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Free Resources for Cybersecurity Awareness Month to Boost Your IT Security
Every October since 2004 has been designated by the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) as Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Cybersecurity has become one of the major risk factors that businesses of all sizes must consider. Just one ransomware attack can take a business out for days, and many smaller companies lack the resources to recover…
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Why Routine Maintenance Is Critical to Maintaining a Healthy, Secure Network
Often, it can be a simple lack of routine maintenance and cyber hygiene that causes some of the most devastating breaches, rather than some large, sophisticated attack. According to the Sophos 2021 Threat Report, the most damaging attacks identified last year were due to a basic lack of cybersecurity hygiene and upkeep of systems. Keeping…
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What Can You Do About Slow Internet in the Home Office?
It can be very frustrating to be slowed down by sluggish internet, and if you’re one of the many people now working from home, it can cause you to be less productive. A slow intent can mean that your picture and sound are always the ones cutting out during video calls and can make it…
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How to Successfully Manage Your Remote Workforce
Coming through the pandemic has dramatically changed the business world. Pre-pandemic, companies were going through strategic cloud adoptions and had most employees working from the office. Before the pandemic, only 17% of the U.S. workforce worked remotely full time. This of course has all changed post the COVID lockdowns, and companies are now completely reliant…
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6 Never Dos for Your Work Computer
It’s easy for the line between personal and work to get blurred when using your company-issued computer. This is especially true if you work remotely and have access to the PC 24/7. It becomes more convenient to just use your work computer for everything, especially if it’s more powerful than your own personal computer. But…
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Warning Signs You Aren’t Budgeting Enough for IT
Generally, we like to make the argument that nothing about your small business is too small. We do say it a lot in relation to cybersecurity — no size of business is immune. For example, In 2020, 47% of small businesses experienced some type of cyberattack, with 44% seeing more than one. While you’re not…
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MS Teams Has 5 New Features That Totally Up Your Virtual Presentation Game
Navigating virtual meetings and presentations has been tricky during the pandemic. Companies have had to switch to online meetings for just about everything, which doesn’t always feel as professional as in-person meetings. This is especially true when you’re giving a presentation either to your own team or to a client. The way that shared content…
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Is Your Organization Really Ready to Resume Working From the Office? (GEEK911 Can Help!)
After a long pandemic of lockdowns that lasted much longer than we initially thought, signs of life are starting to return. The fact that about 33% of Americans have been fully vaccinated (as of early May 2021) has meant many companies are now considering reopening their offices and bringing employees back. Many people have been…
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How Should You Deal With Your Remote Workforce’s Security Concerns?
Now that the dust has largely settled on the move from in-office to a remote team. Companies are now addressing what they could do better. In the initial days of the pandemic, companies were scrambling to put cloud solutions in place that made it possible for employees to work from home amid mandated stay-at-home orders.…
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What Important Technology Lessons Have We Learned During the Pandemic?
If your company is like most in Santa Clara and around the country, the way you operate now looks a bit different than it did pre-pandemic. Video conferencing has become the new way to conduct nearly all meetings and backgrounds and get rated on Twitter through RoomRater. There are also more employees working remotely than ever…
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