Smishing: What It Is and How to Avoid It
Smishing: What It Is and How to Avoid It It’s not accurate to say that phishing scams have had their day, and now there’s a new player around. We still need to be vigilant for phishing scams, but today the practice of smishing is on the rise and often harder to identify and avoid. These […]
Recommendations for Hardening Key Management Systems
Recommendations for Hardening Key Management Systems To protect a business from faulty security, there are methods for hardening the security, which means identifying excess network use that could be a threat to the business, and monitoring the security patches. An organization with key management systems easily manages all the cryptographic keys within its cryptosystem. Key […]
Expert Support: What an MSP Can Do for You
Expert Support: What an MSP Can Do for You Many businesses start off self-managing their own IT, and they might actually be fine at the start. However, after a certain point, employing a Managed Services Provider (MSP) to help things along becomes vital to steady growth, and there are a number of factors that can […]
Top Cybersecurity Threats To Be Wary of In 2021
Top Cybersecurity Threats To Be Wary of In 2021 The threat of cyberattacks is prominent not only to individuals, but to businesses as well, especially now. As more people work online, hackers are targeting more businesses, with an increasing number of techniques to circumvent the cybersecurity measures in place. As with any technology, there are […]
Part II: Patch Management
Part II: Patch Management Patch management is a cybersecurity discipline that involves the acquisition, testing, and installation of new codes to administered computer systems. Examples of basic patch management tasks include installing security updates, figuring out which patches are appropriate for specific systems, and performing system installations. It is a vital tool for organizations because […]
Part I: Vulnerability Scanning and Penetration Testing
Part I: Vulnerability Scanning and Penetration Testing A SecurityMetrics study found out that it took about 166 days for attackers to breach an organization after detecting vulnerabilities. Once the attackers managed to compromise the systems, they could harvest sensitive data for about 127 days until those breaches were finally detected. One of the easiest means […]
Securely Switch Your Business Data to the Cloud
Securely Switch Your Business Data to the Cloud For businesses, cloud services are becoming a necessity in the technological world. However, it can be extremely nerve-wracking to transfer your business data and backup to the cloud, especially if you haven’t used it before. With enough companies failing to account for the security implications, and with […]
How MSPs Maintain the Latest Trends in IT Security
How MSPs Maintain the Latest Trends in IT Security The biggest technological threat for decades has been cybersecurity, and it has progressed along with the improvement of technology. Cybercriminals are relentless when it comes to getting through the layers of security that you have put into place to protect your personal, or business information. […]
The Best Ways to Boost Productivity in the Pandemic
The Best Ways to Boost Productivity in the Pandemic The coronavirus pandemic has touched virtually all areas of life, from how we socialize, shop, and of course, work. Indeed, it’s hard to imagine any period of time when the working world has been transformed as rapidly as in 2020. Due to the coronavirus, the […]
Top 5 Threats to Kansas City Businesses
Top 5 Threats to Kansas City Businesses All businesses face threats that could ultimately harm their profit margins, or even force them to shut down for good. But some businesses are at greater risk than others. Take small businesses, for example. Unlike large corporations, smaller enterprises typically don’t have the same level of financial, physical, […]