Tech Tips for Business Owners

Encrypted email and 5 types of businesses that should consider using it

Despite the headlines almost every day about data breaches in the US and globally, we know that many businesses still rely on basic, consumer-grade security for their email systems. We also understand there are reasons for this such as cost, implementation, and user experience. In a previous article, we examined encrypted email and why all …

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How to Effectively Implement NIST Recommendations in Your Organization

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released a framework to provide companies and public sector organizations to reduce the risk of cyberattacks. Although it is voluntary guidance, the standards, guidelines, and practices that it provides are a valuable resource that is being adopted by organizations around the world. In this article, we …

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Why email encryption is essential for U.S. business

Email encryption is vital to small businesses in the US. There are a vast array of new and increasingly innovative collaboration tools such as Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, Zoom, G Suite, and countless others to make work more collaborative. The result is that the way email is used may have changed slightly. But as new …

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5 top tips for Microsoft 365 email security in your business

Some firms fall into the false sense of security that by using Microsoft 365, their critical data is already safe. Given Microsoft 365 email security and other cloud-based productivity solutions’ vulnerability to malware, this is simply not the case.   In this article, we look at how email is one of the most common weaknesses …

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Is your organization still using Windows 7? There’s many good reasons to make the switch to Windows 10

In January 2020, Microsoft officially discontinued support and updates for Windows 7, officially concluding the five-year notice period its customers were given to make the move to Windows 10.  Among many benefits of making the move to Windows 10, security stands out, and there are a number of reasons to make the switch to the …

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Email archiving – why and how?

Although collaboration and messaging platforms such as Microsoft Teams, Google Drive, WhatsApp and the like are offering alternative ways of working, email remains a vital part of business communication. In fact the number is growing, with Statista estimating that 281 billion emails were sent and received daily in 2018, with the number expected to grow …

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5 Reasons to Implement a Managed IT Services Solution

Information Technology services are essential to the success of every organization, large or small. With increasingly competitive business environments, CEOs and small business owners are under great pressure to maintain a highly qualified staff and to make sure their technology is obtaining a better ROI than their competitors’. These goals are not easily achieved, particularly …

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