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How to Keep Your Remote Work Secure from Any Location

How to Keep Your Remote Work Secure from Any Location

Working remotely has given employees flexibility and work-life balance, but it also presents businesses with unique challenges—for example, security. When your network is spread out over several different locations, like with the at-home office, the threat surface increases. Today, we want to cover three ways you can take the bite out of remote work security and make it more effective for all involved.

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Five Things You Need to Do When an Employee Leaves Your Business

Five Things You Need to Do When an Employee Leaves Your Business

People leave their jobs for all types of reasons. Sometimes they move on to different opportunities, sometimes they retire, and sometimes, the change is initiated by you. Regardless of the reason for their departure, they’re gone, and you have some loose ends to tie up before you can begin the process of finding their replacement. Let’s look at five things you need to do immediately when someone leaves your organization.

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With Tax Season Underway, Beware of Scams

With Tax Season Underway, Beware of Scams

Happy Valentine’s Day! While this holiday is all about love, it just so happens to fall smack in the middle of tax season in the United States. So, while you’re hoping to get a sweet message from that special someone, there’s a chance you might also receive a text or an email from the Internal Revenue Service… or is there?

As it turns out, you won’t… but that’s a fact that scammers are hoping you won’t know.

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Data Theft Affects Everyone All the Time

Data Theft Affects Everyone All the Time

Cybercrime is a real problem for businesses and individuals alike. Today, there are more threats than ever and even if you are careful, data theft can affect you. In our blog today, we thought we would go through the ways that data theft can affect you, even if it isn’t stolen directly from you. 

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The Dark Web Is the Last Place You Want Your Data

The Dark Web Is the Last Place You Want Your Data

What happens to all the data that gets stolen by hackers during their despicable campaigns? Sometimes it gets destroyed, but more often than not, it ends up on the Dark Web, where it’s put to other nefarious purposes. Today, we want to discuss the Dark Web and why it’s so important you monitor it for your business’ data.

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One Must-Have Security Feature: Email Encryption

One Must-Have Security Feature: Email Encryption

Have you ever thought about whether a hacker could secretly read your emails with your clients and coworkers? If you handle your own email system, it's really important to know about email encryption. Encryption helps keep your emails safe and private so you can focus on running your business without worrying about hackers.

Here are three big problems you could face if you don’t encrypt your emails:

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Discarding Your Old Technology Could Put Your Data at Risk

Discarding Your Old Technology Could Put Your Data at Risk

Got a new computer for the holidays? That’s awesome! But before you get too excited, let’s talk about your old device. You can’t just toss it out—there’s a right way to get rid of it that keeps your personal info safe and the environment happy. In today’s blog, we discuss what to do with your old computer.

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What Cyberattacks Do We Anticipate to See in the Year 2025?

What Cyberattacks Do We Anticipate to See in the Year 2025?

Happy New Year! The coming weeks and months hold great promise for us all. Unfortunately, “us all” includes cybercriminals and hackers looking to use cutting-edge tactics to their fullest advantage. As a result, it is even more necessary to be aware of and prepared for the cybersecurity threats that 2025 is likely to see.

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Hackers Will Tear Your Business Down, Brick by Brick

Hackers Will Tear Your Business Down, Brick by Brick

If you have the guts to start a business, having it succeed is a massive reward, especially considering how much work you’ve had to do to make that a reality. Unfortunately, for businesses worldwide, all that hard work and dedication could be destroyed after a cyberattack. This month, we'll discuss how exactly cyberattacks ruin an otherwise successful business.

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Three Ways Modern Digital Security Cameras are Better Than Traditional CCTV

Three Ways Modern Digital Security Cameras are Better Than Traditional CCTV

Digital security cameras have changed the game when it comes to keeping places safe. They can be beneficial in all types of situations. Offices, retail spaces, warehouses, and other properties should be covered by some type of surveillance. This not only allows for real-time security, it can reduce liability and have a positive effect on an organization’s bottom line.  Here's a breakdown of three big reasons why they’re better than old-school analog cameras.

