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Better Authentication is Always Your Fingertips

Even if you’re doing everything right, business cybersecurity is a challenge. Mistakes are common. Passwords are forgotten, and physical buttons can go missing. That said, there is one form of authentication that you can’t help but have with you: yourself. Biometrics have been experiencing a surge in popularity as a means of authentication. Let’s explore […]

Your Eight-Character Passwords are Truly Obsolete

For literal decades, we heard that a good password required a few key traits to be secure: a capital letter, a number, and eight characters. How times have changed, right? Now, the baseline standards are similar… just multiplied to the nth degree. Let’s discuss why this is, what modern businesses now need to do, and […]

3 Simple Cybersecurity Lessons for the Modern Business Environment

Sometimes the toughest lessons that hurt the most are the ones we need the most, as is the case with anything cybersecurity related. You don’t want to experience a data breach, regardless of how it’s caused, but preventing them is a bit more challenging than you might at first expect. If you want to avoid […]

What to Do Before (And After) a Data Breach

One of the biggest myths out there related to cybersecurity is that criminals only go after the big enterprises. Why should they care about your small operation, anyway? In reality, cybercriminals love to attack small businesses to take advantage of their weaker security infrastructures. If you’re not careful, this could lead to serious losses for […]

Make Your Life Easier with These 3 No-Brainer Managed Services

One of the inevitabilities of starting and operating a successful business is that your IT infrastructure will eventually outgrow itself. While you might have been able to start operations with just a couple of people, the same network that used to work just fine is likely bowing under the stress of additional employees and workstations. […]

There’s a Significant Difference Between AI Tools You Need to Pay Attention To

Not all artificially intelligent tools are built the same. One disparity that can make all the difference is whether a particular tool you and your team use is public or private. Let’s dive into the distinction and why it matters so much.

Why Proactive Monitoring is Your Essential Defense

In IT services, we often use the iceberg analogy to describe the Internet. The Surface Web, the sites you browse daily, is just the 10 percent visible above the waterline. Below that lies the Deep Web,  and at the murky bottom is the Dark Web. For a business owner, the Dark Web isn’t just a […]

The Secret (and Dangerous) Tools Your Team Is Hiding From You

Let’s assume that, as a responsible business owner, you’ve established standard operating procedures for your employees to follow—including the tools they can officially use in the course of their tasks. That said, there is always the chance that someone encountered an issue and independently investigated and “fixed” it. If anyone is using an unapproved tool […]

Don’t Skimp on the Antivirus. Here’s Why

Antivirus is great and all, but it’s important in business to acknowledge that not all solutions you implement are equal. What seems like a good deal could actually put your business at risk. If your antivirus isn’t reliable, you can’t continue with business with the assurance that everything will be okay.
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