In June of 2019, the City of Lake City, FL paid $460,000 to a ransomware attacker to regain control over their email and two other servers that had been taken down by ransomware.
Ron Cervantes
How Long Can Your Office Afford to Be Down? (Tips to Avoid Downtime)
Just about every company has experienced some form of downtime. It could be caused by a local power outage that keeps you offline for 30 minutes or a major ransomware attack that makes your files unusable, causing major chaos.
Is It Time to Trade in My On-site File Server for a Cloud Solution Like SharePoint?
Once computers started showing up on company desks, there became a need to connect them all and have a central place for file storage and management. This is why many companies began using local on-site servers.
6 Ways a Password Manager Can Help You Tame Password Chaos & Improve Data Security
Along with computers and technology, passwords have become part of the fabric of our everyday life. We use them to access everything from our bank account to the desktop at our office.
What are the Benefits Upgrading from Office 365 to Microsoft 365?
Office 365 is the most popular cloud platform in the world and has over 180 million monthly active users. While it may have taken a while for this cloud-based version of Microsoft’s Office suite to become the “go to” option for most offices, it’s now fully embraced.
Tips for National Cybersecurity Awareness Month: “OWN IT. SECURE IT. PROTECT IT.”
Cybersecurity is an important part of daily business operations to ensure your data is safe and protected. But for one month of the year, an extra special emphasis is put on cybersecurity awareness to help keep individuals and businesses vigilant about their data security.
How Secure is Your Office 365? Find Out & Fix It with Microsoft Secure Score
Office 365 the most popular cloud platform in the world based upon user count. One of the benefits of the platform is that you have a lot of flexibility for a variety of administrative settings to match your office needs. But, if you’re not careful with the security settings, you could be leaving your business […]
4 Important Data Security Tips to Help Ensure HIPAA Compliance
At the heart of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is the goal to protect personally identifiable information maintained by the health care and health insurance industries and to ensure it’s not breached or misused.
Windows 7 is Losing Vital Security Support! 5 Things You Need to Do by January 2020
Unfortunately, there comes a time when all good operating systems must come to and end, and that time is fast approaching for Windows 7. The OS loses extended support (i.e. is at “end of life”) on January 14, 2020.
Securing Online Accounts with Two-Factor Authentication
Securing Online Accounts with Two-Factor Authentication Look at the list below of online services below. How many do you currently have an active account with? Obviously this isn’t an all inclusive list but it’s enough to get you to consider of all of your online accounts and take action on how you can protect them. […]