Special Tech Gifts Just for 2020
2020 has been a crazy year, to say the least. As we move into the holiday season, you might want to consider some of these great tech gifts that are especially useful this year for remote work and staying up [...]
Working Remotely And The Need for Desktop As A Service
Clients and potential customers often ask us why Desktop As A Service is critical for them. The answer is that standard security measures are not always enough to ensure complete protection. A large number of workers are working from home [...]
Multi Factor Authentication – Critical IT Security for Every Business
Most people don't see the necessity for multi factor authentication, which is troubling, especially when so many are working remotely and using the Internet as an integral part of business or work. The most significant security vulnerabilities for companies lie [...]
Covid, Cybercrime and Your IT Infrastructure: The Role of the MSP
The Covid19 virus has turned the world upside down, including business and the role of IT, forcing businesses to take a closer look at their IT infrastructure. According to mspalliance.com, MSPs are seeing a surge in customer activity as we [...]
Warning Signs of WastedLocker and other Malware
A new ransomware, called WastedLocker, has made itself know in the last few months, targeting US companies and organizations. Read on to understand this malware and others and what warning signs you should look for. Believe it or not, the [...]
Preventing Cyber Attacks: Multi Factor Authentication and More
Cyber attacks have been around for years but seem to be especially prevalent today with so many working remotely. We continue to stress the importance of safe email and password practices, along with tools, such as Multi Factor Authentication (MFA.) [...]
Challenges of Working Remotely: How the MSP Can Help
By now, unless you are an essential worker, you have probably experienced the challenges of working remotely. MSPs and tech departments have been busy easing this transition. There has been a lot of analysis pointing to the probability that organizations [...]
Covid 19 and the Cyber Security Threats to Business
Living with the Covid 19 pandemic should be stressful enough, but we are seeing an increasing number of cyber security threats that are using the pandemic to infiltrate and cause havoc on technology and business. Two recent zdnet.com articles have [...]
Zoom and Beyond: Working Remotely with Video Conferencing
It has been over a month now that most of us have been working remotely, which often includes video conferencing. The Zoom app became an overnight success, as it was quickly utilized for family, friends and business meetings. Questions arose, [...]
Tips for Technology and Working From Home
Most of the United Sates (and the world) is living the new reality of working from home. For those of us not used to this new format, many challenges arise, especially with technology. A recent New York Times article addressed [...]
How an MSP Can Help in the Age of Pandemics and Working Remotely
As an MSP, we have watched all of our clients, and all businesses and organizations, move to working remotely and shut down their offices temporarily due to the Covid19 virus or the Coronavirus. It has been a tough couple of [...]
Is Your Business Prepared for the Coronavirus? Working Remotely and More
It is impossible not to have heard of the coronavirus, and we are continually receiving information on the spread and precautions we should take. Have you also considered the impact the virus may have on your business? Everyone should be [...]
BitPyLocker: A New Ransomware Threat
A recent forbes.com article exposed the vulnerability many are now facing with BitPyLocker, the latest ransomware that threatens to expose data. Like other ransomware, this new strain scans infected computers and encrypts all types of files, including documents, spreadsheets, photos [...]
10 Best Holiday 2019 Tech Gifts
Looking for a gift for the techie in your life? Here are ten of the best holiday tech gifts for 2019. These tech gifts are great for the non-techie, too, and initiate anyone into the fun of technology. The Soundcore [...]
Cloud Hosting: Infrastructure as a Service
IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service) is one of the most prominent types of cloud service being utilized today. Your service provider hosts hardware equipment, operating systems and other IT components for customers in an efficient and automated delivery model. It [...]
9 Tips to Prevent Ransomware: What the SMB Needs to Know
Ransomware continues to be one of the worst threats to businesses (especially the MSB) and one of the most prominent forms of cybercrime. How do you prevent being exposed to ransomware, and if you are infected, what do you do? [...]
The Latest On Ransomware Attacks
A recent NYTimes article explored the rise of ransomware attacks in cities across the US. The article noted that this summer has had a debilitating effect on many cities in the US due to cyber attacks, specifically ransomware attacks, where data [...]
Summer Travel Tech Tips
Summer is the most traveled time of the year, and it is highly likely that you will be traveling with your mobile devices, tablets and possibly laptops. We always advise to be aware of security for your devices, and this [...]
Latest Malware Trends: How an MSP Can Help Safeguard Your Business
It is difficult to keep up with malware trends, since hackers keep re-inventing modes of attack. The bottom line is that malware is not going away, and attention paid to the latest trends and methods of security are critical to [...]
Internet Outages? What is 768K Day and How to Prepare
There is some chatter on the internet right now predicting "768K Day," which would be similar to the 512K Day of August 12, 2014, that caused outages all over the world and billions in damage. The predicted 768K day is [...]
Tips for Protecting Your Privacy from Hackers and Avoiding Email Phishing Scams
We have written many blog posts on the dangers of cyber hackers and cyber scams. The subject takes up a large percentage of what we post, because it is the most critical topic regarding the protection of our clients' security. [...]
Ten Reasons Why an SMB Should Look to Managed Services for its IT
In an ever evolving and complicated world of technology, here are ten reasons to look for an MSP in 2019: An MSP provides businesses with the ease of best practices put in place. Your business can stay on top of [...]
Technology Trends in Business for 2019
BizTech recently published two articles on tech trends in store for SMBs and cybersecurity threats that will most likely surface in 2019. We are including here a summary of those articles along with additional information on what 2019 might bring for [...]
Holiday Tech Gifts
Here is our annual holiday tech gift selection for 2018. We hope you find these suggestions useful when shopping for everyone from your favorite tech geek to the person who has everything. Also remember to stay safe when shopping online [...]
The Latest in Ransomware: SamSam
One of the most prominent forms of ransomware in 2018 has been the SamSam ransomware. Most of the attacks have been in the United States, but some have surfaced in Europe, especially Portugal. This ransomware, like all cyber attacks, has [...]
Why an MSP Matters for Your Business
Technology is an integral part of any business today, and that includes the small or medium-sized business. Managing all of your business technology can become overwhelming and quite near impossible, which is why technology as a service is a necessity [...]
What is HTTPS and Why Do I Need to Know?
Last week, there was a lot of coverage on Chrome's decision to use an alert warning of "not secure" to users on sights that are http, not https. What is https, and how does it differ from http? Https is [...]
7 Tips for Spring Cleaning Your Technology
Spring cleaning your technology should be on your checklist for both security and efficiency. Just as we clean and organize other areas of our lives, our technology needs attention, too. Here are 7 helpful tips for your technology clean-up. Clean [...]
How Safe are you and your Data on Facebook?
Facebook has been in the news a lot lately regarding cyber security and how safe your data is. A whistleblower revealed that the political consulting firm, Cambridge Analytica, harvested 87 million Facebook profiles to understand voter behavior in the 2016 [...]
Microsoft Teams vs Skype – A Few Facts
Many of our customers ask us about Microsoft Teams, since Microsoft announced last September that it was phasing out using Skype for business in favor of a full integration of Teams as its core communications platform for the enterprise. Since [...]