7 Best Specialist Solutions IT Support Firms Offer

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When you first take over the reins of a new business or are trying to bring your long-standing one up to a modern standard; it can be like learning to walk. Technology is changing at a rapid pace, and a new system without expertise or knowledge to run it can seem like a nearly impossible undertaking. It can feel like … Read More

Top 5 Ways Managed IT Service Plans Can Save Your Business Money

In a competitive business world, every manager or owner has to think outside the square to make savings. Profit margins are getting slimmer by the day, and there’s only so many cuts you can make until you’re operating on a shoestring budget. That’s where a managed IT service plan from a reputable firm can be a gamechanger. It benefits almost … Read More

Why You Should Outsource Your Business’ IT Support

For many small and medium-sized businesses, there comes a time when IT problems take over your working week. You can spend more time trying to troubleshoot and maintain your systems than you do on your own job. At that point, you have to ask yourself: should I be outsourcing my Business IT? The answer might be yes. Read on to … Read More

Flipboard suffers data breach, responds expertly

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Data breaches, sad as it is to say, are a part of corporate life now. Despite the best laid intentions (and expertly designed security systems) no system is truly hack proof. As long as humans have logins, there will be vulnerabilities in sensitive systems. That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t do everything in your power to prevent them, obviously, but it … Read More

iSCSI vulnerability reveals another avenue hackers are exploiting

There’s seemingly no end to the avenues for hackers to penetrate protected systems. From simple (yet dishearteningly still effective) email phishing to DDoS overloads to high-complexity malware/ransomware custom-built for specific targets, hackers are becoming ever more effective and creative in gaining access to sensitive systems. But the first line of defense is still your employees, and in a recent snafu, … Read More

The skinny on LockerGoga, a terrifying new ransomware variant

We’ve seen all manner of ransomware in the last decade. From innocuous varieties to the devastating ones, ransomware is one of the largest (and growing) threat vectors for cybersecurity teams (or managed service providers if you outsource that sort of thing). One of the newest iterations on the scene, with a terrifying wrinkle, is called ‘LockerGoga’ — here’s what it … Read More

Triton is the rare malware that can cause physical harm (and even death)

When we think of cyberattacks, we tend to think in digital terms. It’s typically digital tools that gain access to digital systems that hackers then use to their assorted nefarious ends — whether that be ransom, blackmail or anarchic destruction. Often the data stolen is digital itself, the demands are presented digitally, and if assets of one kind or another … Read More

Executive phishing — the newest security threat sweeping the nation

In any enterprise, keeping your team abreast of the newest and most nefarious security threats is paramount to both operations as well as your bottom line. According to IBM’s ‘Cost of Data Breach Study‘, “the global average cost of a data breach is up 6.4 percent over the previous year to $3.86 million. The average cost for each lost or … Read More