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Ukraine-Russia War Cybersecurity Concerns
What steps should small businesses take? The Russian invasion of Ukraine is both bad and sad on many levels, and in many ways. Luckily for us in the United States, other than some inflationary pressures, especially in gas prices, we have largely been unaffected...
The Shift of Workers to Mobile Devices
Workers are replacing PCs with Mobile Devices Twenty years ago, if you wanted to access electronic information you really had two choices, PC or Mac. But today, companies have many more choices – Smart Phones, tablets, Chromebooks, and even Linux desktops. This...
Achilles’ Heel of Small Businesses – Domain Name Registration
Register wisely or pay a heavy cost! You have a great new business idea – it’s going to make you millions! One of the first things you do is register your internet domain name to cement your online identity. You’ll be using that every time you send an email or direct...
BIG Changes in Microsoft/Office 365
Microsoft is making some big changes to its flagship Microsoft/Office 365 Product line pricing and flexibility. And that is happening very soon. Click for more details.
IT vs. Cyber Security vs. Compliance
Most people who own or run a small business tend to lump IT management, cyber security, and technology compliance all into the same bucket. But the truth is these duties are a combination of highly interrelated and built on top of each other, yet somewhat distinct from each other.
Successful Onboarding/Offboarding with IT Integration
A quality IT firm starts with your business needs and processes, and develops technology planning and implementations around those, rather than the other way around. In that way, they can assure that your IT spend is aligned with your business goals and improving your business productivity and profitability. A clear example of that is getting the HR and operations side of your business and IT in sync on your onboarding/offboarding process…
Is Your Surveillance System Making Your Business Insecure?
Good surveillance of your critical areas is essential to strong cyber security. At the least, it can help discourage unwanted behavior. Should that not be enough, surveillance cameras can provide valuable evidence of wrongdoing. But implementing surveillance the wrong way can put your cyber security at much higher risk…
Cyber Liability Insurance 101
The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted everyone in one way or another. If there is one category that most benefited from the pandemic, it’s cybercriminals. That’s why cybercrime has shot up by almost 300% since the start of the pandemic and that’s why you should consider necessary measures to protect your business from malicious cyber players. One of these measures is to have Cyber Liability Insurance….
Zero Trust is the New Network Security Architecture
With the cyberthreat landscape getting more complicated with every passing minute, cybersecurity deserves more attention than ever before. Fully trusting applications, interfaces, networks, devices, traffic and users without authentication is no longer an option. Misjudging and misplacing your trust in a malicious entity can lead to severe breaches that can damage your business. Zero Trust Security practices, however, can go a long way towards helping small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) minimize cybersecurity risks and prevent data breaches. Click to learn more…
CMMC: The new security standard for the DoD (and others?)
If you do anything with Department of Defense (DoD) contracts, you are probably already familiar with the new Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification, or CMMC. By 2026, all new DoD contracts will require all primary and sub-contractors to be CMMC certified. The route to this certification is first through self-certification of National Institute of Standards and Technology standard 800-171. But this requirement may have repercussions far beyond just the DoD contractors.