Security

Businesses Expected to Spend $96 Billion this Year on IT Security

A report by Gartner has provided evidence that security considerations are anticipated to see investments in 2018. So, if you were planning on focusing on your business’ information security this year, you certainly aren’t the only one. An analysis of businesses around the world shows that increasing attention has been devoted to security essentials that have always been given a...

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How to Safely and Securely Dispose of an Old Computer

  • By Rafiq Masri
  • June 29, 2020
  • How To

How long have you been working on the same computer? Depending on your answer, it may be time to replace it with a new model. That’s simple enough (especially with our help), but the question remains: what are you supposed to do with the old one? Believe it or not, there is a very wrong way to dispose of your...

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ALERT: Meltdown/Spectre Vulnerability Can Affect Your Business’ Critical Infrastructure

  • By Rafiq Masri
  • June 29, 2020
  • How To

Intel has had publicity problems in the past, but now things are getting critical. An issue was reported that could potentially cause the processing power of their chips to diminish. What are being known as the Meltdown or Spectre vulnerabilities, have businesses scrambling around looking for ways to protect their data and infrastructure from what is seemingly an oversight that...

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Tip of the Week: How ‘StarWars’ Can Compromise Your Data’s Security

  • By Rafiq Masri
  • June 29, 2020
  • How To

If you think about it, password security is an interesting phenomenon. The odds are that a user knows the importance of using a strong password, as well as the potential consequences of using weak ones. Yet, time after time, people would rather go with passwords that are easy to type and remember, as opposed to adding a few simple security...

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The Right Analogy Makes Hacking Make More Sense

  • By Rafiq Masri
  • June 29, 2020
  • How To

How often have you started to read something you thought may be valuable to you, only to put it down a few moments later, completely lost because of the use of technical language and industry jargon? The IT industry can be especially guilty of this. However, since this is need-to-know information, we’ve decided to go over a few crucial security...

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Are You Prepared for Cyber Threats? Many Businesses Aren’t

  • By Rafiq Masri
  • June 29, 2020
  • How To

With so many breaches showing up in the headlines and their impact being felt across the world, one would think that businesses of all sizes would do more to protect their data against cybersecurity threats. A recent study has shown that this is unfortunately not the case. A Shocking Statistic The study, backed by Microsoft, examined 1,300 businesses in the...

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Watch Out for All Different Kinds of Ransomware

Ransomware has become infamous in the past few years, largely due to its involvement in a growing number of cyberattacks during this time. Of course, not all ransomware works in the same way, and recognizing the difference could prove to be useful. Therefore, we’ve taken a few moments and assembled a brief description of the four most common ransomware varieties....

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Build Your Business a Security Strategy to Be Proud Of

The security of your business’ digital assets is extremely important, which is why it is disheartening when we see so few organizations taking the steps they need to sufficiently protect them. We thought we would go through some practices that will help you protect these assets and start you on your way to developing a security strategy of your own....

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Are You Guilty of These Careless Security Flaws?

Did you know that a surprising number of data breaches are the result of insider threats? Insider threats are defined as data exposure, either malicious by nature or unintentional, that results from the actions of an employee in your workforce. With so many threats out there, it’s easy to forget that some of the most dangerous are right within your...

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What You Need to Know to Manage a Remote Workforce

  • By Rafiq Masri
  • June 29, 2020
  • IT Blog

There are many reasons that your team may want (or need) to work from home, and there are many reasons to allow them to do so. A 2019 survey by OwlLabs indicated that 71 percent of remote workers are happy with their job (as compared to 55 percent of on-site workers); remote workers responded that they are 13   percent more...

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