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The Dangers of File Sync Apps

The Dangers of Dropbox and Other File Sync Apps If you’re using a personal Box, Dropbox, OneDrive, Google Drive or other consumer-grade file sync and sharing cloud applications, listen up! These applications pose a huge threat to your company because ...

Update Your Smart Phone

Keep Your Smartphone Up-to-Date Your smartphone might be the most important piece of technology you own. Your life is in there: online banking, getting directions, making payments, private texts, personal photos and calls. That’s why you have to make sure ...

Keeping Your Mobile Phone Secure

10 Tips to Help Keep Your Mobile Phone Secure This week, here are 10 easy tips to mobile phone security: Lock your device with a PIN or password and never leave it unattended in public. Uninstall apps you don’t use. ...

Removing Bloatware

Removing Pre-Installed Bloatware From Your Devices Like it or not, device manufacturers love to fill your brand-new PC, tablet or phone full of “free” applications like games, music and photo apps and more (manufacturers actually get paid to install these ...

Nothing on the Internet is Gone Forever

Nothing on the Internet is Gone Forever There is no Delete button on the Internet, so here are a few things to keep in mind… Even if you keep your social media private, when relationships change, this goes out the ...

Employee Awareness

Protect Your Business: The Importance of Employee Cybersecurity Awareness You! And your employees. Like it or not, human beings are our own worst enemies online, inviting hackers, viruses, data breaches, data loss, etc., through the seemingly innocent actions taken every ...

Consistent Updating and Patching

If You've Installed It, You Must Update It! There are thousands of hackers who get up every morning with one goal in mind: to find a new vulnerability in a commonly installed software (like Adobe, Microsoft Office, Chrome, QuickBooks, etc.) ...

Failover and Fallback

Setting Up Redundancy for Your IT Systems You’ve heard us talk about the importance of having a good backup that is “ransomware-proof,” meaning it cannot be infected if your network is infected. So, the first tip is to make sure ...

Dealing with Lost Devices

What to do if You Lose Your Laptop or Other Device So, you’re in the car on the way home from Starbucks, basking in the glow of consuming your triple-shot, low-foam, extra-hot pumpkin-spice latte, when you suddenly realize your laptop ...

What is the Dark Web

What is the "Dark Web" Anyway? The “dark web” or “deep web” is a part of the World Wide Web we know and love that is accessible only via a special software that allows users and website operators to remain ...

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