Law Firm Cybersecurity: Insurance Questionnaires This is the 1st in a 3-part series about IT Services and Security for Law Firms. Law firms are struggling with next-generation malware threats, social engineering attacks, and other forms of cybercrime that disproportionately target the legal services industry. To protect themselves against potentially catastrophic data loss or major downtime, […]
Small Business Cybersecurity: The 5 Most Common Mistakes There was a period long ago when small businesses could (partly) rely on their size to hide them from hackers. But the time for “security through obscurity” has long passed, and cyber criminals are now targeting small-and midsize businesses at almost the same rate as enterprises. According […]
Why is Cybersecurity Awareness Training So Important? All it takes for a hacker to breach your company’s network is one of your employees opening a phishing email and clicking a link. This means that before your IT team focuses on advanced measures like vulnerability testing and encryption, they need to strengthen their first line of […]
How ChatGPT and AI are Changing Cybersecurity Heated discussion about artificial intelligence (AI) has been a feature of the business media since ChatGPT was first released in late 2022. While most of the media discussion revolves around which jobs ChatGPT is going to eliminate, there’s been a quieter but equally important discussion in the cybersecurity […]
What is the Difference Between Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity? This is the third installment in a 3-part series on hurricane preparedness and business continuity. Business leaders in Tampa that are preparing for hurricane season will likely encounter two terms, disaster recovery and business continuity, in their search for stability. Though the two concepts are […]
The Complete Guide to Business Continuity Planning This is the second in a 3-part series on hurricane preparedness and business continuity. Serious interruptions to productivity can be a catastrophe for unprepared businesses. Even a single day of downtime can cause a small or midsized business tens of thousands of dollars in lost opportunity, revenue, and […]
Protecting Your Business Technology in Hurricane Season This is the first in a 3-part series on hurricane preparedness and business continuity. Every year, the Florida business community must gird itself for hurricane season, a significant trade-off for living in a uniquely beautiful state. Since 1980, the total cost of damage done to coastal Florida by […]
Multifactor Authentication is Critical to Network Security Password-based attacks are one of the most common tools in the hackers’ toolkit, with about 81% of company data breaches directly attributable to an exploited password or network credential. The reason these attacks are so popular is because they’re simple and effective. Instead of advanced strategies, such as […]
How to Identify and Manage Your Cybersecurity Risks It’s not news that cybersecurity is the leading source of risk for small and midsized businesses in the Tampa area. According to a 2022 report, nearly 4 in 5 small and midsized businesses say that the number of cyberattacks targeting their organization grew over the last year. […]
Is My Data Safe in the Cloud? Companies are turning to cloud computing as a cost-effective, secure, and scalable way to store their data, streamline collaboration, and access new capabilities without the enormous capital expenditures that normally come with a new technology purchase. As the trend toward “digital transformation” advances, more organizations are moving their […]