Cybersecurity & IT Resources

As the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic recedes, some businesses are making moves to get workers back to the office. Clearly the importance of having a physical office has changed for those companies that discovered they could operate just as effectively with remote workers. Others, however, are eager…

You’re working from home going about your business. You respond to an email that looks like it’s from one of your vendors. Their request for your login credentials for your line-of-business software is a little odd but you think they must have a good reason or else they wouldn’t ask. You comply…

[Updated December 2023] There’s good news and bad news in the state of cyber insurance. The bad news is that rates keep increasing. The good news is that the rise in rates is leveling off somewhat, going from an average increase of 133% in December 2021 to 17.1% in December 2022. What remains the same…

Whether you’re entry-level or you have a few years of experience under your belt, a job on the help desk at a Managed Service Provider (MSP) can be a great springboard to a fulfilling IT career. The help desk (or service desk) is a place where IT professionals can develop problem-solving and critical…

Sometimes the simplest things that you can do to defend your organization against cyber-attack get neglected. Take keeping software and hardware up to date for example. When you use unsupported software or fail to apply security patches, you’re creating holes where cyber criminals can enter. As for…

If you’re getting outsourced cybersecurity services from a managed IT service provider, you may have been presented with options for different tiers of service. If this surprised you, it may be because you didn’t expect to have choices. You do have choices, however, because cybersecurity is about…