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3 THINGS YOU CAN DO TO PROTECT YOUR BUSINESS FROM HACKERS
Many small business owners believe that their data is safe from cyber criminals. What they don’t know is that they are actually being targeted. Compared to big businesses with high IT security, small businesses are more vulnerable to attacks and cyber criminals are taking advantage. Use a firewall. Install and maintain a firewall on [...]
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SMBs Face High Security Risks From Employee Mobile Devices
New study reveals the extent of the massive security threat posed by Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) policies. Mobile technology has transformed the SMB workplace. But for many small and medium-sized businesses, the use of mobile devices has a hidden cost: Security. Key insights / findings: The majority of SMB’s are highly mobilized, driven [...]
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3 Basics for safer downloading
These days, downloading or simply clicking on unverified links can be quite risky. Here are some of the basics you should know to keep your computer safe. 1. Get ready: Strengthen your computer’s defenses New threats emerge hourly, and can come from anywhere—email, websites and removable media like USB keys and CDs. Up-to-date anti-virus software [...]
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Alarming statistics on IT equipment theft!
Australian businesses have experienced a 50 per cent surge in the number of IT equipment thefts compared to last year, according to the Kensington Australian Business Security Report 2011 released today (October 6th, 2011). One third of the IT decision makers surveyed had no policy for physical security and about two thirds of employees surveyed [...]
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6 Ways To Ensure Your Email Gets Read
If you’re like a lot of us, you get so much email every day that you might spend as little as 15 seconds scanning a message to determine how it applies to you. Now, imagine that other people are reading your email the same way. If they can’t quickly identify the purpose of your message, [...]
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Top 5 Reasons Why Your Business Should Have a Server
Are you mulling over whether or not your company needs a server? Every company whether big or small, needs a server to ensure adaptability. With today’s fast changing market conditions you need to find ways to stay ahead of the game. You have to make a conscious effort of ensuring that your business can adapt [...]
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Top 5 Threat Protection Best Practices
Small businesses are especially vulnerable to computer viruses and lost or stolen data, since they typically lack the IT resources to deal with these threats. Inadequately protected computers open the door to annoying infections, or worse, serious business disruption. Below are five simple and effective strategies to help you protect your business against an ever-increasing [...]
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Traveling? 10 tips to protect your laptop from theft
These days, it seems that just about everybody uses a laptop or notebook computer to get work done away from the office or on the road. Unfortunately, the pervasiveness of laptop computing has made portable systems an easy target for theft. 1. Avoid using computer bags Computer bags can make it obvious that you’re carrying [...]
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But Macs don’t get viruses … or do they?
Today 1 in 5 consumer PCs is a Mac so they are a tasty target for hackers, spammers and criminals. See these two brief videos for more info: Do Macs get viruses?
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Free Anti virus protection for Macs
Introducing Sophos Anti-Virus for Mac Home Edition Sophos has released their latest free tool – Sophos Anti-Virus for Mac Home Edition. This is their first consumer anti-malware product designed to provide Mac home users with up–to-the-hour protection that is simple to use and FREE! Sophos Anti-Virus for Mac Home Edition features: • Full protection from [...]
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