Best Practices

Tip of the Week: Best Practices for Sharing Your Screen

Tip of the Week: Best Practices for Sharing Your Screen

  • By Rafiq Masri
  • March 21, 2025
  • How To

Just about any collaboration platform these days will allow you to share your screen. The functionality works largely the same, regardless of whether you’re using Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, Zoom, or something else, but we want to cover how to use it on these popular platforms. We’ll assume you’ve already joined a meeting for this article, so let’s get started...

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Create Great Relationships with Your Vendors

Create Great Relationships with Your Vendors

Running a business is like managing a bunch of moving parts with relationships with employees, customers, operations, and, of course, vendors. Vendors supply your business with the products and services that keep things running, but if you’re not careful, those relationships can turn into time and money pits. So, how do you make vendor relationships work in your favor? Here...

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Businesses Need to Focus on Protecting Customer Data

Businesses Need to Focus on Protecting Customer Data

Cybersecurity is a major issue for every for-profit, non-profit, and individual out there. There are near-constant threats coming at you every day, and if you don’t take this particular threat seriously, you will likely have a tough go of it if you want to use the Internet or online resources. The fact is that people absolutely need to be sure...

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Look Out for Scams This Tax Season

Look Out for Scams This Tax Season

  • By Rafiq Masri
  • February 21, 2025
  • Security

Tax season is coming, at least in the United States, and while it’s not the most exciting time of the year, it’s important nonetheless. Hackers know this, too, so you might get some unsolicited text messages or emails claiming to be the Internal Revenue Service. Today, we want to highlight the importance of awareness this tax season, and what you...

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Windows Offers Lots of Accessibility Functions and Shortcuts

Windows Offers Lots of Accessibility Functions and Shortcuts

Accessibility is a crucial but often underappreciated aspect of modern life… particularly in the workplace and the technology enabling any work that needs to be done. Fortunately, the Windows OS has quite a few features intended to boost its accessibility baked in. Let’s review some of them so you know what’s available to you. (more…)

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Working with a Security Professional is the Best Decision You Can Make

Working with a Security Professional is the Best Decision You Can Make

  • By Rafiq Masri
  • December 23, 2024
  • Security

One of the most challenging parts of running a modern business is securing it from today’s growing list of threats. If you don’t take cybersecurity seriously, there is a real risk that your business will be the next local or national headline about the dangers of cybersecurity issues. One of the easiest ways to prevent yourself from becoming another statistic...

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What is Zero-Trust, and Where Did It Come From?

What is Zero-Trust, and Where Did It Come From?

  • By Rafiq Masri
  • December 6, 2024
  • Security

Zero-trust is a data protection method that's becoming very popular in the tech world. It’s one of the best ways to keep your business safe from hackers. Let’s discuss how zero-trust started and why it’s important today. (more…)

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Do Any of These Cybersecurity Basics Sound Familiar? (They Should!)

Do Any of These Cybersecurity Basics Sound Familiar? (They Should!)

  • By Rafiq Masri
  • December 2, 2024
  • Security

While there are plenty of cybersecurity protections for your business’ technology, it is just as critical that you and your team are prepared to stay as secure as possible. To accomplish this, we wanted to share a collection of cybersecurity basics to get you started on the right foot. (more…)

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How to Prioritize Individual Data Privacy in Business and Life

How to Prioritize Individual Data Privacy in Business and Life

  • By Rafiq Masri
  • November 25, 2024
  • Security

Data privacy is no laughing matter, and the more people learn about it, the more seriously they tend to take it. It’s quite common for you to face privacy threats in day-to-day life. Today, we want to look at some of the concerns that everyday users should be aware of with data privacy and what you can do to keep...

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Four Hints that an Email Is Actually a Phishing Attack

Four Hints that an Email Is Actually a Phishing Attack

  • By Rafiq Masri
  • November 6, 2024
  • Security

While now may not be the most dangerous time to run a business, it is arguably a contender. Businesses are more reliant on digital technology than ever, meaning that these businesses also have to deal with more threats than ever. One such threat: the phishing scam. (more…)

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