You hear almost every day about big companies that have millions of customer’s information hacked and stolen. There’s Target, Home Depot, and many others. But what about companies that focus on manufacturing? Well, they’re no exception to the rule. Take a look at some...
Data Protection
4 Data Recovery Best Practices Your SMB Needs to Use
You love technology – until it fails. And fail it will! It’s not a matter of if, but when your data storage devices fail. Hard drives all have a certain life, and some time or another, they will fail. You know it’s important to have a data backup plan in place, and...
Does Your IT Support Company Comply With HIPAA?
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] When you store and protect data regarding patient health information, you have to do so according with HIPAA’s strict standards. If you don’t, you could cost yourself $1.5 million per year in fines! At a very general level, HIPAA...
2 Data Security Measures Every Law Firm Must Take
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] As long as 5 years ago, the FBI started warning law firms that hackers specifically target them. At the time, they cited the most common hacking attempt was to use e-mails to access computer networks and steal data. The report also...
5 Awful Data Security Mistakes Manufacturers Make after a Breach
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] I’m sure by now you’ve heard of the Home Depot security breach. If you haven’t, it could be one of the largest of all time, as it may have affected up to 60 million customers (possibly more). Estimates suggest up to $2 - $3 billion...
Rising Costs A Growing IT Security Concern With Data Breaches
The following is a data protection guest post article from Manmohan Hebbar at LockLizard PDF IT Security: Whenever a data breach takes place in an organization, it serves as a cautionary note for other enterprises. IT administrators gather information from such events...
Special Edition: 4-Tips on Data Protection for Manufacturers
Your major competitive advantage versus other manufacturers could be a super-secret proprietary process. Maybe you have customer service methods that are so efficient and pleasing to your customers that you don’t want anyone else finding out. And of course, you don’t...
Heartbleed Bug Still Able To Compromise Data Security on 300K Servers
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Like a flash in the pan, the Heartbleed Bug has faded away from mainstream news to only be whispered by those data security experts assigned to address server security issues for companies. With the lack of any current information...
760 Data Security Reasons to Switch to a New Operating System
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] According to TechTarget's recently posted article "6 Benefits of Migrating to Modern OS's," The Dell SecureWorks Counter Threat Unit (CTU) has catalogued more than 760 vulnerabilities in Windows XP, and predicts “continued discovery...
5 Data Protection Questions (And Answers)
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] What do you know about data protection? Even if you’re just a newbie, that’s okay. Today, we’re going to cover a few common questions small business owners often ask. Here they are in random order: 1. What makes data security so...