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“We have antivirus, so we’re covered.”“Hackers only go after large companies.”“That’s IT’s job, not mine.”“If we get hit, our cyber insurance will handle it.” Sound familiar? If so, you’re not alone. These are just a few of the most common cybersecurity myths that businesses continue to believe. And unfortunately, they create a false sense of…
What Every CEO Should Understand About Security
Every CEO Should Define and Manage Risks This whitepaper presents a top-level review of key aspects of cyber resilience for every CEO: information-sharing, planning, skill and the economics of cyber security. We offer a number of recommendations for the private and public sector, urging both to engage in discussion of corporate responsibility and balanced policy…
Dorkbot Botnet Disrupted
The above image is a heat map representing Dorkbot machine detection for the past three months globally. (source: MMPC) Global Operation Takes Down Dorkbot This post summarizes the significant cross-organizational efforts required to disrupt just one family of malware out there. What is Dorkbot? Win32/Dorkbot is an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) botnet. The worm…
Channelnomics Interview: Microsoft in the Cloud Space
Is Microsoft ‘coming back to life’ in cloud space? Channelnomics recently interviewed Cooperative Systems’ Bob DeLisa regarding Microsoft’s current status in the cloud space. Here’s what Bob had to say. — As a Managed Services Provider (MSP) serving local small and medium-sized businesses (SMB’s) our relationships with our customers are personal and connected. We view…
‘Tis the Season for Consumer Scams
10 Tips to Protect Your Assets This Holiday Season With Black Friday and Cyber Monday fast approaching the FBI and the Better Business Bureau released an annual warning to shoppers highlighting some of the consumer scams and threat scenarios shoppers may encounter. We’ve reviewed these and other lists, done the research, and put together…
Setting the Standard in Compliance
A Case Study Highlighting Compliance Excellence Ingram Micro recently featured Cooperative Systems among the top 50 in 2015 on their SMB 500, an annual list recognizing and ranking the top 500 fastest growing Ingram Micro SMB channel partners in the U.S. In conjunction with this achievement, Cooperative Systems has been setting the compliance standard. This…
Cybersecurity for Business: A Teenager Hacked The CIA
You Could Be Hacked, Too With new threats emerging all of the time, it’s no wonder that cybersecurity is such a major part of any technological endeavor. Your should be using the most powerful security solutions on the market in order to avoid intensive hacks. Despite the emphasis that our society places on security, it…
Technology Security for Businesses: Top IT and Technology Best Practices
The Best Practices To Secure Your Business Look no further. Our IT staff has assembled these 5 core recommendations through years of experience supporting bank and credit union IT infrastructure and people. Make it everyone’s business We put this first because we’ve seen too many experts neglect this one or leave it at the end…
IT and Technology for Business: Tip of the Week – Eliminating Distractions
Stop Distracting Yourself In today’s competitive workplace environments, productivity is at a premium and workplace distractions are aplenty. Thanks to our gadgets, the allure of the Internet, and of course having to interact with people, working at the modern office isn’t without it’s fair share of diversions. These hinder productivity. Here are three tips that…
IT Tip of the Week: Do This Before Leaving Your Desk Unattended
We’ve published several blog articles about enterprise security technologies, but it’s equally important to focus on the other side of the security equation and make sure people know how to properly log off, lock, and walk away from their workspace. To that end, even something as seemingly-mundane as forgetting to lock your computer can leave…
2015 Best Place To Work in Connecticut
#3 on the list of Best Places to Work in Connecticut 2015 This tenth annual program was created by the Hartford Business Journal, Best Companies Group and sponsored by Hooker & Holcombe Companies. This survey and awards program was designed to identify, recognize, and honor the best employers in Connecticut, benefiting the state’s economy, workforce,…
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