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NIST – Protecting What’s Most Important
By James Laszko The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) created the Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) to give businesses foundational structure and common language to address their own individual security needs. In our previous article NIST – Achieving Alignment in Cybersecurity we established that some form of cybersecurity posture is necessary to simply do business…
Read MoreNIST – Identifying What You Need to Protect
By James Laszko In my previous article NIST – Achieving Alignment in Cybersecurity we discussed how the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) created the Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) to give businesses foundational structure and common language to address their own individual security needs. We established that some form of cybersecurity posture is necessary to…
Read MoreNIST – Achieving Alignment in Cybersecurity
Technology has always been a dynamic market. Traditional focus has moved from a hardware/software to virtualization and the cloud but data has clearly been designated as the true prize and in the unpatrolled world of the Internet, it is up to you to secure it. You can have the fastest car in the lot but…
Read MoreCloud Technology: Are all your eggs in one basket?
By Tristan Collopy, Service Manager The Cloud, and what is oftentimes denoted within the Information Technology Industry as Software as a Service (SaaS), has developed to the point where many small to medium sized businesses have come to rely heavily on its infrastructure. SaaS offers solutions previously only available to large businesses to the SMB…
Read MoreInternet of Things: Next Great Thing or Old News?
by Tristan Collopy IoT or the Internet of Things is a buzzword you’ve likely heard bandied about—many vendors and solution providers are touting their IoT capable devices similarly to what you’ve heard about “the cloud” previously. So what does the IoT mean to the SMB market? How can the IoT improve your business processes? Are…
Read MoreTechnology Trends to Consider in the Coming Year
Technology Trends to Consider in the Coming Year Savvy investors understand the tremendous value that emerging technology can provide. Positioning your business to take advantage of emerging technologies places you in a sector with immense growth opportunities available. Below, I will outline five key areas of emergent technology that can be both a financial boon,…
Read MoreWhat’s your backup plan?
by Stefani Laszko You’ve made sure your car, house and business is protected with appropriate insurance but what have you done to protect the data on your computer? These days, replacing a computer is quick and relatively low cost but what would you do without the information stored on it? Ask anyone that has had…
Read MoreSplitting columns in Excel 2013
Do you have a list in Excel, perhaps of contact data? Do you have multiple pieces of information in a single column, but need it in two or more? This is most common with names: your report lists names in a single column, but you need the first name and last name separate. There’s an…
Read MoreChoosing between Windows 7 or 8.1
used with permission from HP Technology at Work It may be the dead of winter, but harbingers of spring abound, including increasing daylight hours and the start of baseball’s spring training. Like the crack of the bat and the season’s first daffodils, April 8th—the day on which Microsoft® officially stops supporting its third-generation technology Windows…
Read MoreLock Down: Our Top 5 Security Takeaways
used with permission from Cisco If you’re reading this right now, you’re on the internet. You appreciate the ability to work, surf and shop on the world wide web without having your information exploited, and you think you know the basics: use secure sites, don’t store your credit card information, and don’t open sketchy emails.…
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