Bad security practices are a huge cause of data theft, especially for small and medium-sized businesses. Protecting your company’s data is crucial to your security, productivity, and profits. Improper security also allows potential threats into your network that can cost you time and money.

Do you know the last time your network had a deep analysis? If you’re like most business owners, the answer is probably never. In our 20 years of supporting networks for small businesses, we’ve seen that most IT departments don’t change out their hardware until there’s a failure – and even then, they do the bare minimum.

Let’s explore the connection between these two topics and how mastering one problem can help manage the other.

It’s known as many things – HTTPS, the lock icon in the address bar, an encrypted website connection.  Although it was once reserved primarily for passwords and other sensitive data, the entire web is gradually leaving HTTP behind and switching to HTTPS. So what does it mean?

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Managing the security of your mobile devices is about overseeing the way users on all devices – from laptops to internet connected printers – view, share and store sensitive information.

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Technology occupies a large place in our lives and businesses now but the demand grows with each passing year.  Annual advancements in computers, phones, tablets, POS systems, cloud storage, data backup, software and much more creates an ever-changing list of IT possibilities.

Many companies have an incident response plan that may look great on paper but they have not tested the execution. Key stakeholders must agree on the strategy, evolve it over time and be able to implement it confidently during an incident.

As with all of Microsoft’s operating systems, Mainstream and Extended Support is by Microsoft for a period of time. Microsoft calls its products “End of Life” when the Extended Support period comes to an end.

Despite concerns about Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) security risks, employees over the past years have enjoyed the multiple benefits of BYOD.  Employers are unlikely to ever stop staff from bringing their own devices to work or using them remotely for work purposes.

At the most basic level, a phishing scam involves sending fraudulent emails that appear to be from a reputable person or company, with the goal of deceiving recipients into either clicking on a malicious link or downloading an infected attachment, usually to steal financial or confidential information.