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Zen and the Art of IT Backup - Principle 4

August 29, 2014 Backup

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The Negative Effects of SPAM

August 24, 2014 Managed IT Services

1978: Earliest documentation of spam

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Zen and the Art of IT Backup - Principle 3

August 22, 2014 Backup

Principle 3 – Distribution

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Zen and the Art of IT Backup - Principle 2

August 15, 2014 Backup

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Zen and the Art of IT Backup - Principle 1

August 08, 2014 Backup

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Seeking Excitement...Or Security?

August 04, 2014

Are You Seeking Excitement...Or Security?

Recently I was at a dinner party with my wife, and overheard a 30-year-old young woman say to another, that she was 'over the days of excitement' and was now looking for a relationship that would offer 'security.' We all might have a sense of what she was referring to, which was a responsible, financially stable individual.

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Four Security "Must-Have's"

August 03, 2014 Security, Tech Tips, Backup

 

Regardless of their size, many small businesses still need to meet strict compliance regulations, such as PCI and HIPAA. In addition to any special requirements, there are a few security technologies every small business should have in place.

Here are our four security must-haves.

Firewall – It sounds passé, but firewalls are still the de facto solution for minimum security. Small businesses are no exception. We frequently see vendors attempting to coax small business owners into boxes bigger than they need, with full redundancy and licensing. As expected, most small business owners will balk at the price tags that hang off these shiny new boxes. The truth is,  for bandwidths typical in smaller organizations, a small ASIC-based firewall even with gateway services (e.g. anti-virus, anti-spyware, IDS or IPS) can be found for an affordable price. Even if it’s not tweaked to perfection, having some firewall solution is better than none. And no organization should rely on their Internet provider for this security.

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Next-Generation Firewalls

August 03, 2014 Managed IT Services, Security

Next-Generation Firewalls

The humble firewall has come a long way since the packet-filtering days, originally founded in the 1980's. These early firewalls operated mainly on the first four layers of the OSI model, intercepting traffic and inspecting the properties of every packet to determine if they matched a pre-configured set of rules. Firewall development did not take a breather between then and the next-generation firewall of today. In fact, the ride from there to here has been largely organic – developments in firewall technology, intrusion detection and prevention, and user or content management have all been assimilated into the unified threat management (UTM) platform of today.

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CAUTION: Apple Phishing Scam

August 03, 2014 Security, Phishing

 Watch out for "Some Limitations Have Been Placed on Your Apple Account" E-mail Scam

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