As we eagerly await the start of 2021, businesses are getting ready to up their defences to combat cyber threats which have become more complicated and sophisticated than ever. IT security incident management is something every business needs to be familiar with in order to identify and eliminate any potential security threats before they have […]
5 IT Budgeting Best Practices for 2021
Having a keen understanding around where and how to spend your IT budget can not only be a defining moment for your organization as the new year arrives, but also a grave challenge in many ways. For instance, you must fine-tune what you can squeeze out of an already tight budget and yet still have […]
Surf Securely While Staying at Home
Surf Securely While Staying at Home As this COVID-19 crisis drags on, we’ve noticed a few new habits amongst our clients. Some have taken this opportunity to get their business in order and prepare for a resurgence. Some are just gritting their teeth and holding on. Nearly all of them have increased their time on [...]
7 Necessities for a Remote Workforce
7 Necessities for a Remote Workforce Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, many companies are considering work from home options to facilitate social-distancing and keep their workforce healthy. However, it’s not as simple as sending your employees home, firing up personal laptops and getting back to work. Here are seven things you need to have lined [...]
Video Conferencing Etiquette
Video Conferencing Etiquette With Stay Home Orders all over the nation, more people are turning to video conferencing not only for work but also for online courses or just checking in with family and friends. Many video conferencing applications are free and easy to use (for the purposes of this article, we will specifically [...]
Strong, Unique Passwords
Strong, Unique Passwords It used to be that it was normal to have one password that you used for all of your accounts. The only time that we would change that password was when an account forced us to change something, and it was frustrating – “I have to include both a capital and lowercase [...]
Hackers Are Social Engineering While We Are Social Distancing
Hackers Are Social Engineering While We Are Social Distancing It’s tremendously unfortunate that while the world hunkers down to ease the escalation of COVID-19, hackers are taking advantage of the chaos and capitalizing on our need for information. In our haste to learn more, it is easy to forget to check before we click, [...]
Best Practices on Maintaining a Virus Free Computer
Best Practices on Maintaining a Virus Free Computer We've put together a short video covering some of the new ways hackers are trying to access systems and how to avoid them. We hope that you and others at your company find this information useful and that it serves as a reminder to stay vigilant. [...]
12 Tips for Working From Home
12 Tips for Working From Home (WFH) The world is changing! Everyone is on high alert, events are cancelled, and companies are asking their employees to work remotely for the first time. Having work and home in the same space can be a challenge, often one bleeds into the other – your kids are [...]
Cybersecurity Tips for Small Businesses
In a dynamic digital world, security for your small business goes beyond security guards and cameras. It extends into the digital storage and infrastructure of your computer network. According to studies, 22% of small businesses have been the targets of cyberattacks. More alarmingly, only 50% of small businesses report that they could remain profitable for […]