Budgeting for IT is now more important than ever. All levels of business now employ some kind of technology which is mission critical. Often times, it is absolutely essential for a company’s commercial success. Therefore, even smaller companies now are finding themselves in a tight situation. Tech support isn’t necessarily cheap, and often times there …
It can be all too compelling to go with a remote tech support team rather than on-site support, especially for a small-medium business. It’s convenient, inexpensive, relatively easy to get in touch, and it kind of works. Technicians as well as service providers have been switching to a more hands-off model. However, for the business …
It’s no longer a matter of if, but when your business will face some kind of disastrous threat. With all the mounting vulnerabilities companies face nowadays, it’s important to have a disaster recovery as a service plan. In the past, it was acceptable and even commonplace to just have all your files backed up on …
Ransomware is quickly becoming one of the most destructive threats on the internet. Therefore, ransomware protection needs to be a bigger part of your security profile. It has the ability to take your business out of commission for days. It’s not just big enterprise that gets hit by these attacks either. In fact, the Ransomware …
If you’ve already made on-hold messages for business, you understand how important it is to optimize time with a captive audience. The job of an on-hold message is to entertain, inform, and possibly enlighten the potential customer regarding your services. These objectives have very limited efficacy when your on-hold message is outdated. Telling people about …
As the cybersecurity world changes and threats mount, companies need to pay more attention to securing themselves. However, this is often seen as an afterthought by many, especially seeing how expensive good tech support can be. With proper budgeting and a logical cybersecurity cost breakdown, you will be able to allocate a reasonable amount to …
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If you’ve been paying attention to recent developments in cybersecurity, you might be asking yourself what is EDR? As remote work and the proliferation of endpoint devices takes place in the office, so do threats. It is now harder than ever to defend yourself from being a victim of ransomware and other malware. Even more …
Phishing is the most prominent and pressing cybersecurity issue at the moment. It’s got nothing to do with a day out on the lake however. What is phishing and how do we spot it? Attacking a system at the hardware level is a cat and mouse game. There are many ways to do this, and …
Managing cyber security threats has become exponentially more challenging over the years. As threats increase, so must our efforts to counter them. In recent days, hackers don’t really care if the victim is an SMB – Small to Medium Business – or a major enterprise, they get hit just the same. It’s more often about …
Especially over the past few decades, hacking has become much more organized and prevalent. Easy access to hacking tools has spurred a wave of data breaches and created many new types of cyber attacks. In addition, the black market for stolen data has grown exponentially. There are brokers strictly for dealing in stolen data on …