Cybersecurity & IT Insights
Technology and Risk Management
WingSwept spends substantial time making sure that each client’s technology is supporting their goals – for many clients, these goals include increasing efficiency, maximizing returns, and supporting future growth. But one goal that all of our clients share is...
Beyond Backup: Strategies for Effective Disaster Recovery
There are so many providers trying to sell backup solutions that rarely a week goes by without most executives getting an email on the importance of disaster recovery. If you aren’t subscribing to a backup service, your business will go out of business, they warn. ...
Insider Threats: Your Biggest Data Breach Risk?
Avoiding the Three Insider Threat Scenarios For all the time spent protecting networks against external threats, it will never prevent data theft. That’s because nearly half of all data breaches come from an insider threat - people inside your organization. When most...
Does a Virtualized Desktop Infrastructure Make Sense for Your Business?
If you have an office with dozens of workstations, one question you’ve probably encountered is whether to maintain each workstation independently or to use a Virtualized Desktop Infrastructure, or VDI. Generally, VDI uses thin clients, or cheaper network devices, to...
Ensuring Security Post-Employee Exit
Executives are well-versed in the threat of hackers, but the bigger danger lies in legitimate login misuse. What might not be as apparent is the more significant risk posed by individuals wielding legitimate login credentials to access sensitive data improperly. The...
Signs Of Subpar IT Support
Sometimes, it’s easy to tell if your IT provider isn’t serving your needs. A major data loss can’t be recovered even though you’re paying for backups; a hardware failure reveals that there’s no backup plan for major network infrastructure; nobody at the IT provider...
What Microsoft License Types Mean For Your Business
You might already know that Microsoft has different versions of its software designed for consumers and business – For instance, both Windows and Office have Home and Professional versions, among others. But there are also different ways to license this software –...
Facing A Microsoft Audit?
According to Flexera, 63% of organizations have been audited by at least one of their software vendors in the last two years. Microsoft is among the most active in auditing companies’ use of its software, so if you’ve been in business for long, there’s a good chance...
IT Checklist For Opening a Satellite Office
IT Checklist For Opening a Satellite Office In a recent post, we discussed some of the things to consider if you’re relocating offices. This can present some unique challenges, including the temporary need to have a functioning network in two locations at once. But...