Byron Martin

cybersecurity awareness month

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CISA Kicks Off Cybersecurity Awareness Month With "Secure Our World" Campaign

October isn't just about falling leaves and pumpkin spice; it's also Cybersecurity Awareness Month, established in 2004 and dedicated to raising awareness about the critical importance of cybersecurity.

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phishing

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Improve Your Cybersecurity Awareness

If you’ve turned on the news sometime during the past few years, you’ve probably heard of more than one instance where a business closed due to a...

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co-managed it

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Get Ready To Maximize Efficiency With Help From Co-Managed IT Services

IT services are necessary for every business in the country – IT companies help businesses protect their data, ensure day-to-day operations run...

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compliance standards

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What Compliance Standards Does Your Business Need To Maintain?

Compliance standards are some of the most important things a business needs to maintain to be profitable and well-respected while staying out of...

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Prepare Your Kids For A Successful School Year: Tech Tips To Maximize Learning Potential

Back-to-school season has finally arrived, and it won’t be long before our kids are back in the classroom, learning all sorts of different subjects....

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cyber breach

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Tek Video: The Probability of a Second Breach

If you've had a breach, statistically the likelihood of you having a second breach or more is very high.

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cybersecurity risk management

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From the Top Down: The Importance of Cybersecurity Leadership in Mitigating Business Risks

The days when cybersecurity was solely the concern of IT departments are long gone.

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SharePoint and OneDrive Limitations

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9 SharePoint and OneDrive Limitations and Restrictions You Need to Know

OneDrive and SharePoint in Microsoft 365 are popular cloud-based collaboration, productivity, and file storage solutions to help organizations share...

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SaaS

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Shielding Your Cloud: Securing M365 and Google Workspace with SaaS Protection

Many organizations assume that moving to a cloud-based collaboration app such as Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace means email security and backup is...

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cyber resilience

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Tek Video: Cyber Resilience

The FBI revealed in its 2022 Internet Crime Report that ransomware gangs breached the networks of at least 860 critical infrastructure organizations...

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cybersecurity poverty line

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The Cybersecurity Divide: Understanding the Cybersecurity Poverty Line

In today's digital age, cybersecurity has become a critical aspect of every organization's operations. Cyber-attacks can lead to financial losses,...

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cybersecurity insurance

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Tek Video: Cybersecurity Insurance Application Questions

The cyber insurance market is getting stricter with its application questions and requirements.

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hacker timeline

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Tek Video: The Hacker Timeline

The average time it takes to identify a breach is 197 days. That's crazy. And then the average time to contain a breach is 69 days.

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SaaS Protection

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Tek Video: Myth - My Data is Safe in the Cloud

Microsoft works off what is called a shared responsibility model. The message is simple, Microsoft is responsible for its cloud, and end-users and...

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cybersecurity tools

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Tek Video: Myth - I'm Safe, I Have Current Cybersecurity Tools

Cybersecurity is much more than the tools.

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backups

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Tek Video: Myth - I Can Recover from Backups

So here's the critical thing, the myth. And I touched on it a minute ago.

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cybersecurity tabletop exercise

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What is a Cybersecurity Tabletop Exercise?

Have you heard of a cybersecurity tabletop exercise or tabletop drill?

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SaaS Protection

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Tek Video: Microsoft 365 Security is a Shared Responsibility

Microsoft works off what is called a shared responsibility model. The message is simple, Microsoft is responsible for its cloud, and end-users and...

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RaaS

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Tek Video: Ransomware as a Service (RaaS)

Another big, game-changing element of ransomware is that you don't have to be a hacker. You don't even have to have any technical expertise.

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break-fix IT

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Break Free From the Break-fix IT Model

“If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” But is this approach harming your business?

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Endpoint Security

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Tek Video: Endpoint Security vs. Antivirus

Tek Video: Endpoint Security vs. Antivirus

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In-house IT or MSP

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10 Considerations for Hiring In-house IT vs Partnering with an MSP

10 Considerations for Hiring In-house IT vs Partnering with an MSP Does your business’s IT management need an upgrade?Are you wondering why your...

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Why Your IT Provider Should be SOC 2 Accredited

Why Your IT Provider Should be SOC 2 Accredited A SOC 2 audit isn’t just a one-time exercise. The audit must be completed yearly, inspecting...

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cyber resilience

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Six Ways to Build Cyber Resilience

83% of small and medium-sized businesses are not financially prepared to recover from a cyberattack.

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encryption

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How to Send an Encrypted Email in Microsoft Outlook

You’ve probably heard about email encryption and maybe you’ve even wondered when it’s necessary.

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data breach

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Washington State Attorney General 2021 Data Breach Report Findings

In the last year, businesses and agencies sent a record 6.3 million data breach notices to Washingtonians.

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cyber attack

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Small Businesses are More Likely to be Targets of Cyber Attacks

Researchers at Barracuda Networks analyzed millions of emails across thousands of companies in 2021 and found that on average, an employee of a small...

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data breach

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5 Ways to Keep Your Dental Practice Safe from a Data Breach

According to IBM’s 2021 Cost of a Data Breach Report, the healthcare industry suffered the highest average cost of a data breach for the 11th year in...

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Microsoft NCE

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Microsoft 365 Price Increase March 15th

Prices are going up. Are you prepared? Update: Microsoft just extended the grace period to lock in Feb 2022 pricing. March 14th is the last day to...

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SOC 2

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Why SOC 2 Certification is Valuable

Let’s face it, our world is filled with regularly occurring data breaches and cybersecurity events. Organizations need assurances that the companies...

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cyber resilience

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Uptime Podcast with Teknologize: Cyber Resilience

Cyber Resilience. Can companies like Vestas, which had a ransomware attack on November 19th, rebound from a cyberattack? Watch Now!

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cyber insurance

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Understanding Cyber Insurance

The threat of a cyber-attack is too high, and the consequences can be devastating. At this point, it's important for all businesses to have cyber...

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cyber insurance

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The Future of Cyber Insurance

The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) saw a 69% increase in the number of cybercrime reports it received in 2020 compared to 2019. On...

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cyber insurance

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Why Cyber Insurance is Critical

The cyber insurance market is getting stricter and for many organizations, it’s getting more challenging and expensive to secure coverage.

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threat hunting

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Threat Hunting. Who is Hiding in Your Network?

Who is hiding in your network?

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