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Cybersecurity Awareness Month – Importance of Office 365 Backup

We'll begin Week 3 of Cybersecurity Awareness Month by highlighting Office 365 Backup. Do you have control of your Office 365 data, access to all the items you need? The common reaction is, "yes, Microsoft takes care of it all". The misconception that Microsoft fully backups your data on [...]

Cybersecurity Awareness Month – Affordable Threat Detection

Closing out Week 2 of Cybersecurity Awareness Month by highlighting Perch, a community defense platform that allows small and midsize businesses to consume and automate whatever intelligence sources they choose – all without purchasing expensive security tools or increasing staff. It works with all of your existing endpoint protection [...]

Cybersecurity Awareness Month – Employee Training

Kicking off Week 2 of Cybersecurity Awareness Month by highlighting the best way for employees to protect themselves and the company against cyber attacks and threats, Cybersecurity Awareness Training. Despite firewalls and other security software, employees (email) are still the most common entry points for phishers. Through training, staff can [...]

Cybersecurity Awareness Month – 2FA

We are closing out Week 1 (10/5-10/9) of Cybersecurity Awareness Month by highlighting a free tool that drastically reduces your chance of becoming a victim of fraud, data loss and identity theft. Adding just a few extra seconds to your day, 2-Factor Authentication is one of the best ways to [...]

Cybersecurity Awareness Month – Week 1

Welcome to Week 1 of National Cybersecurity Awareness Month! This week (10/5-10/9) we are focusing on steps you can easily implement to Secure your Online Accounts (Password Manager and 2FA). Please review the video and free resources below to better protect your online assets! Week 1 Video - Using [...]

It’s Cybersecurity Awareness Month, Let’s Celebrate!

We're kicking off our favorite month of the year, October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month! The recent shift in work situations presents a number of new challenges when it comes to securing your environment.  Every week throughout the month, we will provide free videos, resources, tools and more to [...]

Smart Security Habits – Physical Safeguards

With digital hacking incidents on the rise, many IT professionals have lost focus on the tried-and-true method of attacking physical security.  Criminals know security professionals put most of their eggs in the cyber basket and will often resort to the old-fashioned break-and-enter attack from inside.  Recently, a flaw was [...]

Smart Workstation Security Habits – End of Day

Now more than ever, adopting everyday practices to secure your workstation should be a priority.  One of the questions we frequently get asked is, what should I be doing with my workstation at the end of the day? What Should You Do? We highly recommend users sign out of [...]

Windows 2008 Update, Reboot Issue

Windows Server 2008 servers will no longer boot if prerequisites aren't installed before applying the out-of-band KB4539602 update released by Microsoft on February 7 to patch a wallpaper bug. After being deployed on machines running Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2, the boot file will be deleted and the [...]

Happy Data Privacy Day!

Let's celebrate Data Privacy Day! It’s a great day to stop and think how your personal information is being used, collected or shared in our growing digital society. We encourage you to take some actionable steps to better protect your data and privacy. Here are some tips to get [...]

By |2020-12-28T13:56:24-05:00January 28th, 2020|Categories: Advisory, News|Tags: , , , |

New Microsoft Vulnerability Announced, Reprieve for Windows 7 Users

Time to patch those systems!  A vulnerability has been discovered in the Microsoft Cryptographic library CRYPT32.DLL, a Windows component that deals with security certificates and cryptographic messaging functions. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow for attackers to compromise trusted network connections using spoofed certificates. This can be used [...]

Privacy vs. Convenience, are Smart Devices Worth the Risk?

Amazon Alexa, Ring doorbell, Nest thermometer – which electronic gift was placed under your tree this holiday season?  As smart devices continue to grow in popularity, how much do we know really about the information that is being collected and who has access to keep it, or more importantly, [...]

By |2020-12-28T13:52:44-05:00January 3rd, 2020|Categories: Advisory, News|Tags: , , , |
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