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If Your Business Doesn’t Have a Disaster Recovery Plan, You May Find Yourself in Hot Water Soon

It’s a well-worn phrase in the B2B sector, but risk happens everywhere. And while the word “disaster” may conjure up images of fires, storms, and floods for you – more likely than not the disasters looming over your business are man-made: data breaches and loss, physical theft, system failures. Your assets are always at risk. According to FEMA, 40 percent […]

3 Ways to Stop In-Office Internet Abuse

According to a recent Gallup poll, the average employee spends over 75 minutes per day using office computers for non-business related activity. Unfortunately, that mismanaged time translates into an annual loss of $6250 per year, per employee. Over time and across employees, that number adds up. Any expert will tell you that an employee monitoring solution will increase employee productivity […]

Tell Me Everything: What Is Network Perimeter Security?

Among small businesses, especially — security is crucial to your business model. Trust us. In those early days, one data breach could put your out of business for good: not only will you lose money, but customer trust, and the inevitable costs associated with workflow disruption and lost time. That being said, adequate security is a must. You may have […]

5 Tips to Secure Your Business Data on a Dime

Here’s the biggest mistake you could make for your small business this year: fail to protect your business data against cyber threats. Smaller companies have fewer resources to adequately protect business data, struggle to allocate much of any a budget to security, and furthermore don’t feel threatened enough to implement safe practices. All of those conditions add up to cybercriminals […]

Does My Business Need a Secure Firewall?

Only the most cynical of people truly believes that we can trust no one and that is, of course, untrue. However, with several billion Internet users with just a click-of-a-mouse away from your wireless business network, odds are extremely high that someone, when given the chance, would try to bypass your firewall network security and take advantage of your business. […]