In today’s fast-paced business landscape, the role of your IT team in minimizing downtime has never been more crucial. The cost of a single workstation’s inactivity can escalate rapidly, often exceeding a thousand dollars per day. Despite technological advancements, even industry giants with redundant networks can’t entirely shield themselves from the repercussions of downtime. Understanding…
Posts by Jeremy Spivey
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Minimizing The Cost Of Downtime
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Ransomware: The New Normal for Businesses
As the digital landscape evolves, so do the threats that businesses face in the form of cybercrime. The days of relying solely on preventive measures to safeguard your network and data are long gone. With the surge in ransomware attacks, business email compromise, and password exfiltration, cybercriminals have become more adept at breaching even the…
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The Importance of Network Documentation
Imagine this scenario: a valuable member of your IT team leaves the company, taking their knowledge of the network with them. Without proper documentation, you have a black box, unsure of how to manage and maintain the network effectively. This can lead to chaos, downtime, and costly mistakes. Documentation is the key to ensuring continuity…
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Phishing: The #1 Cyberattack
Phishing is a type of online scam where cybercriminals send fake emails, text messages, or phone calls that look like they’re from legitimate sources like banks or government agencies. Their goal is to trick you into sharing personal information such as your passwords, credit card numbers, or Social Security info. To make matters worse, it…
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Managed IT Service Provider: A Buyers Guide
If you’re considering a new Managed IT Service Provider (MSP) for your business, you probably know how difficult it is to assess them objectively. Many MSPs tout objective measures like Average Response Time and Mean Time to Resolve. These are important measures, but they can be manipulated by responding before a technician is ready to…
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What Small and Mid-size Businesses Really Need to Know About Ransomware
If you’ve been reading technology news lately, you’ve probably seen some sensational headlines about one of the recent ransomware attacks. What does it really mean for the average small or mid-size business? Ransomware is malware that locks your files away and charges you money to get them back. It is generally transmitted via email attachment…
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Unpatched Vulnerabilities, New Legislation and the FBI Pushing Against a Ransomware Payment Ban
The expanding threat landscape is making ransomware one of the few bipartisan issues in Congress right now. But an FBI expert’s testimony proves there are still no easy answers. Here are the top cybersecurity stories for small and midsize business executives in late July. Software Vulnerabilities Take 6 Months to Patch A recent study found…
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What Is a Perimeter Defense? How to Layer Security
The explosion of ransomware has many security experts arguing forcefully against a perimeter-only security model. These experts point out that this approach has led to cyberattacks that have caused billions of dollars of economic damage. But what is perimeter security? What does it leave out? And what should you do instead? Network Vs. Physical Security…
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Double Extortion Attacks More Prevalent than Ever
Ransomware is still all over the place – attacks are up 62% globally and 158% in North America since 2019. But ransomware-only attacks have mostly been replaced by more sophisticated – and ruthless – attacks. In a traditional ransomware attack, a cyber criminal finds a way onto business networks (often with stolen usernames and passwords)…
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Ransomware News: Biggest Attack Ever
Ransomware News: Early July had several cybersecurity events with big impacts on small and mid-sized businesses. Here are three you that should know about. REvil’s Kaseya Attack Hits Thousands of Businesses Worldwide, US Will Respond The biggest news story this week was a ransomware attack targeting Kaseya VSA, software used by large businesses and Managed…