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Tech Tip: Keep Sensitive Data Off Employee Equipment
June 15, 2020
•By storing any private data that is unencrypted in the cloud, you can immediately revoke access when a device goes missing.
Tech Tip: Change Your Name — And I Don’t Mean the Last One
June 8, 2020
•With the first part of your email addresses easy to figure out, hackers and cybercriminals can get access to other online services and data — or even spoof your email address to others.
Tech Tip: Plan for the Worst and Hope for the Best
June 1, 2020
•As the workplace has gotten more digital, business continuity has had to take into account the immense amount of stress one failing system can impose on the other digital systems your business relies on.
Tech Tip: Don’t Download Anything You’re Not Authorized to Download
May 26, 2020
•The right thing to do is to ask your IT department or provider to assist you by installing a secure, commercial-grade, file-sharing application.
Tech Tip: Do Online Banking? Read This …
May 18, 2020
•Never access your online account with a PC or device that you use to log in to social media sites or free email accounts (like Hotmail) or to surf the web.
Tech Tip: How to Keep Staff From Unintentionally Causing a Security Breach
May 11, 2020
•Once the foundation is in place, the next most important thing you can do is create an Acceptable Use Policy and train your employees on how to use company devices and other security protocols
Tech Tip: Make Phishing Training a Priority
May 4, 2020
•With businesses forced to use technology to support a remote workforce, It becomes extremely important to train your employees to spot phishing attempts.
Tech Tip: If You’ve Ever Said This, You’re Asking to Be Hacked
April 27, 2020
•Half of all cyberattacks are aimed at small businesses because they make themselves low-hanging fruit with sloppy or nonexistent security protocols.
Tech Tip: The Number-One Threat to Your Security Is …
April 20, 2020
•Employees’ actions can subject the company they work for to monetary loss, civil lawsuits, data theft and, yes, criminal charges.
Tech Tip: 3 Rules for Keeping Your Data Safe in the Cloud
April 13, 2020
•Most cloud breaches are due to user error. So it’s important that you, the user, are being smart about security.