Do you suspect some of your employees are accessing adult websites, social media, or blogs while at work? Have you caught some of your employees wasting time or sending inappropriate emails? Do you suspect certain employees are harassing another member of your team? If you answered yes to any of these questions, it might be time to start monitoring employees while they’re at work. It’s true that employee monitoring can have adverse side effects, but it also offers a handful of benefits. We’ll take a look at the pros and cons of employee monitoring, and then give you a few tips on conducting ethical surveillance in the workplace. But first, let’s define employee monitoring and see why it’s so important. What Is … [Read more...] about Monitoring Employees Is Good and Bad: Here’s How to Do It Right
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5 Big Benefits of Outsourcing IT
How do you optimize your business's infrastructure and prevent IT security threats without the budget or expertise to pay for in-house IT services? You outsource it. And that may seem like a scary idea, but there are many benefits of outsourcing IT. Just as there are misconceptions about cloud computing, there are misconceptions about the advantages to your business of outsourcing IT functions. We’re going to clear the air of any confusion and detail 5 big benefits of outsourcing IT that helps to decrease your cost, increase your security, and give you greater peace of mind. By the end, you’ll be better informed and more prepared to take advantage of IT outsourcing. Benefits of Outsourcing IT Decreased Cost The second … [Read more...] about 5 Big Benefits of Outsourcing IT
How to Get Rid of Adware with These 5 Tips
250 million PC’s were infected with malware earlier this year that seemed benign but turned out to be extremely dangerous. The malware was known as Fireball and was packaged within numerous types of adware. According to Checkpoint, it was designed to change your default search engine and track your web traffic on behalf of a digital marketing firm in Beijing named Rafotech. But that’s not the dangerous part... The dangerous part of Fireball was this: It had the capability to take over any code on the victim’s computer or download additional malware, turning your computer into a zombie that’s easily manipulated by an opportunistic hacker. If you want to learn how to get rid of adware that carries malware like Fireball, … [Read more...] about How to Get Rid of Adware with These 5 Tips
Firmware Security Vulnerabilities and How to Prevent Them
Did you know that hackers can bypass your antivirus scans by embedding malware into the firmware of your machine? Firmware security isn’t as secure as it should be, especially in the Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) of most computers. According to Xeno Kovah and Corey Kallenberg in a report from Wired, many BIOS share some of the same code, which allowed these 2 researchers to uncover vulnerabilities in 80 percent of the PCs they examined, including ones from Dell, Lenovo, and HP. Xeno Kovah subsequently went on to work with Trammell Hudson to develop a worm that could infect Mac PC’s effortlessly, according to another report from Wired. In the study “Firmware Security Risks and Mitigation, Enterprise Practices and … [Read more...] about Firmware Security Vulnerabilities and How to Prevent Them
How to Protect Against Ransomware: 7 Ways to Stop the Worst Cyberthreat
Global ransomware damage costs predicted to exceed $5 billion in 2017, up from $325 million in 2015, according to Cybersecurity Ventures. And it gets worse... Steve Morgan, founder and Editor-In-Chief at Cybersecurity Ventures said in the same report, “While the percentage of ransom victims who pay Bitcoin to hackers in hopes of reclaiming their data appears to be on the decline, the total damage costs in connection to ransomware attacks is skyrocketing. We believe ransom payouts are the least of all damage cost contributors.” Mike Fey, president and COO of Symantec, said, “The ‘clean up’ for companies who were impacted by WannaCry will be enormous, including months of recovery time for IT departments and multi-millions in cost for … [Read more...] about How to Protect Against Ransomware: 7 Ways to Stop the Worst Cyberthreat