You don’t have to be paranoid to believe that your IT infrastructure is vulnerable to attack at any moment -- because it’s true. When it comes to online computing, a fortress mentality will pay you dividends in IT stability and robust protection of services.
Recently, the FBI released an alert warning every business sector about an increase in ransomware attacks. In addition, new McAfee report found that ransomware attacks have doubled in 2019. What is ransomware? It is a form of malware that encrypts your files.
Computers don’t just manage themselves. As sophisticated as they’ve become, they still need a human touch to keep everything running properly. Given time, all IT processes and equipment will fail. Businesses employ managed IT services to fix broken systems and -- more importantly -- to prevent them from breaking in the first place.
Imagine this: you wake up one morning, get your cup of coffee and sit down at the laptop. Like any morning, you open Cincinnati.com to read the front page of the Enquirer, you check your fantasy football lineup, you see what is happening on Facebook. Your friend Mark posted a link to something that apparently has him “ROTFL,” so you click the link and visit the site.
The line outside of an Apple store in anticipation of a new product launch has become a familiar sight over the years. We have all seen the crowds lined up at the Kenwood Apple store, the hyper-connected masses clamoring to be the first of their friends to have the new iPhone, but it begs the question: is it worth it? What has really changed from one iPhone to the next? Sure you might get a sharper camera and some bragging rights, but is this phone really that much of a step forward from the last iteration? With the introduction of Wi-Fi 6 into the market, the answer is yes.
As we enter the new school year, college students all over the country are returning to campus to begin or continue their studies. With so many things on their minds at the beginning of the term – what courses to take, choosing their housing and roommates, adjusting to a new and unfamiliar situation – cybersecurity may not be foremost in their minds.