Choosing a firewall that has the features you need to protect your company from the onslaught of malicious hackers, malware, and viruses can be confusing and frustrating. There are various types with various features and varying levels of security. Plus, choosing a firewall is heavily dependent on the size, scope, and scale of your particular organization. To help you make your decision easier, we’ll describe a few important features you should look for in a firewall, discuss the various sizes of firewalls to choose from, and then go over the three types of firewalls you’re likely to encounter. By the end of this article, you’ll be better informed to choose the right firewall for your company. Important Features to Consider When … [Read more...] about Choosing a Firewall: the Most Important Features and Types You Need to Know
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Cloud Communications – Affordable, Reliable, and Effective
The cloud communications industry is rapidly growing - which could mean big cost savings and higher productivity for your business. Also known as “unified communications” market is expanding at a compound annual growth rate of 15.7%, according to Transparency Market Research. That means by 2018, revenue is expected to grow to $61.9 billion. To put that into perspective, revenue was at $22.8 billion in 2011. What’s driving this growth? 56% of enterprises and 66% of SMB’s had planned to implement or upgrade their unified communication solutions by 2016, according to the 2015 Unified Communications & Collaboration (UC&C) Study conducted by IDG Enterprises. This is a pretty big indicator that there are serious … [Read more...] about Cloud Communications – Affordable, Reliable, and Effective
Business Email Compromise: 10 Ways to Prevent 5 Common Scams
You or your company could be one of the 22,000 victims of a business email compromise scam and never even know it. That’s because it’s no longer that Nigerian prince asking you to wire him money so he can save his people - hopefully you, like most people, know emails like that are BS. Now the scam is less obvious: it’s your CxO emailing you, asking you to pay for the latest business expense. Except, it’s not actually your CxO emailing you, there is no business expense, and now your company’s money is in the hands of a cyber criminal halfway across the world. This is the new kind of email fraud and it’s making 21st-century con artists filthy rich. In 2016, The FBI issued a public service announcement stating that roughly … [Read more...] about Business Email Compromise: 10 Ways to Prevent 5 Common Scams
These IT Security Threats Can Damage Your Business: Learn How to Protect Yourself
If you’re a small to medium-sized business (SMB), you may be at higher risk of experiencing a hacker attack, malware phishing, or other serious IT security threat than you think. Unfortunately, most SMBs (falsely) believe that only large enterprises are targeted by cyber attackers. While it’s true that there have been some mega breaches in enterprise security in recent years, SMBs are still squarely in the sights of malicious hackers. In 2016, The Denver Post reported that small and mid-sized businesses are hit by 62% of all cyber-attacks, about 4,000 per day, according to IBM. But these businesses don’t just get attacked, hire IT specialists to fix the problem, and then go back to business. The effects of a single cyber … [Read more...] about These IT Security Threats Can Damage Your Business: Learn How to Protect Yourself
How to Optimize Your Company Intranet in 3 Steps
Your company intranet is an intricate part of a strong company culture that should help employees work better and faster through collaboration. Unfortunately, many intranets fail to be the “intuitive, go-to information silo” they’re supposed to be, instead falling into the category of “clunky, not-going-to-waste-my-time information hole.” This is a problem of intranet optimization - which we know isn’t usually at the forefront of most company leader’s minds. Perhaps you believe your company’s intranet is just fine, even though you haven’t invested any time into researching how employees actually feel about and use it. We politely suggest you may want to reconsider. Nielsen Norman Group, a user experience research firm, … [Read more...] about How to Optimize Your Company Intranet in 3 Steps