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Application whitelisting is a security practice that allows only approved applications to run on a network. It helps prevent unauthorized software from running
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The Rise Of Bitcoin: What It Means For Business With the adoption of blockchain technology increasing by the day, the time is ripe for small businesses to adapt to changing situations by learning about Bitcoin and Blockchain technology. However, distrust towards the exchange organizations are among the worrying threats that keep many away from bitcoin […]
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The Consequences Of The Colonial Pipeline Ransomware Attack And The Effect It Had On DarkSide Hacking Group DarkSide might have chosen the wrong business entity to target as they seemed to have lost more than what they had aimed to gain as ransom. It has caused the DarkSide hacking group to wind down its operations […]
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Colonial Pipeline Ransomware Attack: Why It Can Happen To Anyone, Anytime, And What You Need To Know About It
Colonial pipeline ransomware attacks made news headlines around the world recently. After shutting down its pipeline network for about a week, Colonial Pipeline hoped that the supply chain would normalize within the next few days after paying $4.4 in ransom. However, a couple of questions remain unanswered. First, are organizations doing enough to protect their CII (Critical Information Infrastructure), and second, should organizations pay the ransom in case of an unfortunate event of a ransomware attack?
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One Drive is the local application that syncs Windows or Mac to SharePoint through Office 365. This continuously syncs to SharePoint so that all changes made locally are synced to the cloud and that changes by other users are synced down to your machine. This situation allows for easy availability, accessibility, security, and offline work […]
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Did you catch wind of the most recent data hack? Yes—Reddit was hacked on August 1st, 2018 and the hacker gained access to user data. According to a statement made by Reddit, “All Reddit data from 2008 and before, including account credentials and email addresses, as well as email digests sent by Reddit in June […]
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The information that we keep on our phones gets more and more important as time passes. More pictures are being taken, more emails are being exchanged, and more data is being transferred over mobile phones than ever before. How do you make sure you don’t lose that information? For a large portion of mobile users, […]
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We developed this infographic to explain: Sources: http://www.cdc.gov/physicalactivity/data/facts.htm https://www.siliconrepublic.com/gear/slow-loading-pcs-waste-130-hours-per-year-cause-bad-moods-and-aggression
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Many years ago, we had a client who used a tape drive as their data storage device. Every day they changed the tape, but when asked what they did with it, they couldn’t even say if it actually worked. Can you imagine not only the effort going into maintaining and changing the tape every day, […]