[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The 4th of May has been celebrated by Star Wars geeks for several decades. When spoken, the date bears a strong resemblance to the saying, "May the Force be with you." This year, there's another holiday worth geeky celebration...
Cyber Security
What Is Cyber Liability Insurance? Do I Need It?
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Cyber Liability Insurance is a service more and more insurers are offering, but is it just a waste of money? The word insurance makes people cringe. It presents the age old dilemma: Are you risk averse enough to pay for something...
Fake Emails to Ignore to Protect Your Cybersecurity
Hackers can be very clever, there's no doubt. They prey on uninformed email and internet users in the hopes of getting their malware into your network. Savvy users can spot the majority of spam emails and pop-ups pretty easily. But, sometimes we all get tricked. Here...
An Easter Malware Warning from Homeland Security
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT), a division of Homeland Security, published an important warning this morning regarding the upcoming holiday weekend and cybersecurity: As the Easter holiday approaches,...
The Key to Preventing Costly Network Downtime
The phrase "downtime" should bring one image to mind: a pile of money burning to ash. That's what network downtime does to your profits, destroys them. It's difficult to fully grasp the total cost of downtime because it's so muliti-faceted. In 2015, downtime was...
[Infographic] The Beastly IT Security Threats – A MUST READ
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Data and IT Security are at the forefront of everyone's concerns these days. The news is overrun with headlines about breaches of corporations that you'd imagine would have tremendous security measures in place, but still fall victim...
Make the Most of Your Shadow… Shadow IT That Is
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Today, shadows are very front of mind. Unfortunately, Punxsutawney Phil saw his, meaning six more weeks of winter. But there's another shadow that we'll be seeing a lot more of in 2017... Shadow IT. Shadow IT refers to IT systems and...
Is Your Data Security Budget a Waste of Money?
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]When you look at your total IT budget, how much is dedicated to data security? Have you increased that budget in the last couple of years? Most companies have in response to the growing number of cybersecurity threats that have...
Data Security Tip: January 28th is National Data Privacy Day
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] In a very interconnected world, it's imperative that we remember to safeguard our data security. The National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA), the organization that heads Cyber Security Awareness month each October, has been leading...
Ransomware: To Pay or Not To Pay?
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] We've talked a lot about ransomware in the last year. Frankly, the whole world has been talking about it as it becomes one of the leading global cybersecurity threats. The biggest problem with this type of malware is the urgency it...