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Security requires savvy
It seems like common sense, doesn’t it? While accidents and mechanical failures do happen, getting hurt while using a chainsaw usually comes from not understanding what the tool is capable of, or how it works. Fire is hot and teaches a clear lesson in an instant, but Technology, despite having an almost unlimited potential to
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Social Media Fraud gets scammers big money
As if there weren’t enough points piling up in the negative column for social media, the Federal Trade Commission has recently released a report revealing that scams run through social media platforms are netting big money for fraudsters. According to the FTC, social media con jobs cost Americans three-quarters of a billion dollars in 2021
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How does your tech measure up to 2022?
Last week we discussed what a properly equipped home office might look like, but another component that is just as important is the technology infrastructure of the company itself. Thanks to the unstoppable force that is the Internet, small and medium-sized businesses now have access to technology platforms and services that were previously the exclusive
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Assembling a proper WFH environment
It’s 2022 and approaching the third(!) year of the pandemic. Your company is onboard with “telecommuting” and perhaps they’ve decided to lean into it for real, which means it’s time to take a hard look at that 8-year-old computer and rickety chair you bought at a local garage sale. Definitely replace the computer and that
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Give yourself the gift of better security
If there is one thing that the holiday seasons are known for, it’s the broken-record playlists we are subjected to wherever fine background music is played, but rather than torturing your ears with “All I want for Christmas” for the 50th time today, I’ll sing another familiar tune that starts like this, “Protect yourself before
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Feds able to snoop on popular “secure” messaging platforms
At this point it should come as no surprise to anyone that regardless of what Facebook says about security and privacy, you can almost guarantee they will be caught in a lie, or at the very least, avoiding the truth. The latest boondoggle comes courtesy of a Freedom of Information Act finding made by an
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