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How to Keep BYOD from Impacting Security

How to Keep BYOD from Impacting Security

Bring Your Own Device, or BYOD, is a common approach for businesses that want to take advantage of mobile technology to kickstart productivity. Instead of supplying each individual employee with company-owned devices, businesses allow employees to use their own devices for work-related purposes. While this is great on the budget, it’s only really effective (and safe) if the employee prioritizes security on their devices; otherwise, it’s a liability.

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World Backup Day Reminds You Not to Be an April Fool

World Backup Day Reminds You Not to Be an April Fool

Today is World Backup Day, an annual reminder that losing your data is just one accidental delete, cyberattack, or spilled drink away. The idea is simple: back up your files before disaster strikes. Because trust me, nothing ruins your day faster than realizing all your work, memories, and important files have vanished.

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Turns Out, AI’s Information is Often Artificial, Too

Turns Out, AI’s Information is Often Artificial, Too

It isn’t uncommon for many people to make up an answer that they feel seems plausible if asked something they don’t have an answer to. It happens all the time.

As it turns out, this is a tendency that artificial intelligence has inherited from us.

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Transform Remote Work from a Liability Into an Asset

Transform Remote Work from a Liability Into an Asset

We’re sure your business has at least a couple of employees who spend part of their workday in a different location, but are you doing all you can to help them be as productive as possible? While remote work is beneficial in so many circumstances, there are a lot of caveats to it that must be considered. Today, we want to go over how you can mitigate risk and keep remote work from becoming a liability for your company.

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How to Keep Viruses from Hurting Your Chances of Success

How to Keep Viruses from Hurting Your Chances of Success

Every year, new malware, ransomware, and general cyber-nonsense emerge from the depths of the internet, evolving like a villain in a sci-fi movie. One moment, you’re minding your own business, and the next, your company’s data is held hostage and someone is demanding you pay them in Bitcoin.

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Public, Private, and Hybrid Clouds: Which One is Right for You?

Public, Private, and Hybrid Clouds: Which One is Right for You?

Whether you’re aware of it or not, you’re likely already utilizing the cloud in at least some capacity. The trick is to find the best way to manage your business’ cloud so that it works for your organization’s specific needs. Today, we want to look at the different types of cloud management policies and why you need to weigh your options to get the most value for your business.

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Tip of the Week: Chrome Tips to Save You Time (and Energy)

Tip of the Week: Chrome Tips to Save You Time (and Energy)

It’s no secret that Google Chrome is one of the most popular web browsers in the world, if not the most popular. Still, most people don’t use the browser to its full potential, and they leave so many wasted opportunities to save time and resources on the table. Today, we want to highlight some of these tips, but also a couple of features that perhaps you didn’t know existed for Google Chrome so you can continue to get more value out of it as a business and productivity tool.

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Google’s Android Update Should Remind Us How Crucial Maintenance Is

Google’s Android Update Should Remind Us How Crucial Maintenance Is

The Android operating system periodically receives updates and patches detailed in online publications called Android Security Bulletins. In the March 2025 edition, Google announced that 43 malicious bugs had been resolved, two of which were zero-day vulnerabilities.

Let’s talk about how to implement these fixes and why this is a practice that should reach every aspect of your business’ IT.

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Don’t Apologize for a Data Breach (Do This Instead)

Don’t Apologize for a Data Breach (Do This Instead)

It should come as no surprise that cybersecurity is a big challenge for businesses and individuals alike. The problem: life pretty much revolves around being online these days, so there’s no avoiding it. Therefore, it’s your responsibility to ensure that any data you collect from your customers, employees, and other key stakeholders in your business is well-protected, otherwise you will face severe consequences.

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Can Smart Speakers Still Provide Value?

Can Smart Speakers Still Provide Value?

Smart speakers have been around for a while, but let’s be honest—they haven’t exactly changed the world. Sure, they’re great for playing music, setting timers, and answering random trivia questions, but beyond that? Not much has evolved. So, how did we get here, and what’s next? More importantly, can they actually be useful for businesses, or are they just another gadget collecting dust?

