Cybersecurity & IT Insights
Benefits of Mesh Networking
In the realm of home technology, a prominent trend making waves is mesh networking. Although relatively new for residential users, businesses have long embraced a more dependable version of mesh networking to enhance the reach and reliability of their wireless...
Password Managers Protect Data and Save Time
Experts recommend long passwords with uppercase and lowercase letters, preferably with a symbol or two. They recommend that each password be different from all of your other passwords, and that all of these passwords be changed regularly. While we’ve covered why all...
Why Extended Warranties Are Important For Your Business Computers
It seems like you can’t buy anything these days without someone offering you an extended warranty for it. Last week, I was offered an extended warranty on a handheld vacuum. But while extended warranties may not make sense for most items, they’re important for...
Why Business-Class Computers Are Important for Your Business
With Black Friday sales all around us, it’s hard not to see those $400 computers without wondering whether it’s worth stocking up on them for your office. Unfortunately, that won’t work – and it’s not just the purchase limit of one machine that should hold you back...
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...