Technology can connect remote employees seamlessly with information and systems to make them more effective and efficient. We’ve all learned a lot about our business over the last two years. How we work together, how we interact, how much we can get done using technology—it’s been eye-opening for many companies. Managers and business owners have...

Keeping a team up and running, whether on site or remote, takes planning. Many business owners would benefit from a change in thinking. How come when the delivery truck breaks down, no one bats an eye to buy a new van to get the product to market? Or when a big order needs to be...

Insurance can protect your business when security threats begin to fall. As unfortunate as it is, all businesses function in an active and ever-changing threat landscape. Smart business owners stay prepared with a cybersecurity plan, and many are turning to insurance to mitigate the impact should something unforeseen happen. Cybercrime is a fast-growing business segment,...

IT Security Tip #6: How to spot a phishing e-mail How To Not Get Caught In A Phishing Trap A phishing e-mail is a bogus e-mail that is carefully designed to look like a legitimate request (or attached file) from a site you trust in an effort to get you to willingly give up your...

IT Security Tip #5: How to foil ransomware   How to Protect Business Data From Sneaky Ransomware Not too long ago, the CryptoLocker ransomware virus was all over the news, infecting over 250,000 computers in its first 100 days of release (at least that’s the number reported – the real numbers are probably MUCH higher)....

IT Security Tip #4: If this type of alert pops up, DON’T click on it!   How to handle popup notifications You’re working at your computer when all of a sudden – BAM! – you get a pop-up notification that your PC is infected with a virus and you must “click here” to run a...

 IT Security Tip #3: Use STRONG passwords!   How to keep hackers away from your passwords. Thanks to powerful brute-force-attack software readily available online, hackers can try tens of millions of possible password combinations per second. For example, hacking software can guess a five-character password in under three hours. If you only use lowercase letters,...

IT Security Tip #2: Working from home? DON’T! Until you hear this… If you plan on catching up on some work from home AND you’re using a personal device such as a smartphone or personal laptop – DON’T! Unless your personal device is covered under our service plan, you could accidentally introduce a virus to...

IT Security Tip #1: This will SHOCK you about bank fraud on business accounts Did you know your COMPANY’S bank account doesn’t enjoy the same protections as a personal bank account? For example, if a hacker takes money from your business account, the bank is NOT responsible for getting your money back. Don’t believe me?...