When he was a boy growing up in the 90s, Danny’s dad ran a small consulting business in town. The firm had about 18 employees working in the office, all of them connected to the same computer system. Dial-up internet was considered a luxury, and one Danny’s father did not provide his firm.
Prepare for the worst and hope for the best. It’s good advice, especially for small businesses trying to keep all facets of their IT infrastructure running like clockwork. But all too often companies keep going on a hope and a prayer without making provisions for potential disasters.
The tech industry is quite dynamic and constantly changing. It goes without saying that cybersecurity tools, and strategies, is constantly evolving as well. Especially with the advent of AI, and 5G, many business decision makers expect huge impacts from these technologies.
If you haven’t moved to the cloud yet, you’re behind the curve. According to the 2019 RightScale State of the Cloud Report from Flexera, 94% of their respondents are already using the cloud. And 69% of respondents use at least one public cloud and one private cloud.
According to cyber security Insiders' 2018 Managed Security Report, 41% of the companies surveyed suffered business disruptions due to a data breach. Furthermore, 18% experienced reduced revenue due to lost business. If your organization finds it challenging to address security-related issues, you are not alone.
You don’t have to be paranoid to believe that your IT infrastructure is vulnerable to attack at any moment -- because it’s true. When it comes to online computing, a fortress mentality will pay you dividends in IT stability and robust protection of services.
Recently, the FBI released an alert warning every business sector about an increase in ransomware attacks. In addition, new McAfee report found that ransomware attacks have doubled in 2019. What is ransomware? It is a form of malware that encrypts your files.
Computers don’t just manage themselves. As sophisticated as they’ve become, they still need a human touch to keep everything running properly. Given time, all IT processes and equipment will fail. Businesses employ managed IT services to fix broken systems and -- more importantly -- to prevent them from breaking in the first place.
Imagine this: you wake up one morning, get your cup of coffee and sit down at the laptop. Like any morning, you open Cincinnati.com to read the front page of the Enquirer, you check your fantasy football lineup, you see what is happening on Facebook. Your friend Mark posted a link to something that apparently has him “ROTFL,” so you click the link and visit the site.
As we enter the new school year, college students all over the country are returning to campus to begin or continue their studies. With so many things on their minds at the beginning of the term – what courses to take, choosing their housing and roommates, adjusting to a new and unfamiliar situation – cybersecurity may not be foremost in their minds.