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Enhancing Security Beyond Anti-Virus Measures

Application control represents a strategic approach to bolstering computer security, going beyond the conventional anti-virus methods. It’s a technique centered around explicitly permitting or blocking the execution of applications on a computer system. Contrary to anti-virus software, which relies on definitions and heuristic analysis to judge the nature of code, application control adopts a more direct strategy. It simply disallows

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The Economics of IT Outsourcing When Does it Make Sense for Your Business

The Economics of IT Outsourcing: When Does it Make Sense for Your Business? IT outsourcing has become one of the popular operations for businesses in the last few years. This is owing to the simple idea that any operation that takes away from the core business objective must be outsourced. On the flip side, outsourcing operations can be expensive and

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The Case for Air-Gapped and Immutable Backups in Your Business

The Case for Air-Gapped and Immutable Backups in Your Business Ransomware has become one of the most notorious malware in the last few years, if not the most. Almost no data is safe from it because it accesses company data and encrypts it. Quite often, these attacks are long-drawn and carried out over a period of months, during which the

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Phishing attacks How can small businesses recognize and prevent them

Phishing Attacks: How Can Small Businesses Recognize and Prevent Them? With technological advances, data breaches due to cyber crimes are growing at an alarming rate. Research suggests that in 2023, nearly 95% of companies faced phishing attacks. Cybercriminals try to extract sensitive details from users, such as bank account passwords, credit card details, etc., by posing as legitimate email senders.

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Cybersecurity Insurance What Small Businesses Need to Know

Cybersecurity Insurance: What Businesses Need to Know Cybersecurity is becoming an increasingly important part of businesses, irrespective of their scale. According to a 2022 IBM report, the average cost of a data breach is $9.4 million. So, while one might think that a small business isn’t likely to be the focus of an attack, that would be far from the

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Comprehensive Laptop Buying Guide for Small Businesses

A Laptop Buying Guide for Small Business Laptops are a must-have for even small businesses. That said, you can’t just manage with any laptop. To ensure productivity and efficiency, selecting the appropriate device is important. Read on to delve into the key considerations involved in buying a laptop for your small business. After thoroughly assessing your business needs, check out

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The Hidden Value of Regular Security Audits for Small Businesses

As a small business owner, you might consider whether the cost of a security audit is worth the investment.  However, in 2023, the average cost of data breaches per incident is $4,800,000 in 2023 and is projected to rise to $5,300,000 in 2024.  The year on year rise in costs for breakdown in security can have a major impact on

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How Windows 365 Can Cut Your IT Costs and Boost Security

What if you could know that your systems and data were secure, backed up and available for your use anywhere in the world 24/7/365?     Your up-to-the-minute data securely accessible when meeting clients in Dubai, even though your company is based in Austin.     Windows 365 has turned this from being “someday” into “today.”   Windows 365 is based on

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Cap Ex vs Op Ex: That Is The Question

If your company was to experience a major weather event, resulting in higher than average calls on your existing technology, could your IT cope? Or would it collapse like Southwest Airlines systems did during the 2022 holiday season?  Migrating all your servers and applications to the cloud can provide the reassurance that your applications are robust, secure, up to the

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Why DNS Filtering is important?

Imagine a colleague sends you a seemingly harmless email with a link. That link could be a Trojan horse, harboring malware or phishing scams.   DNS filtering acts as your elite guard, scrutinizing every external link clicked within your network.   It compares each link to a database of known threats, barring the gates against any hidden dangers.   Like

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Why is my laptop screen so dark?

Imagine, you’ve just bought a laptop and you’re excited to take it with you to work outside your local coffee shop on a sunny day, only to find you can’t see a thing on your so-called outstandingly sharp laptop screen and have to return back to the office.   You think to yourself, why did I even buy a laptop

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