So you have secured your business. Firewall, VPN for work from home, radius authenticated WiFi or perhaps an RDS gateway for remote desktops. Anti-virus is up to date, patching is top notch, SaaS applications locked up with two-factor authentication. What about educating your workforce? Although Phishing is only the 5th most common primary cause of […]
The management stresses that are pressed upon small business owners during this time of crisis are many fold. How do you keep your business afloat during the crisis that diminishes your ability to react, with your staff either working from home, or limited in their ability to interact with each other and customers. Companies need […]
Many times, we have been contacted by companies that want us to ‘replace our hyper-visor infrastructure’ or ‘update our server infrastructure’ because of perceived issues in performance or user experience. Unfortunately, by bypassing the critical step of a full network and infrastructure assessment, companies miss out on identifying the root cause of security issues and […]
A recent article in the NY Times, highlighted the fact that we have moved away from our phones as the primary mode of interacting with content on the internet, as we sheltered at home. In addition, there has been a huge increase in the use of video chat, including Zoom, Google Classroom and Microsoft Teams, […]
A vulnerability in the Bonjour component in both iTunes and iCloud for Windows was exploited to install malicious applications. Apple has released a patch update for iTunes 12.10.1 and iCloud 7.14, so PC users should check that they have both updates installed. The worst part of this issue is that no anti-virus will catch it […]
Yes, another article on the end of support for Windows 7. We’re now in June, and there is limited time to plan your workstation upgrades and work with your software vendors to upgrade your servers to 2016 or 2019 server. Workstation Roll outs: If your business is still running Windows 7, now, really, now is […]
There are many resources available to help your IT team or outsourced partner meet some of the basic policies to protect your business: A network with a firewall, encrypting data, cyber-security insurance and a next generation AI endpoint protection. But despite these options, over a third of organizations still admit they are unprepared for cyber […]
December 3, the FBI and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued an alert for SamSam ransomware—also known as MSIL/SAMAS.A—after identifying certain cyber threat actors using the ransomware to target industries in the US. SamSam Ransomware: How it Works As explained in the DHS alert, the SamSam actors exploit Windows servers to gain persistent access to […]
Your business, like many companies, have adopted several cloud services, where the price and convenience outweighed the higher cost of hosting the application on your own servers. These services, be they email, documents, applications, databases or other collaboration tools, have broken the tightly guarded walled garden that your IT team has created behind your firewall […]