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5 Security Red Flags and What to Do About Them

5 Security Red Flags and What to Do About Them

Technology is so ingrained in business that it’s nigh-impossible to operate without it. For this reason, cyberattacks on businesses are even more devastating, as they can halt operations and expose important data. Today, we want to highlight five common problems you might encounter with your cybersecurity.

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User Permissions are Not to Be Given Lightly

User Permissions are Not to Be Given Lightly

Let me ask you this: would you trust every one of your team members with a key to your house? Of course not, right? After all, what if someone lost their copy or had it stolen from them?

So, if you wouldn’t trust your entire team with access to your home, why on earth would you trust them with carte blanche access to your entire business and all of its data?

That’s just it… you wouldn’t. 

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U.S. Schools are Dealing with Extensive Business Email Compromise Attacks

U.S. Schools are Dealing with Extensive Business Email Compromise Attacks

A business email compromise attack is a phishing scam in which a scammer uses email to take possession of capital—either in the form of data or actual finances—from the organization they choose to target. Lately, these scams have been observed to focus on schools.

Let’s review the situation at hand and what is at stake.

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Tip of the Week: 7 Cybersecurity Basics You Can’t Do Without

Tip of the Week: 7 Cybersecurity Basics You Can’t Do Without

Business cybersecurity is increasingly important for every organization in operation today, to the point where it could very well be the difference between your business’ survival or failure. While extensive things must be accomplished to ensure your overall business continuity, you have to start somewhere.

Let’s review some of the most essential things you can—and need to—do to keep your business secure.

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6 Security Tactics to Bulletproof Your Cloud Systems

6 Security Tactics to Bulletproof Your Cloud Systems

Most businesses these days utilize cloud computing in some way (about 90 percent, as a matter of fact). How is your business utilizing this technology? Regardless, you want to have security locked in for your cloud computing resources, which is what we want to focus on for today’s blog article.

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Four Security Precautions that Will Leave Your Business Safer

Four Security Precautions that Will Leave Your Business Safer

Over a quarter of all data breaches target small businesses, and the cost of a breach can be devastating. To protect your business’ data and infrastructure, small businesses need a combination of effective technology tools and well-planned strategies. Here are some key steps your business can take to safeguard itself against digital theft.

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4 Critical Security Practices for All Your IT

4 Critical Security Practices for All Your IT

In business today, technology plays a big role. Unfortunately, by using technology, each individual has to make security considerations. This is because there are more cyberattacks today than ever before. To keep business rolling effectively, today’s workers must carefully consider and understand their role in their organization’s cybersecurity initiatives. In today’s blog, we look at four ways they can do just that.

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The Warning Signs of Malware on Your System

The Warning Signs of Malware on Your System

Everywhere you look on the Internet, there’s a scam, threat, or other malicious entity. 

Okay, maybe that’s not 100% true, but the possibilities are nearly endless for hackers. They’ll hide spyware, adware, and even ransomware online, so you must take measures to ensure that your devices and business are safe.

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Cybersecurity Scam Artists Aren’t Always Super Technical

Cybersecurity Scam Artists Aren’t Always Super Technical

Cybersecurity covers a broad range of risks and threats. You’ve got the basics like your computer viruses and malware, to the business-crippling ransomware and data breaches. You have threats that cause stress and downtime, and others that steal information and money, and others still that don’t even have clear understandable objectives. The point is, cybersecurity isn’t simple, but sometimes the threat actors and cybercriminals who target you will use low-tech methods to get what they want.

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Update Your Chrome Browser, But Be Wary of Fake Alerts

Update Your Chrome Browser, But Be Wary of Fake Alerts

Google Chrome has been pushing a lot of important updates over the last few weeks. Fortunately, updating Chrome is pretty seamless, and it’s important that users do so. Users also need to be wary of fake Chrome errors that insist on installing malware. You don’t want to fall for this scam!

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January 8th marked the start of our 25th year in business, as commemorated by our special 2025 logo you will see throughout the year.  I paused to reflect on the past 25+ years and how a calling to serve when I was a snot-nosed kid at Punahou led to the brilliant team and clients we are proud of today—and what lies ahead.

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