According to Cisco’s 2017 Cybersecurity Annual Report, 8 of the 22 organizations surveyed lost up to 20% of their revenue as a result of a data breach. As 2017 sees more work done online, more attacks due to system vulnerabilities are to be expected. This means that business owners need to beef up their security if they want to make it through the year.
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How to strengthen your business’s password policy
Even though it might seem like an insignificant consideration, maintaining a strong company password policy is crucial for every organization -- from government offices to small- and medium-sized businesses.
To many people, passwords feel like an annoyance.
What are the benefits of a RAID configuration for your small- or medium-sized business?
For non-technical people, the first thing that comes to mind when they think about a raid is the pandemonium that ensues following an unexpected attack. However, when it comes to your IT, RAID has a different, less aggressive connotation. RAID is an acronym for Redundant Array of Independent Disks, a method of storing the same data in different places on various hard disks to ensure redundancy in the case of a drive failure.
Why your business needs managed IT services
When it comes to your business's IT, the last thing you want is unreliable support, staggering bills, and mediocre IT. When these variables come together, business owners are forced to ask themselves: Should I continue pouring resources into an in-house IT team, or start investing in a managed IT services provider? Both have distinct pros and cons.
What SMBs should look for in URL filters
If Facebook had to give SMBs and cybercriminals a relationship status, it would definitely be complicated. Hackers relentlessly bombard businesses with numerous types of attacks bent on unleashing chaos. Small- and medium-sized businesses have retaliated with one security measure after another, but there doesn't seem to be a permanent fix.
Is using cloud storage providers safe for your company’s data?
Since the inception of the Internet, the technology industry has been steadily moving away from local storage to remote, server-based storage and processing -- collectively dubbed as the cloud. Take music and movies, for example; we used to play them from local media, but now we stream them from servers across the internet.
Should you be concerned that your baby monitor is a gateway for cyber crime?
Babies are the apples of their parents’ eyes. Hence, it’s no surprise that parents will do everything they can to ensure the safety and well-being of their cherubs. They provide healthy diets, comfortable bassinets, and brain-stimulating toys. And they also use the ever-popular baby monitor to always keep their loved ones safe.
How small businesses should protect their data
Larger corporations have invested time and resources in hiring the best IT professionals for their expertise in data protection. This leaves financially strapped small- and medium-sized businesses wondering if they’d be able to compete. The answer is yes, but only if they know how to utilize the right resources that provide the same kind of protection for a fraction of the price.
How and when should an Exchange-to-Office 365 migration occur?
Unlike birds, small- and medium-sized businesses rarely know -- if ever -- exactly when a migration should occur. Often, business owners question the benefits and importance of migrating from Exchange to Office 365, and because of the back-and-forth, no progress is made.
How organizations can benefit from working with the right technology stack
For poker players, stacks refer to piles of chips. Unfortunately for business owners, stacks don’t have the same leisurely connotation. Technology or solution stacks are sets of software components that compose a logically complete platform for running a service or supporting an application.