Identity Theft is mainstream according to Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office
There is an interesting article on NOLA.com today that paints a grim picture about your data finding its way onto the dark web. “While it’s true that there’s little you can do to prevent your personal data from ending on the dark web or remove it, once it’s there you can limit the damage, investigators […]
Fixing Your Weakest Link: Your Employees
your employees will still be the biggest vulnerability in your organization when it comes to phishing
How to Spot A Phishing Attack
How to Spot A Phishing Attack Would you know if you were the subject of a phishing attack? Many people claim that they’d be able to tell right away if they received an email from an illegitimate source. If that were the case, there wouldn’t be 1.5 million new phishing websites every month. A 65% increase in […]
What Is Phishing & How Are Hackers Using It?
What Is Phishing & How Are Hackers Using It? While the number of people falling for sending personal information to the crown prince of Nigeria in hopes of receiving his promised wealth and riches seems to be dropping, phishing remains a major issue. In fact, the number of phishing campaigns pursued by hackers around the […]
What is Managed Services
Managed services is a term that makes absolutely no sense—unless you’re in the IT industry. So, for those of us who don’t know what it means or why it’s important, let’s get right to it. Managed services is fully outsourced IT that takes care of all the headaches you normally associate with technology. Basically, if […]
How Much Time Do Your Employees Waste?
How Much Time Do Your Employees Waste? Very few employees can honestly say they spend the entirety of their workday actually working. Whether it’s the 15 minutes you spend making your coffee in the morning or the 10 minutes catching up on Facebook after lunch, the occasional work break is inevitable. A recent study showed […]
Conserving Bandwidth without Inciting Mutiny
Conserving Bandwidth without Inciting Mutiny In the past two blogs, we’ve covered two of the biggest productivity crushers in your office: bandwidth hogs and time wasters. Today, we’ll move on to fixing the problem, conserving bandwidth so that your employees can get down to business. Forewarning: this will be a bit of a tricky topic […]
To Renew or Not Renew, That Is the Question
To Renew or Not Renew, That Is the Question You’re prepared, at least mentally, to begin your migration to Windows 10 because you’ve read What Does Windows End of Life Mean to My Business? and Getting Ahead of Windows End of Life. Is your hardware ready, though? How you handle your IT (on your own, […]
Getting Ahead of Windows End of Life
Getting Ahead of Windows End of Life With Windows 7 end of life quickly approaching, it’s time to start thinking about what needs to be done to prepare. Technically, regular Windows 7 support has been dead since 2015, however, the extended support period is over January 2020, which means no more updates or security patches. […]
What Does Windows End of Life Mean to my Business?
You’ve all heard the panic. Windows is cutting off support for its widely popular version 7 software. January 14, 2020 will officially mark Windows 7 End of Life. Many companies have used Windows 7 since it launched in 2009 and are still actively using it today. So, what’s the big deal? Can you just stick […]