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Strengthen Security and Compliance with Managed Voice Services

Strengthen Security and Compliance with Managed Voice Services Modern businesses face cyber threats that are more prevalent than ever. Hackers are constantly devising new ways to infiltrate networks and steal sensitive information. As a result, businesses of all sizes are increasingly concerned about the security of their communication systems. Traditional

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Physical Security Cybersecurity

Protecting Your Assets: Conducting a Comprehensive Physical Security Cybersecurity Risk Assessment

Protecting Your Assets: Conducting a Comprehensive Physical Security Cybersecurity Risk Assessment Businesses face significant challenges posed by cybersecurity threats. While much of the focus traditionally rests on protecting digital assets from cyberattacks, these threats are not confined to the virtual realm. Cybersecurity risks now extend into the physical world, endangering

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Customer Data Security

Ensuring Customer Data Security at Auto Dealerships

Ensuring Customer Data Security at Auto Dealerships As an auto dealership owner, ensuring the safety of the cars in your lot is a headache that comes with the territory. When you add customer data security, we’re already in migraine territory.  Not only does your business’ success depend on it, but

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Risks and Mitigation of Social Engineering Attacks

Risks and Mitigation of Social Engineering Attacks

Risks and Mitigation of Social Engineering Attacks As active members of a community, we engage with others in different scenarios and for various purposes. However, not every social interaction has positive intentions or leads to beneficial outcomes. Sometimes, our friendliness, need for reciprocity, loyalty, curiosity, or trusting nature can be

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Baiting Attack

The Impact of Bait Attacks on Businesses

The Impact of Bait Attacks on Businesses Even with all the technological advancements in cybersecurity, old-school social engineering tactics like bait attacks, phishing, and pretexting remain the most prominent and devastating threats to business data security.  More than 95% of reported cyberattacks did not require any form of technical sophistication.

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cybersecurity compliance requirements

Professional Services Cybersecurity: Why and How

Professional Services Cybersecurity: Why and How Professional Services Cybersecurity is crucial for professionals like CPAs, doctors, and attorneys due to the sensitive data they handle. This includes financial records, medical histories, and legal information, all of which are extremely important and confidential. This is why cybersecurity professional services have become

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impact of a data breach

Minimizing the Impact of a Data Breach on your Business

Minimizing the Impact of a Data Breach on your Business Data breaches pose a significant threat to organizations worldwide, and the impact of a data breach can be far reaching. They occur when unauthorized individuals access sensitive information, ranging from personal data like Social Security and bank account numbers to

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MSPs and HIPAA Compliance Services

MSPs and HIPAA Compliance Services

MSPs and HIPAA Compliance Services Like any other business, your medical facility depends on information technology. In fact, you can probably think of a long list of ways that you use technology to assist your patients if you take a moment to reflect on them all. But whether or not

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Firewall management tool

Small Business Firewall Management Tool Tips

Small Business Firewall Management Tool Tips Small businesses like yours confront cybersecurity threats every day that jeopardize your networks and confidential data. Implementing firewall management tools and following best practices is a great starting point for protecting your sensitive data.  By implementing firewall management tools, you can safeguard network traffic,

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IT Disaster Recovery

How MSPs Offer Proactivity and Disaster Recovery

How MSPs Offer Proactivity and Disaster Recovery Hiring a managed service provider (MSP) for your IT needs is about more than just putting out fires and helping out whenever you need a moment of their time. Because they take a proactive approach to protecting businesses like yours, MSPs have become

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Why Multi-Factor Authentication Is Important

Why Multi-Factor Authentication Is Important

Why Multi-Factor Authentication Is Important For Your Business As technology and security measures evolve, so do the tactics of hackers and cybercriminals. You’ll need more than just a username and password to protect your business online. Adding Two-Factor authentication (2FA) or Multi-Factor authentication (MFA) is an important step to secure

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