Differences between SHA and AES and When You Should Use Each One
Having cryptographically secure solutions is required for many of the regulatory standards such as PCI-DSS, HIPAA, SOX and many others. If you store financial data or private consumer information, chances are that you need to implement a cryptographically secure...
6 Tips to Ensure Your Company Doesn’t Fall Victim to Ransomware
Ransomware costs companies an average of $133,000 per attack (sophos.com/en-us/press-office/press-releases/2018/01/businesses-impacted-by-repeated-ransomware-attacks-according-to-sophos-global-survey.aspx), so it's no surprise that this type of attack should be taken...
How Often Should You Back Up a Database for Disaster Recovery?
Your data is the backbone of your company's productivity. Your database stores every aspect of your business, so you can never be too careful when creating a backup plan. The more time between backups, the more data you lose after a disaster. Disaster recovery plans...
How to Protect Employees from Phishing While Working From Home
With the COVID pandemic, many businesses were forced to allow employees to work from home in an effort to keep productivity active. While this has worked well for many companies, hackers are also aware of the lowered cybersecurity with an at-home workforce. Employees...
Should you Pay the Ransom in a Ransomware Attack
Ransomware continues to be one of the most damaging malware applications in the wild, and it can cost companies hundreds of thousands of dollars from a simple human error. If no backups are available, companies and individuals have two choices: pay the ransom and hope...
Why a Disaster Recovery Plan Can Reduce Critical Damage from Ransomware
Any major cybersecurity event puts a disaster recovery plan in effect. These plans help IT, employees and executives follow the right steps when recovering from data loss or critical downtime. In a ransomware attack, companies suffer from data loss if they do not have...
4 Common Pitfalls When Creating a Corporate Backup Policy
Backups are essential for disaster recovery, but when they are poorly executed, it could mean the critical downfall of your disaster recovery plan. It's not enough to simply create a backup, store it somewhere, and then expect the disaster recovery plan to work out...
Understanding Chrome’s Password Notification After Authentication into a Web Application
If you've recently upgraded your Chrome browser, you might notice a popup that displays after you log into a website. The popup indicates that your password could be exposed on the internet and that you should change it. This notification is Google's attempt to help...
What is Image Backup?
If you’re like most people, you put a lot of work into your computer. You've spent hours installing software, organizing files, and getting the display and other settings just right. This is what makes it...
How to Assess Your PC Data
How to Assess Your Data Do a quick check of your documents folder and see how much data you're really using. Open File Manager Right Click on the Documents folder Select Properties from the bottom of the menu It'll look something like this. The average computer has...
