IT Departments Stretched Thin: Try Managed Services
Is your company’s IT department stretched to its limits? Has your company recently expanded and outgrown the capabilities of your in-house IT staff? Are you worried that your employees do not have access to the digital resources they need to perform at their best? If this sounds familiar, then it [...]
BlackCat Ransomware: Here’s What to Know
Ransomware remains a massive cybersecurity challenge for organizations everywhere, with costs expected to rise from $20 billion in 2021 to $265 billion by 2031, according to estimates by Cybersecurity Ventures. This is a significant increase that's affecting nearly every organization worldwide, from the smallest SMB to the largest global enterprise. [...]
The Latest Facebook Phishing Attack: Here’s What to Know
As cyberattacks continue to rise, phishing remains one of the most prevalent ways for attackers to break past small and medium business (SMB) defenses and compromise an organization. According to the Verizon Data Breach Report for 2021, phishing remained the top vector of attack for organizations, present in 36 percent [...]
Report: More than $6.9B Lost to Cyber Crimes in 2021
If you felt like the headlines in 2021 were dominated by cyberattacks and cybercrime, you were right. The data is in, and 2021 was a record year for cybercrime on every front, with $6.9 billion lost to internet crimes during the year, according to the FBI’s 2021 Internet Crime Report [...]
QR Codes: The Risks, Benefits, and Real-World Applications
Over the past two years, we have seen a fast rise in the usage of QR codes to help customers quickly access web pages on the go. This has opened the door for new ways for SMBs to market and share important information and new potential risks for customers. According [...]
What is a Cybersecurity Maturity Model?
Cyberattacks have increased exponentially over the past few months, hitting businesses of all sizes and industries. Damages globally are estimated to have reached $6 trillion in 2021 and are on track to rise to $10.5 trillion by 2025 — a staggering sum. Small and medium businesses (SMBs) have proven particularly [...]
Why Companies Are Moving to a Zero Trust Model of Cyber Security
When it comes to cyber security, one of the biggest buzzwords circulating the market is "Zero Trust." Zero Trust is a principle that starts from an assumption that nothing can be trusted — be it users or devices — and blocks them from network access until they can prove themselves [...]
Plan Your Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2 End of Support Today
As the saying goes, all good things must come to an end. This is true even for systems we use to run business-critical and mission-critical workloads, such as Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2. Microsoft recently announced that it would stop support for older versions of Windows Server, including Windows [...]
Report: Nearly Every Enterprise Hit by Successful Cyber Incident
You only have to turn on the TV or open a newspaper to see that cyberattacks have been on the rise over the last number of years. However, according to a recent report, the impact may be bigger than we even think. According to the Anomaly Cybersecurity Insights Report, which [...]
Log4j Exploit: What SMBs Should Know
At the end of 2021, news emerged of a new vulnerability in Log4j, a Java library that underlies many of the world's applications. Since then, this security flaw has been widely recognized as one of the most potentially dangerous vulnerabilities in history. This vulnerability introduces a new significant risk for [...]
How to Use Video Conferencing to Improve Employee Training
In today’s workplace, more and more is happening over video conferencing tools. While there are many advantages to leveraging video in different functions across the business, employee training has seen increasing benefits. Video conferencing opens a whole new virtual world for employee training. Through video conferencing software, like Zoom or [...]