Security Topics Security Round Up: Exposed Birth Certificates, Smart Locks & More Holiday time, it's the most...potentially dangerous...time of all. From a security stand point, the holiday season introduces a great deal of risk. This time of year is fraught with threats at every turn. These may include credit card theft, insecure websites, phishing emails, data breaches, and
Security Topics Technology Round Up: Office 365 Outage, Apple Settlement & More Keeping up with all the news about technology would be a full time job. From new applications to Ransomware attacks to security breaches, there are an unlimited number of sub-categories within technology to focus on. Even if you were diligently tracking technology news, there could be some recent items you
Security Topics Cybersecurity Awareness Month & Security Round Up In case you have not heard, October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Cybersecurity is an important topic in technology and a part of our everyday lives even if we do not realize it. In general, cybersecurity includes the protection of devices and data from unauthorized access. Attacks may target devices, accounts
Advanced Topics How to Track File Deletions on Windows Server Shares Consolidating documents and files on a server provides many benefits. Servers reduce data duplication, help ensure everyone has access to the most recent versions of files and perhaps most important of all, keeps track of business content. A recent post, 4 Ways to Detect if your Business Benefits from a
Security Topics Security Round Up: Capital One, MoviePass, Apple & More Data breaches and security threats are an all too common part of the news cycle. Over the last few years attacks have ramped up at an alarming rate. The success of attacks, the ability to acquire threats like Ransomware strains combined with the inability of businesses to protect their assets,
Security Topics Why Reusing an Email Password can be Very Costly Passwords are a tricky beast. It is nearly impossible not to have tens and hundreds of local and online accounts requiring passwords. We use passwords to: * Log into devices * Log into communication and software portals * Order physical and digital assets online * Send secure documents to banks and tax preparers * Log
Security Topics Security Round Up: Exposed Records, File Deletion Warnings & More New security threats, breaches and file exposures putting our personal information at risk are consistently released. The general nature of our private information makes it valuable, not only to us, but also to the wrong people. However, there are steps you can take to protect your privacy and data. One
Security Topics Technology Checklist for When Employees Leave your Business Owning a business comes with many responsibilities. One responsibility that must be taken seriously, or you will surely suffer consequences, is how you handle an employee leaving. An employee leaving encompasses many parts of course, including but not limited to: * Printing their last paycheck * Finding someone to cover their duties
Security Topics Security Round Up: WhatsApp, Google & an XP Patch The past few weeks have been fraught with news about security threats putting our information at risk. These threats centered around our data being used in ways we never expected or approved, and vulnerabilities we could never have known existed. Worse yet, some threats created risk without any activity on
Security Topics 4 Single Point of Failure Categories & How to Address Them Whether you own a business, or simply own a computer for personal use, the best way to protect yourself is to be aware of the limitations in your systems. A single user with a laptop and a larger organization with hundreds of endpoints often have more similarities than differences in
Security Topics Windows 7 End of Life is Coming: What you Need to Know - Part 2 Last week in the part 1 of this topic, we covered some of the important things to know about the upcoming end of end of life for Windows 7 [https://eyonic.com/1/?J2]. Extended support for Windows 7, which includes security updates, ends January 14th, 2020. This post continues
Security Topics Windows 7 End of Life is Coming: What you Need to Know - Part 1 There are two important dates that correspond to every Windows operating system released by Microsoft. Those dates are the end of that operating system's: * Mainstream support * Extended support Understanding the differences between these types of support is extremely important to your environment. First, it is important to know
Security Topics Security Round Up: Amazon, Facebook & Ransomware If you are interested or looking for them you can find near daily news articles discussing some form of risk to the security of our private data. This can come in many forms including, but not limited to: * Company data breaches * Ransomware attacks * Phishing schemes * Malware * Companies storing files in
Security Topics It's Consumer Protection Week - Here's 4 Ways to be Safer Online This week is National Consumer Protection week and as while there are many threats to our user data and personal information, there are also a multitude of ways we can protect ourselves. Some examples of best practices are: * Using a credit card rather than debit card - this prevents you
Security Topics Security Round Up: Email, Voicemail & Paycheck Phishing We are barely a month into 2019 but attacks on our data are as prevalent as ever. Threats can come in many forms, including but not limited to: * Company data breaches (which you have no control over) * Hacked user accounts often stemming from weak or commonly used passwords (which we
Security Topics Security Round Up: What Recent Breaches you Should Know It is the start of a new year which means new goals for most people and a fresh way of looking at things. Unfortunately, one thing that did not change with the start of the new year is the threat to your personal information and data. During the last few
