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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Many Ohio manufacturers run million-dollar equipment on outdated software. See how to secure production systems without stopping operations or breaking budgets. In this Article: Your Warren manufacturing plant runs million-dollar equipment controlled by software older than your newest employees. The machines work perfectly, production meets targets, and nobody wants to risk disrupting operations by updating
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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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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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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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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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What would you do if every night there was someone trying to break into your house to steal from you, damage your property or harm you in some way? Would you: Call 911 Install better locks or deadbolt Set up security light and cameras Get or update your alarm system Get a gun or personal
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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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Yahoo has had two breaches, one in early 2014 and now one in late 2016. The FBI has now announced that this is the largest breach in cybercrime history, with over ONE BILLION accounts being hacked. How? Apparently, it all started with an unsuspecting “spear phishing” email to a Yahoo employee in early 2014 (read
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Employee action, AKA, human error is to blame for at least 52% of data breaches and hacking events in the United States. secure IT systems are critically important, but what is your company doing to combat the number 1 cause of costly IT system breaches? Fortunately, there is a quick, easy, and inexpensive way to
