Information Technology Articles and Resources for Small Business
“As part of our security measures, we deliver appropriate monitoring of transactions and customer to identify unusual or suspicious activity and transactions in the American Express online system. Please review the Suspicious Activity Report document attached to this email.” Every day, people continue to receive bogus email messages worded similar to the one above intended [...]
You or someone in your organization has noticed that the IT systems are behaving strangely. A server continually reboots, unrecognized folders have appeared in strange parts of a computer’s file directory, unauthorized new user accounts have been added to the domain, and so on. There is a very good chance that your IT network has [...]
If your organization has staff that works from home offices, you know that there will always be potential IT security risks-that is, home offices could be your organization’s weakest link in its IT chain. Fortunately, there are ways to mitigate the possible security threats that home offices pose to your organization’s IT infrastructure. In our [...]
“Meet our demands, and we’ll release the hostage.” While that bit of dialogue might sound like a tired line from a B-rated movie-uttered by a husky-voiced man speaking through a handkerchief into the receiver of an old payphone-it is a message that is being received by more and more organizations that have had their information [...]
Has your business’s IT network been exhibiting strange behaviors? Maybe one user’s computer has a newly developed habit of randomly restarting or your entire IT network is operating more slowly than usual.
When your organization needs to have its IT perimeter security tested, it needs to partner with a company that provides penetration testing (pentesting) services. While many companies offer pentesting, your business needs to be sure that it is partnering with a reputable company that has certain qualifications. Critical questions to ask of the pentesting company [...]
Penetration testing, also known as pentesting, is the act of purposely attacking your business’s IT network security to find weaknesses which pose risks.
Microsoft Windows 8 is built around security. From the moment a Windows 8 machine is powered on, integrated security features will protect your business’s IT infrastructure and data. Security Matters Because your business depends upon its IT resources to support its primary business functions, you need to know that both your IT systems and the [...]
Regardless of your business’s size, it is dependent upon a stable networking environment that guarantees access to business critical computing resources whether you are in the office, at home, or somewhere in between.
Small to medium-sized businesses need to be aware of IT security issues regarding hyperlinks. Bob Gaines, security and compliance manager of All Covered, recommends that people be wary of hyperlinks that are sent in emails, because they may link to a malicious website.
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