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The latest on cyber security, computer support and small business IT from one of New Jersey and New York’s top managed IT service providers.Email Security Basics for Your Business or NonProfit
Here's an article that explains the basics of enterprise-class email security in plain English. Business-class email security should include: advanced phishing protection to protect against impostor email threats; spam and malware filtering; and URL screening to...
Why every business needs a firewall – Phoenix Business Journal
This article spells out in plain English why every business needs a serious firewall. Here are two important takeaways from this article: 1. "60 percent of small businesses don’t survive a cyberattack." 2. "The firewall is not a 'set it and forget it' security system....
Five Reasons Why you Need to Test Your Back-Up Regularly
Trying to manage your own data backup using a "do it yourself" consumer backup service such as Carbonite or Mozy? If you have a backup, but you're not test-restoring at least once per month, then you don’t really have a backup. Here are five reasons why it's so...
Business Email Compromise Attempts Are a Big Problem
According to this article on the Health IT Security web site, business email compromise attempts doubled in 2018. Business email compromise occurs when a hacker attempts to impersonate an employee (usually an executive) in order to request money be transferred from...
Four months to Windows 7 End-of_Life
You may have seen our article a few months ago regarding Windows Microsoft's plans to end support for Windows 7 on January 14th, 2020. This means that security and stability updates will no longer be available for Windows 7 after this time. We're now only four months...
Cybersecurity in Schools: What Families Need to Know | Webroot
This is a very informative article from our partner Webroot on how to keep your kids cyber-secure at school. Source: Cybersecurity in Schools: What Families Need to Know | Webroot
Is My Cell Phone Number Secure?
Have you shared your cell phone number on any web sites? Once it's publicly available, your cell phone number is no longer secure. So you need to stop using SMS authentication for your logins. Instead, consider using an authenticator app like Google Authenticator or...
Ongoing Computer Support: Ten Reasons Why You Need Managed IT Services
The Problem Maybe you run a small business or non-profit that has survived without ongoing IT support. But as you grow, you notice that your IT needs become increasingly complex, and it becomes harder to avoid having it all descend into chaos. You may be at the point...
Be Wary of the Popular Facebook app, FaceApp
Have you downloaded FaceApp recently? The Facebook app has become popular for showing users what they will look like as they age. It was recently exposed for its troubling privacy policy. Now it turns out it collects lists of each user's Facebook friends. As the...
Web Site Security: Checked Yours Lately?
We hear a lot about cyber security as it relates to servers and cloud data storage; but one of the most neglected areas of cyber security is web site security. Too often, after paying to have a great web site designed and uploaded, a company will ignore the ongoing...
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