Posts by Dave Scott
How to protect your business against ransomware attacks?
While businesses are prioritizing growth and profitability, hackers are working on extorting your company’s money. Their favorite tool to do so is ransomware. According to Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, “50 to 70% of ransomware attacks were aimed at small and medium-sized companies.” So basically, no business is completely safe from ransomware. What is ransomware? …
Read MoreShould you outsource your company’s cybersecurity?
More than likely, yes. Before we get to the reasons why, let’s just review some recent data on cybersecurity attacks. According to SentinelOne, the leading software provider in threat detection, most small to medium sized businesses (SMB’s) are extremely vulnerable to impending cybersecurity attacks. 32% of SMBs have suffered a cybersecurity attack in the past…
Read MoreWhy cybersecurity is VITAL to protecting cloud services.
A recent 2021 Netskope Cloud and Threat Report raised some eye-opening pieces of research. In 2021, 53% of all web traffic has been cloud-related, which increased the dangers of cyberattacks. It also revealed a 13% malware spike from cloud apps. Ray Canzanese, Netskope Threat Research Director, provided an interesting perspective on this subject. He stated,…
Read MoreTakeaways from the SolarWinds ransomware hacks
In December of 2020, headlines revealed that a major software company, SolarWinds (SW), was hacked in 2019. SW provides a variety of system management tools for network and infrastructure monitoring. The reason this made headlines for multiple reasons. First, SW waited months to reveal they were breached. The hackers got into SolarWinds’ network via malicious code…
Read MoreHow to identify the latest phishing tactics
A recent 2021 phishing study reported that the cost of phishing more than tripled since 2015. The average annual cost of phishing increased from $3.8 million in 2015 to $14.8 million in 2021. Source: Ponemon Institute’s The 2021 Cost of Phishing Study In addition to these rising organizational costs, it also stated that nearly 65,343 wasted…
Read MoreSpringfield Label and Tape Solves Technology Frustrations Through Partnership with Cooperative Systems
Springfield Label and Tape specializes in creating custom labels for a wide variety of clients. They were facing several technology issues that was starting to impact their productivity including help with IT support, internet and network performance, remote work access and cybersecurity. They heard about us and asked for help. How we did it: We installed a…
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