Compliance with industry regulations is crucial for the success and longevity for any 'high trust" SMB. Not only can failing to comply with these regulations result in fines and legal penalties, but it can also damage a company's reputation and harm its relationships with customers...
In today's increasingly digital workplace, SMBs (and especially those in 'high trust' sectors) must be prepared for potential IT disasters that could distract from their day-to-day operations. Having a comprehensive IT disaster recovery plan in place can help an organization minimize the impact of these events...
Small and midsized businesses have an increasingly large number of ‘behind the curtain’ plates they must keep spinning just to support their underlying businesses. From managing finances and hiring staff, to marketing and sales, there are any number of tasks associated with the running of...
Onboarding and off-boarding employees can pose IT challenges for any small or mid-sized business, but particularly those in 'high-trust' sectors, where the company - and therefore, its employees - are responsible for sensitive data and information. For law firms, financial services providers, accounting firms and the...
Today's law firms are under constant pressure to do more with less. They are being asked to both increase their billable hours and operate more efficiently and effectively. To give themselves the advantage they will need to accomplish this challenge, many forward-leaning firms are turning...
During the past decade, the cloud services industry has experienced mind-boggling growth. For example, Amazon's AWS cloud service has experienced approximately 2000% growth in the past 8 years. Microsoft and Google, who round out the big three cloud providers, have experienced similar growth rates. AWS Cloud...
The websites and online services you interact with on a daily basis store sensitive personal information. But sometimes you or the service can accidentally leak this data, leading to some severe personal consequences. That's why it's imperative to protect your data as much as possible...
Some forms of cyber crime are strictly technical, with hackers holed up in basements running cracking programs against popular software packages, or gangs of organized criminals trying to break into corporate networks. When many people think of hacking, these are the activities that come to...
Working with user credentials is a sensitive and difficult application process that many developers struggle to do securely. If you can't think like a hacker and understand the many ways an attacker can gain access to user credentials, then even the best application might be...
Phishing threats are nothing new, but some dangers are more insidious than others. After years of warnings to treat unsolicited and external emails with caution, a new threat is flying under the radar. That threat is a new and particularly vicious type of phishing attack, one...