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Ransomware Hit a Small Business Near You. Here’s What They Wish They’d Done.

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Ransomware hits small businesses every day, though most cases never go public. Here’s what Northeast Ohio businesses should do to prepare before it happens. It doesn’t make the news. There’s no press conference. The owner just shows up one morning, opens their computer, and sees a message demanding payment to get their files back. Ransomware […]

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What Happens to Your Business Data When an Employee Quits?

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When one of your employees leaves, your important business data can sometimes leave with them. Here’s what’s at risk, and how to best protect what matters. Someone gives their two weeks notice. You’re focused on backfilling the role, redistributing the workload, and keeping things from falling apart. Nobody is thinking about the 14 shared folders,

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The Manufacturing IT Dilemma: Securing Legacy Systems Without Stopping Production

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Why Can’t Some Equipment Be Easily Updated? Walk the floor of almost any Cleveland or Warren manufacturer and you’ll find at least one machine that’s older than half the people running it. The CNC controller still runs an operating system Microsoft stopped supporting years ago. The PLC on the packaging line was installed before smartphones

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How to Stop IT Disasters from Ruining Your Biggest Opportunities

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Stop IT disasters from ruining your biggest business opportunities. See how Cleveland area companies prevent technology failures in their most critical moments. You finally land that dream client meeting. The contract could transform your business. Everything is perfect… Then your server crashes five minutes before the presentation starts. This scenario haunts business owners across our

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How Was The Colonial Pipeline Hacked?

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Are you curious how the largest attack on US energy infrastructure, Colonial Pipeline, was accomplished? It was ENTIRELY and EASILY preventable. The VPN password was compromised or guessed. Lack of preparation and monitoring allowed hackers to gain access to Colonial Pipeline’s systems. Even a basic understanding of cybersecurity best practices would have prevented this whole

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Many More SolarWinds Hacks Waiting To Happen, Are You Safe?

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On December 13, 2020, The Washington Post reported that the substantial FireEye and SolarWinds breach was perpetrated by Russian-baked hackers of Fortune 500 companies and several branches of the US Government, including the U.S. Treasury Department. Sensitive data belonging to as many as 18,000 companies were victims of the same backdoor software that compromised U.S.

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10 New Questions you Need to Ask your IT Service Provider

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Updated December 2022 The technology landscape changes rapidly. Because of that, your IT (Information Technology) Service Provider needs to change with it. In light of the recent cyber-attacks and ransomware, IT provider tools are being used to attack the very clients they are trying to protect. Because your IT Provider has access to ALL your

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WannaCry makes those infected “wanna cry”

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  If you haven’t heard of the new cyber-attack called WannaCry, here’s what you need to know.   On May 12, hackers launched a global ransomware campaign worldwide affecting tens of thousands of corporate and governmental agencies. Fox news reports over 200,000 victims in more than 150 countries by Monday morning. The ransomware encrypts files

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