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4 Simple Essentials for Tackling Your BYOD Business Policy

Whether company-issued or not, the best thing you can do for yourself and your employees is to verify that everyone’s on the same page when it comes to personal and company-owned device management. Preferably, you’ll put down that page in writing. Here are the four most important criteria you’ll need to consider in crafting or re-crafting your BYOD business policy. […]

3 Reasons You Need a Guest Wi-Fi Network Today

One of the first questions a visitor will ask when visiting your business is, “what’s the Wi-Fi password?” Don’t share it. Unless, you have a guest Wi-Fi network. Here’s why. Security Is a Huge Concern Guest Wi-Fi accounts allow you to completely control access to your company computers, servers and other devices. When a guest enters your office, you have […]

We’ve Finally Got an Answer and It’s No: Do I Need Anti-Virus on My Smartphone?

Chances are, you’re reading this blog entry on a smart device and, even more likely than that is,you haven’t downloaded or installed any anti-virus software on that device. And that’s okay! It’s true that your smartphone is a popular target for fraudsters and identity thieves; however, Android, for example, is by its very nature more secure than a desktop computer, […]

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 […]

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 […]