Successful businesses in Lancaster, Harrisburg, and York know that their prep work must start today to prevent a data loss disaster tomorrow. It might sound cliché, but proactive maintenance and disaster recovery preparedness are the most efficient way to tackle the latest data breach, malware intrusion, or data storage problem. When anything can happen at any moment—from fires and power outages to theft and human error—most companies can’t afford any amount of data loss—let alone malicious access to their sensitive data for days, weeks, or months at a time.
Cyber Security
Password Etiquette: How to Keep Your Accounts Safer
Your bad password practices are giving hackers the “keys to the kingdom.” Here are our top password etiquette tips to protect your accounts and your business.
4 Must-Do Cybersecurity Steps for Working From Home
Due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, countless businesses have become 100% remote workforces, practically overnight. This sudden change presents a variety of challenges, including how to keep your business data safe while your entire staff is working from home. Here are our top four cybersecurity tips
Coronavirus Phishing Scams: How to Protect Your Business
As the world reels from the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, hackers and scammers are thriving on fears surrounding the virus, creating a new threat for businesses and individuals. Scams and email phishing schemes surrounding the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic have multiplied in recent weeks.
What Windows 7 End of Life (January 2020) Means for Your Business
If you’re still using Windows 7, your PC just became a target. Windows 7 extended support ends as of January 14, 2020, which means that Microsoft will no longer provide technical support, software updates, or security patches.
From The Headlines: Cyberattacks Now Cost Your Business $200K
In late 2019, CNBC.com reported that cyberattacks now cost businesses of all sizes about $200,000 per incident, on average. This represents a dramatic increase in the average cost of a data breach, especially for small to midsize businesses (SMBs).
The True Cost of Spam for Your Company
Spam email is nothing new. We’re all used to receiving spam messages, and having an overflowing junk folder is just part of having an email account. In fact, we may joke about the particularly funny or cringe-worthy spam emails we happen to find when we peruse that junk folder. Luckily, email filtering has gotten pretty good—most of us only see a fraction of the spam that’s sent to us actually make it to our inboxes.
Antivirus Software: Why You Need It & Which One is Best for Your Business
It’s no secret that cybercrime and data breaches are on the rise. As technology continues to evolve and more and more people plug into the digital world, the number of cyber attacks is increasing, and the need for antivirus software is greater than ever.
What is the Dark Web, and Why Should Small Businesses Care?
By now, you have likely heard of the Dark Web. Linked to an ever-expanding list of high profile data breaches, identity theft, and other criminal activity, it’s a trending topic on news reports and technical blogs.
But what is the Dark Web, really? And is it different from the so-called Deep Web?
Are these shadowy corners of the internet something to actually worry about, or is the media making a big deal over nothing?
Because the Dark Web is so misunderstood by average technology users and remains a haven for cybercriminals looking to make a buck off of illegal goods like lists of stolen credit card numbers, it is critical that small business owners and managers understand the threats these criminals pose.
Here are some basics on what you absolutely need to know about the Dark Web and how you can keep your business safe.