The cost of having your network breached is significant. Over the past year, ransomware remediation costs more than doubled, from $761,106 to $1.85 million. The average cost of a data breach for small businesses is now $108,000 per incident. Those high costs, and some of the intangibles, such as loss of client trust, drive businesses […]
When you see those people with two monitors, you may assume they do some specialized work that requires all that screen space, or they just really like technology. But having the additional display real estate that a second screen provides can benefit anyone, even if you’re doing accounting or document work all day. We get […]
Any cyberattack is dangerous, but the particularly devastating ones are those on supply chain companies. These can be any supplier – digital or non-digital – of goods and services. We’ve seen several attacks on the supply chain occur in 2021 that had wide-reaching consequences. These are “one-to-many” attacks where victims can go far beyond the […]
Imagine walking into your office one day and finding that all your systems are down. On all workstation screens is a digital ransomware ransom note demanding tens of thousands of dollars in bitcoin to unlock your data. You realize you've fallen victim to a cyber attack. What do you do now? At first, you’re shocked, […]
It’s no secret that some applications are a little too interested in us and what we’re doing. We’ve all had this experience. You might be talking to a friend about a new product that you’d like to try. Or perhaps you’ve discussed somewhere you’d like to visit. Then the next time you go online you […]
Purchasing a new computer is a big investment. Many small businesses and home PC owners end up struggling with older systems because they want to get as many years out of them as possible. Have you found yourself banging on your keyboard in frustration? Have you tried every tip and trick you found online, only […]
It’s not unusual for small business owners to think they are flying under the radar with cyberattacks. They feel their company is “too small” for hackers to worry about, so they don’t put the attention and budget into cybersecurity as they should. This way of thinking has caused many shocked business owners to reel from […]
The shift to remote work over the last two years has caused companies to realign their digital tools. Now, many meetings default to being via video conference rather than in person, and working from home has become commonplace. Seventy-seven percent of remote workers say they’re more productive working from home (a big reason is fewer […]
Stolen login credentials are a hot commodity on the Dark Web. There’s a price for every type of account from online banking to social media. For example, hacked social media accounts will go for between $30 to $80 each. The rise in reliance on cloud services has caused a big increase in breached cloud accounts. […]
Of all the priorities a business has, technology is just one of many. Usually, revenue is number one, followed by things like employee productivity, good customer service, and other bottom-line factors. But one thing that can impact a bottom line as much or more than anything else is a cyberattack. Many small and mid-sized companies […]