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Humans Can Outpace Automation in Some Situations

Humans Can Outpace Automation in Some Situations

Besides all of those people who are advocating for the scaling back or non-implementation of tools to save jobs, most people understand the benefit of automation when it makes sense. Not only do machines tend to do certain tasks more effectively, they never willingly take a day off. Unfortunately, for every task that needs to be completed less than half can be automated, and that number drops even further when you take into account everything a human does at their job. Today, there are very few jobs that can be fully automated; even as AI has begun to be used more for business. This week, we wanted to discuss why automation may not be the answer you are looking for and why training humans holds a lot of value.

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It’s Not Enough to Have the Right IT… You Need to Keep Track of It

It’s Not Enough to Have the Right IT… You Need to Keep Track of It

If I were to ask you what technology your business possessed and where it all was right now, could you give me an answer? If not, you’ve demonstrated the importance of keeping an accurate inventory of your business’ IT.

So, let’s go over some best practices to make managing your business’ IT inventory more effective.

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How Does CAPTCHA Work?

How Does CAPTCHA Work?

We’ve all had to confirm we’re not a computer when attempting to log into an account. This is the core purpose of what once was called CAPTCHA… the Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart. However, it seems surprising that computers don’t easily overcome these simple-seeming tests.

Let’s dig into why these simple tests actually are effective at differentiating between human users and automated bots.

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What Does the Rest of 2025 Hold for Technology?

What Does the Rest of 2025 Hold for Technology?

We can’t tell the future—no one really can—but it is both possible and vital to make predictions based on present trends and current events. Let’s look forward to the rest of this year to see what predictions we can make for business IT and the notes we should all take over the next few months.

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Tax Season Brings Scammers Out of the Woodwork

Tax Season Brings Scammers Out of the Woodwork

In the United States, tax season is prime time for hackers to take advantage of law-abiding, tax-paying citizens. They do this through all kinds of nefarious activities, such as phishing attacks conducted through text messages and emails claiming to be from the Internal Revenue Service. If you want to avoid getting scammed this tax season, be sure to keep the following tips in mind to stay safe while you conduct your typical tax routines.

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When Staring Down Crisis, Could You Manage Your Business?

When Staring Down Crisis, Could You Manage Your Business?

Unfortunately, crises happen, so the only responsible course is preparing your business to deal with them. Let’s walk through what modern crisis management should look like for businesses of all sizes, identifying the steps to address these risks and protect your operations.

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Ransomware Payments are Less Frequent, But It Isn’t All Good News

Ransomware Payments are Less Frequent, But It Isn’t All Good News

Despite some of the headlines that we saw last year, it wasn’t all bad news regarding ransomware. Critically, 2024 saw ransomware payments plummet by hundreds of millions of dollars… despite many large-scale attacks and one record-breaking whaling payment of $75 million by one victim.

This is undeniably great to hear… but with that in mind, we cannot let ourselves slip into complacency.

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Hardware Acquisition is Hard. Let’s Make It Easier

Hardware Acquisition is Hard. Let’s Make It Easier

Hardware is far from the most fun topic for a business owner to learn more about, but that doesn’t diminish its importance. If you want to ensure your business stays ahead of the game, then you need to be strategic about your hardware implementation. Otherwise, you risk falling behind, put your business in danger, and—even worse—imperil your budget. Today, we want to help you get the most out of your hardware, long before you have to invest in anything new.

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Security Training is Increasingly Important

Security Training is Increasingly Important

Your company’s ability to keep its digital information safe depends largely on how well its technology performs. This is why it’s crucial to teach your employees how to protect your company’s data. To start, it’s important to understand your organization’s security posture. This refers to how actively you or your team work to protect your online presence. With the growing use of cloud applications and remote work becoming more common, every employee plays a role in keeping the company secure. This month we talk a little bit about creating a security culture designed to keep your data and information systems secure. 

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Future-Proofing Your Building’s Cabling Infrastructure

Future-Proofing Your Building’s Cabling Infrastructure

Low-voltage Cabling, Access Control Systems, and Surveillance - Modern Technology to Improve New Construction

In the realm of modern construction, low-voltage cabling systems are becoming increasingly significant. They serve as the backbone for a myriad of applications, from security to connectivity.

Traditionally, the average person is going to recognize this infrastructure as networking cables connecting computers and other devices to the network and providing access to the Internet. Today, however, low-voltage cabling also supports modern access control systems, physical surveillance systems, and a whole lot more.

In this article, we delve into the world of low-voltage cabling systems. We explore their role in access control and surveillance, and how they are shaping the future of new construction.

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