Data is valuable. Your personal information, credit card, address, phone number, passwords, pictures, files . It's all super valuable to hackers and is traded openly on the dark web. Make sure you take your cybersecurity seriously.
You can buy a persons sensitive data on the dark web for as little as $2.
Antivirus is basically worthless these days. So what can you do?
Antivirus is basically worthless at stopping most breaches and damage. Fortunately there are lots and lots of free or inexpensive ways to dramatically tighten your security. One of the big new replacements for Antivirus software is a class of software called EDR - Endpoint Detection and Recovery.
The bad guys might already be in your computer systems!
It's not unusual for firms to not even realize they have been breached. Hackers get in and not only copy and steal information, they look for ways to go after the companies vendors and customers and trick them into paying for invoices very similar to the ones they find in your system.
Don’t let a small server part failure bring down your entire company.
Be sure to check the management software that came with your server to alert you of failing parts, hard drives, temperature issues and other catastrophic issues. You can often prevent an extended company outage just by monitor the advanced alerting system built into most servers.
SHOCK STAT: A third of business owners don’t trust their staff
Do you trust your employees with sensitive business data? You might be shocked to learn how many business owners don’t. But why… ? We have the answers.
It’s so easy to get a password from most people. And then it’s bad.
If a bad guy gets a users password, even a low level employee, the consequences are generally very expensive and the damages hard to recover from. They often go after the firms clients/customers, employees and vendors as well using email and other resources to appear as though it is you sending them payments or asking them for information.
Backing up hourly is easy!
Consider setting your backups to take snapshots hourly. It can really save someone's day when they delete or lose something. And it's typically free to do. And don't forget! Check your backups daily and thoroughly. NOTHING is more important in IT than test for backup failures.
This is an old statistic. I remember when businesses were wiped out and the ransom was this much to get their entire network back. But now even the smallest firms have FAR large ransoms with much greater downtime. Some businesses can’t work at all for months even after paying the ransom.
Juggling too many tasks on one screen?
Does it feel like your digital workspace is a cluttered mess of spreadsheets, emails, and documents?
I’ve got news for you. Windows 11 has a trick up its sleeve that could revolutionize your workflow.
Remember the Multiple Desktops feature from Windows 10? It's back in Windows 11, and it's better than ever.
