Cybersecurity & IT Insights
Three Tools for Long-Term Remote Work
If you felt like you were totally unprepared for the transitions you had to make in the first days of the Coronavirus crisis, don’t feel bad; so was the rest of the world. Hertz went bankrupt 12 days after the CEO described it as an exceptionally resilient company. ...
Facebook Quizzes with Detrimental Consequences
Have you ever been browsing Facebook and seen a quiz encouraging you to answer seemingly innocuous personal questions? Some people also create threads on Facebook or Twitter asking people to answer these questions or quizzes “for fun”: “Who was your first-grade...
Cybersecurity for Remote Work
Whether you call it teleworking or remote work or work from home, more businesses than ever before are having to turn to it during the COVID-19 crisis. Unfortunately, many of those businesses were unprepared to make a quick transition to that way of work and are...
Smartphone Cybersecurity: Don’t Compromise Your Business Data Security
Most businesses of any size have some level of network security in place, especially if they’re heavily regulated or retain sensitive customer data. That’s because most business owners know a fellow owner who has had to deal with the fallout of a business security...
Cybersecurity Implications of Google Business Profile
If you’ve ever searched on Google for a business, you’ve probably seen their business information show up to the right of the search results. As an example, searching for WingSwept returns the box below. GMB, a platform used by Google to display business...
Average Ransomware Payment Doubles in 90 Days
Ransomware might not command the media attention it once did, but that’s not because it’s gotten any less dangerous or expensive. While it’s old news to much of the media, every day it becomes big news to thousands of small business owners. The financial threat is...
Windows 7 is End-of-Life. What Does That Mean?
It’s been all over the news this week that Windows 7 officially reached “end-of-life” on Tuesday. Of course, that doesn’t mean your computer isn’t going to turn on today if you’re running Windows 7. It also doesn’t mean that Microsoft stopped selling Windows 7 this...
Business-Class Computers are Better Computers
Disposable Technology Is Expensive It seems like nothing is built to last anymore. Incandescent bulbs, if you can get them, last around 1,500 hours. But an incandescent light bulb built in the late 1890’s has been turned on for nearly every minute of the last 119...
Who Provides IT Help to Businesses?
Who Provides IT Help to Businesses? If you have more than a handful of employees, the odds are good that you will have to turn to specialists to address your technology needs at some point. Depending on how extensive your technology needs are, you’ll likely...