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Five Ways to Optimize Your Organization’s Password Management

By Lauren Bancroft / January 9, 2024

Digital access relies on passwords as keys, but they are often neglected and left unprotected by users. Unfortunately, not everyone takes the necessary precautions to safeguard their passwords, and the prevalence of online scams surpasses that of physical pickpocketing. Effective password management is imperative for businesses to uphold the security of online accounts and sensitive […]

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Four Ways to Boost Your Password Hygiene

By Lauren Bancroft / January 5, 2024

Securing accounts is part of a comprehensive security strategy, and it all begins with practicing proper password hygiene. Are you using strong, complex passwords that are going to keep your accounts safe? While we always recommend using multiple measures to protect accounts, starting with your passwords can be a good way to build up to

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Six Steps to Safer Business Data

By Lauren Bancroft / December 29, 2023

Ensuring the security of your data is extremely important. If you are a frequent reader of this blog, you know that any unauthorized access to sensitive information can result in severe consequences for your business. The problem is that today’s cybercriminal tactics have become increasingly sophisticated, posing a constant challenge to organizational data security. Today,

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Planning Technology Isn’t Always Easy

By Lauren Bancroft / December 18, 2023

Planning anything is always a grind, and trying to plan the best strategy when you have only a partial understanding of the subject can lead to a lot of waste. Business technology is one of those subjects. Not only do you need to identify what tech will be cost-effective, you need to get a pretty

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With Modern Cybersecurity, Awareness is Everything

By Lauren Bancroft / December 15, 2023

Every organization needs to have a certain level of cybersecurity protection in place. That includes firewalls, antivirus, VPNs, encryption, and centrally managed security policies. Even so, many modern cybercriminals know that businesses have these protections in place, and they are working out ways around them.

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You Should Avoid Being Scammed, But There’s No Shame In It When It Happens

By Lauren Bancroft / December 13, 2023

I recently engaged in a discussion with some of my colleagues about the intersection of cybersecurity and the scams that so many of us deal with every day, like those annoying phone scams. We wound up concluding that it’s valuable to examine these phenomena together. So, let’s do that.

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4 Ways We Can Help Your Business with Network Security

By Lauren Bancroft / December 9, 2023

Security is a hot topic among businesses, especially where technology and data are concerned. If you want to ensure that you are doing all you can to protect the important assets and customer data on your infrastructure, you’ll want to work with a managed service provider who can offer all the services you need to

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State of Maine Hacked, 1.3 Million Citizens’ Information Taken

By Lauren Bancroft / November 24, 2023

The State of Maine in the United States has been the victim of a cyberattack. That’s right, the whole state was hacked by a Russian hacking collective. The state claims that over 1.3 million people’s personal information was compromised via an already known vulnerability in secure transfer service MOVEit Transfer. Unfortunately for the people of

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The VPN Is a Solid Tool for Data Security

By Lauren Bancroft / November 10, 2023

Nowadays, data security, especially on files that are attractive to hackers, has to be a priority. Many businesses have deployed a Virtual Private Network (VPN) to help them improve their data security. If you haven’t, understanding the myriad of benefits that businesses get from deploying a VPN will put in perspective just how useful the

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The Zero-Day Exploit, Explained

By Lauren Bancroft / November 8, 2023

There are malevolent endeavors that happen with the utilization of what are known as “zero-day exploits” that launch attacks on your sensitive data and technological infrastructure. Today, we explain what a zero-day exploit is and why they are such a threat to business.

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