by Zach Pettit | May 30, 2017 | Security
The recent burst of damage caused by WannaCrypt, the latest form of ransomware, should demonstrate more clearly than ever how important it is to both keep patched, and periodically upgrade your machines. Quietly, a few weeks before the attack, Microsoft released a...
by Zach Pettit | Jul 21, 2016 | Security
With large security breaches becoming a more consistent phenomenon, many companies are looking for ways to keep from being the next victim. One of the most intense concerns has been unethical employees – a person in a position of trust can do a lot of damage. The...
by Zach Pettit | Jan 20, 2016 | Managed Services, Security
Even perfectly useful software can sometimes hide unexpected packages. While it’s more common among free and repackaged software bundles, even such common and vaunted software as Windows is sometimes packaged with unnecessary programs. The common industry term for...
by Zach Pettit | Jan 5, 2016 | BDR, Managed Services, Security
Data loss is a strange beast- it’s an easy trap to fall into, and a hard one to climb out of. There are criminals who would hold your information hostage, mechanical failures that can ruin your day, and plenty of ways for small mistakes to snowball into costly...
by Zach Pettit | Dec 29, 2015 | Security
With the rise in fraud, many retailers online are taking extra precautions- as they should. There are some ways you can build on this higher baseline to help keep your money in your own hands in a busy day-to-day. Turn on Multi Factor Authentication: Multi Factor...
by Zach Pettit | Dec 22, 2015 | Managed Services, Security
As information security measures become more complex and powerful, many criminals and hackers are taking advantage of other kinds of vulnerabilities in what are known as “social engineering” attacks. If you’ve heard about the rising epidemic of tax fraud, then you’ve...
