across their network and devices. There are several critical measures that businesses can take to prevent network security breaches, like content filtering, offsite data backup, and […]

Benefits of Cloud Services

Businesses that use cloud services are much more productive and secure than those that don’t. Utilizing cloud services can help your company in ways you might not have imagined. By keeping data and information stored in the cloud, you allow for ease of access for employees and customers wherever they are, whenever they need to […]

7 Questions You Should Be Asking Your IT Provider

Your IT team is the life force of your company. It keeps the company functioning and allows everyone to communicate and collaborate efficiently. If you don’t have the right IT provider or see signs that it is time to switch IT teams, this chief tech investment can quickly turn into dread.  No matter the size […]

The 10 Most Costly Data Breaches in History

There is very little that sends chills down an executive’s spin faster than the utterance of the two words “data breach.” They understand that the first hard-hitting consequence of a data breach is enormous financial loss. That is typically followed by a devastating strike against the company’s reputation as consumers realize that their sensitive data […]

Phishing, Malware, and Ransomware Oh My

Phishing, malware, and ransomware are different types of data attacks that can affect your systems and devices. Data breaches are serious, primarily when they target your business. There are many ways to prevent malicious software from harming, but first, you must understand how they operate. Malware is short for malicious software, and it’s typically used […]

6 Tips for Businesses New to The Cloud

Running a business through the cloud has become increasingly popular in recent years. The cloud’s modern approach allows businesses to operate in a new, efficient way. Not only does the cloud allow companies to store large amounts of data, it is also a cost effective way to conduct business. There are many advantages to utilizing cloud […]

How Often Should You Perform A Data Backup?

Your company’s data is arguably its most valuable asset. For this reason, learning how often you should perform a data backup should be high on the list of your organization’s security priorities. Making backups is about more than just making a copy of files, it is a safety precaution that could save your company should […]