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Hacker Exploits Extend to iPhones and iPads, Can Access Your Data and Location

September 6, 2016 | Business IT News, Tips and Information

iPhone and iPad vulnerabilities, or zero-days exploits allow hackers to access any and all data, know your location by GPS co-locating, and also be able to use your camera to spy on you. Although Apple released the patch in the…

Switching To Windows 10?

September 1, 2016 | Business IT News, Tips and Information

Have You Made the Switch to Windows 10 Yet? The much-ballyhooed rollout of Windows 10 a little over a year ago was a welcome “fix” to many for the Windows 8 fiasco in 2012. The Windows 10 campaign represents Microsoft’s…

Lessons Learned From The Athens Orthopedic Data Breach

August 30, 2016 | Business IT News, Tips and Information

Data breaches seem to have become a daily headline that causes readers to catch their breath each and every time. This knee-jerk reaction is for good reason. According to the Office of Civil Rights (OCR), in 2015 there were approximately 253…

Is DevOps Automation of IT Security a Better Move?

August 25, 2016 | Business IT News, Tips and Information

At a recent Security Roundtable that took place at Search IT Operations, one of the topics discussed was when a company should migrate their IT security to DevOps. Should it only be when IT departments are understaffed and have to resort to…

Office 365 Users Beware: A Bold New Ransomware Threat Emerges

August 22, 2016 | Business IT News, Tips and Information

If you had to make a list of the most pressing threats that Internet users face today, ransomware would undoubtedly be right at the top. Now, thanks to a massive zero-day attack by a particularly tricky group of hackers, Microsoft…

Why IT Security for the Manufacturing Sector is So Vital

August 19, 2016 | Business IT News, Tips and Information

The manufacturing sector of our economy at large presents many challenges for business owners who plan on keeping data regarding proprietary information on goods and production methods safe and secure. Consumer goods in particular are big business, but can also…

Digital Transformation: 4 Ways SMBs Can Profit From It

August 18, 2016 | Business IT News, Tips and Information

Four ways businesses can profit from digital transformation. Digital transformation allows SMBs to rub elbows with the large businesses they could one day become. However, many SMBs don’t have an honest game plan when it comes to taking advantage of…

Largest Health Care Data Breach: Millions of Patients at Risk

August 16, 2016 | Business IT News, Tips and Information

How one of the largest health care data breaches could affect you. A health care data breach is nothing new given how much hackers can make from the documents. We’re going to explain one particular data breach and what the…

Business Associates Beware: More HIPAA Audits Are Coming

August 11, 2016 | Business IT News, Tips and Information

The Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Civil Rights has begun phase 2 of its compliance audits. The 2016 audits will target covered entities and their business associates. For example, an IT support business working for a healthcare organization is…

Ransomware Takes Aim on Small Business

August 10, 2016 | Business IT News, Tips and Information

Ransomware has gotten much more intelligent in the last year, and it now represents one of the most damaging and widespread cybersecurity threats that businesses face on a daily basis. According to SophosLabs, ransomware is now so sophisticated it can…