Demonstrating Compliance with Data Security Regulations Can Be Easy if You’re Prepared
These days, most businesses are subject to data protection laws and compliance regulations of one kind or another. Whether you use credit cards or work in an industry like healthcare or finance, with specific rules about the collection, access and safekeeping of...
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Strengthen Your Passwords and Improve Your Security
If you use the same password for multiple systems –business email, your company’s cloud bookkeeping solution, online shopping etc. – you’re not alone. Even Facebook founder Mark Zuckerburg used that practice. And, in 2016 his LinkedIn credentials were compromised in a...
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Why 2019 was the Worst Year for Cybersecurity
During the first half of 2019, approximately 3,800 data breaches occurred, representing a 54% increase over 2018. Media reports on the most high-profile breaches have instilled a general impression among consumers that is consistent with the facts: in the public’s...
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Why Your Employees Are a Cybersecurity Risk
Companies today collect an enormous range and quantity of personal information from and about their customers. This is a natural consequence of the staggering growth in e-commerce and information-based business services. Even small-town storefronts have more customer...
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What to Do When Your Business Suffers a Network Security Breach
Even when you do everything right with your network security, it’s all too easy to get breached. It just takes one of your employees using their work email address on websites and using that same password to access your network. ADP, Paychex, Gmail, Salesforce,...
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5 Warning Signs of a Phishing Email
Rather than raise awareness, headlines like “85% of large companies have been hacked” often leave small and midsize businesses with the false impression that their size and anonymity will protect them from attack. In fact, not only are small and midsize businesses...
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Security Breaches Aren’t ‘If’ but ‘When’: Your Security Needs to be Managed
Security is not a question of “if” but “when” In the medieval era, kings didn’t plan for “if” their castle would get attacked. They knew it was a matter of “when.” They planned accordingly with both defensive and offensive strategies that protected the perimeter, the...
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There Has Never Been a Better Time to Save Money on Your IT
With Microsoft ending support for Windows 7 and Server 2008 on January 14, 2020, businesses using those systems will need a transition plan to Windows 10, Azure cloud or Server 2019. These transitions will continue to happen periodically – your firm will benefit by...
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The Clock is Ticking: Windows 7 & Server 2008 Are Almost Out of Time
Are You Running Server 2008 or Windows 7? Microsoft cannot maintain every product it has ever released. Support eventually ends, meaning security updates are no longer offered. This end-of-life period will happen for Windows 7 and Server 2008 on January 14, 2020. If...
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How to Beat These 4 Security Threats to Small Business
Security is an ongoing challenge that businesses, regardless of size, want to take action on. Many just don’t know where to start. This can be exacerbated by needing to comply with specific government regulatory requirements – for example: health care providers,...
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