This year, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) predicts up to four unusually active hurricanes. With that in mind, there’s no better time to test your disaster recovery (DR) plan. But to avoid data loss and expensive downtime from such catastrophes, there are several things that need to be accounted for. The NOAA forecasts […]
DR tips for hurricane season
How to optimize website images for SEO
Search engine optimization (SEO) is one of the most difficult and frustrating aspects of running a modern business. Web services and platforms that provide automated SEO reports like WordPress, Google and Raven tools tend to oversimplify their advice. If you’re trying to change your results from red to green, you might need to look more […]
4 HIPAA protections against ransomware
Keeping up with HIPAA regulations may be a pain for most healthcare institutions, but it does provide guidelines on how to protect your organization from devastating cyberattacks. That said, following HIPAA rules may be your best shot in fending off ransomware like WannaCry. For those who don’t know, WannaCry was first discovered in the UK. […]
Bluesnarfing: what you need to know
When buying a technological device today, whether it’s a smartphone, a speaker, a keyboard or a smart watch, one of things people look for is Bluetooth compatibility. And who could blame them when Bluetooth has become a ubiquitous feature of technology that everyone can’t live without. But just like any technology, convenience can quickly turn […]
6 Android O changes you must know
At the moment, Google’s upcoming operating system, Android O, has been released as a beta test for developers and is still a work in progress. Many are debating whether the successor to Nougat will be named Oreo when released. What we do know for sure is that the latest OS features extended battery life and […]
The Role of Mobile Technology in Law Firms and the Need for Managed Services in West Palm Beach
Managed services in West Palm Beach are increasingly gaining popularity in law firms. Attorneys can now talk to colleagues or clients, perform legal research, access work email away from their offices via tablets, smartphones, or laptops. Although attorneys incorporate remote work or mobile devices into their legal practices, the gadgets they use, their Internet options, the apps they access, software tools, and their security procedures prove that there is still more room for the legal world to expand its mobile technology use.
IT Services in Palm Beach Can Help Protect Against Common IT Threats
Knowing What to Protect Against
IT services in Palm Beach will be most effective in a security sense should it identify primary threats and work to neutralize them. To that end, four primary areas where businesses often miss the mark on this include:
Insufficiently informed security attitudes
Lack of knowledge pertaining to ransomware attacks
Uninformed (or careless) employees compromising operations
Poor password management (or none at all)
Insufficient Security Attitudes
Your employees need to have a perspective of operations which regards security much the way the Pentagon did in the first Mission: Impossible film.
NSA to secure phones with virtualization
Corporate smartphones and tablets store a significant amount of valuable data. Combine that with their mobile nature and they’re particularly vulnerable to being compromised or stolen. Everyone, including the National Security Agency (NSA), is looking for the next big thing in mobile security, and it might just be virtualization. US government approved The NSA maintains […]
Alexa devices to become extension phones
Alexa, Amazon’s counterpart to Microsoft’s Cortana and Apple’s Siri, is an intelligent personal assistant that can perform various tasks for its ‘master.’ Based on a recently released patent, the eCommerce company is set to reveal a wireless phone system powered by this artificial intelligence (AI) technology. Here’s what you need to know. How it works […]
Data loss prevention tips for Office 365
Office 365 is a complete cloud solution that allows you to store thousands of files and collaborate on them, too. In addition to its productivity features, Office 365 comes with security and compliance solutions that will help businesses avoid the crushing financial and legal repercussions of data loss. However, even with its comprehensive security tools, […]