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Windows 11 Upgrades For Your Organization

As you may be aware, the end of life for Windows 10 is October 14, 2025, and many businesses are looking to upgrade their systems to the latest Windows 11 operating system. Our team has recently held a discussion to determine the best approach for handling these upgrades, and we wanted to share the key points with you. Upgrade Approach: For machines that meet our recommended hardware specifications, we can perform the Windows 11 upgrade for a fee. This will ensure a smooth and reliable transition to the new operating system. Our team can discuss the exact cost if you'd…
Kelle White
January 8, 2025
Challenges Cybersecurity Insurance
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Overcoming Common Challenges for Cybersecurity Insurance Approval

Many businesses that have yet to be hacked underestimate the value of cyber insurance. What if, one day a data breach or ransomware incident happens? Do you have the solutions to mitigate it? Are you sure you won’t go through any challenges when getting Cybersecurity Insurance? Cyberattacks continue to surge and become more sophisticated. Last year, IBM reported all-time high costs of data breaches. Symantec also recorded a $3 billion loss in 2023 because of a business email compromise. Nowadays, your business is more vulnerable than ever, making it ideal to partner with an insurer. However, are you confident you won’t…
Kelle White
October 16, 2024
IT Strategies
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Top IT Strategies to Drive Business Growth in 2024

Technology evolves at a rapid pace. There is no stopping the onset of new infrastructure, IT strategies, tools, or concepts that would surely be integral to business growth. It can be a struggle to try to catch up with these new advances. So instead, why not take measures to keep you a couple of steps ahead? By anticipating the changes and having the necessary solutions in place to address them, your business can maintain its forward thrust and not get caught unprepared. Staying ahead of the curve seems ideal and is possible, although there are some challenges that you are…
Kelle White
May 9, 2024
IT red flags
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5 IT Red Flags for Your Business

Companies are increasingly reliant on technology for different aspects of their operations. IT has indeed come a long way and is now instrumental in the growth of many businesses, but it is still far from perfect. The more technology evolves, the more unwanted issues can arise with its use or misuse. So, how will you know these IT red flags if you do not have professional IT training? As a non-technical person, you might not have the skills to address IT red flags, but you could identify common IT industry warning signs if you knew what they were. By knowing…
Kelle White
April 11, 2024
Ai Cybersecurity
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How Is AI Used in Cybersecurity Especially in Hacking?

Artificial intelligence has found many excellent uses in business in the past year. In particular, generative AI chatbots based on the large language model (LLM), like the currently very popular ChatGPT from OpenAI, are now being used by cybersecurity companies to respond to customer service requests, create presentations, manage meetings, write emails, and do many more tasks instead of hiring employees to do the same jobs. This, and hundreds of similar AI tools, have made work simpler, faster, and more efficient for businesses worldwide. But hackers have also been leveraging this impressive technology for their own illicit purposes. It was…
Kelle White
January 11, 2024
How Hackers Use AI
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How Do Hackers Use AI?

Artificial intelligence has been a key ingredient in propelling businesses forward—creating better customer engagement, cutting response times, providing client-specific solutions, and more. But hackers have also had access to the same innovative technology: AI. While businesses use it to improve their operations, hackers have also been busy using AI technology to advance their illicit activities. In 2022, there were 1,802 separate data breach incidents, compromising 425 million records. In 2023, there were 2,116 security incidents by October, surpassing the previous year’s numbers with still two months left. Using AI plays a huge role in the drastic rise of data breaches and other cybersecurity…
Kelle White
January 4, 2024
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Training Employees to Spot Social Engineering

Social engineering is one of the newest methods hackers use to access sensitive information. Rather than attacking a system directly, this technique relies on human psychology to gain information. This method is brilliant when you think about it because it does not have to deal with going past ironclad network security. If hackers can manipulate even a single employee, they might hand over sensitive information on a silver platter, and the hackers can take control of the organization’s entire system. This is why its important for your employees to learn how to spot social engineering. Companies must understand that if…
Kelle White
November 15, 2023
Phishing Scam Tactics
Top 8 Phishing Scam Tactics and How to Identify Them Business ProductivitySecurityTech Tip

Top 8 Phishing Scam Tactics and How to Identify Them

Phishing has been a common hacking method for over two decades now. You would think that everyone would already know how it works and how to avoid becoming a victim, right? Sadly, that is not the case for these Phishing Scam Tactics. There are more victims now than ever. In 2022, there were more than 300,000 victims in the US alone, with damages amounting to over $52 million! The thing is that phishing scams have evolved over the years. Hackers are now more adept at hoodwinking unsuspecting victims, and they also have easy access to modern technology that helps elevate…
Kelle White
November 8, 2023
effective digital estate planning
A Step-by-Step Guide to an Effective Digital Estate Planning Business ProductivitySecurityTech Tip

A Step-by-Step Guide to an Effective Digital Estate Planning

In our previous blog, we began talking about the digital assets of a business—what they are, why they are vital to the business, and how to protect them. We have also mentioned how important it is to protect them even after you, the business owner, have passed away, through effective digital estate planning. A digital estate plan will give authorized people access to business accounts, and all other restricted aspects of the business when you are no longer around or have become incapacitated. But how does one create an effective digital estate plan? It’s not something that you do every…
Kelle White
August 16, 2023
digital estate planning
Protecting Your Business through Digital Estate Planning Business ProductivitySecurityTech Tip

Protecting Your Business through Digital Estate Planning

Keeping your business protected is very important. But you should ask yourself if you have all areas covered. Security cameras and restricted entry areas are vital for protecting the physical location. To protect employees, implement all their necessary rights and privileges, and so on. All this is important, but one thing to prioritize as a business owner is protecting your digital assets through digital estate planning. What Are Digital Assets? Digital assets comprise everything in your business that is, well, digital. These include data, software, applications, and intellectual property. If you are like most businesses today, your daily operations rely…
Kelle White
August 9, 2023