We frequently discuss and stress the importance of protecting your digital assets today. Across the country, this is becoming more important to businesses. Case in point: According to Price Waterhouse Cooper’s June 2021 U.S. Digital Trust Insights Snapshot, “Cyber...
Disasters sometimes strike. They can take on many forms (fire, hurricane, earthquake, theft, etc.) and either be localized or fully global. The COVID-19 Pandemic was one particular example on a global scale, but it's far from the only kind of catastrophic event we...
One of the unvarying truths of the digital world in which all of us–business owners or consumers–operate is that cybercriminals constantly evolve their attacks. This means that the things we used to do for secure access to sensitive account systems like online banking, stock apps, or email accounts usually have to evolve too. One of these evolutionary methods has been two-factor authentication, also known as TFA or 2FA.
As a general rule, digital security—for companies and web-connected organizations of all types—is subject to all sorts of potential threats. These could come from online organized crime, hostile foreign governments, individual hackers, and fraudsters with a penchant for stealing data or funds.
Great Lakes Computer is opening a convenient new location! While the headquarters will remain in Avon, Ohio, we are adding a satellite office near downtown Sandusky. This prime spot will enable us to better serve our traditional business customers in Northwestern...
Many small to medium sized businesses today at some point or another consider IT outsourcing. Gaining access to enterprise level IT support at SMB prices makes a lot of business sense. But, as with any vendor, it's important to find the right Managed Services...
Managed Service Providers (MSPs) are often brought in to handle specific IT tasks that small-and-medium-sized businesses no longer want their IT guy doing in-house, because they aren't the best use of a salaried employee's time. Projects like repetitive monitoring and...
The Great Lakes Computer Security Stack
Conducting a vulnerability assessment is important because the exercise will identify security flaws that exist in your information technology environment before they are discovered by a malicious computer hacker. Once the vulnerabilities are discovered, you can...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] IT maintenance is fundamental for just about every business in today's world. It's important for the most basic reason that IT is an inescapable part of managing even a tiny company, and also for the sake of firm security. The...