Cybersecurity

Art Katch

Internal IT teams are often overworked in many businesses, so congratulations if you have recently forged a co-managed relationship with an IT services provider. Most people would agree that this might be among the best choices you ever make for your company. With co-managed IT, your company will grow like never before, and your employees will enjoy some well-earned time off.

You need to truly believe that IT security is everyone’s business, and that includes everybody working in your company, from the C-level execs to the newly hired intern.

In this blog, we explore the various areas your IT policy should ideally cover.

Yes, moving to the Cloud has it benefits, but it also has its challenges including security risks.

Your business is privy to a lot of data. A lot of information flows in from clients, vendors and even your employees. This includes Personally Identifiable Information (PII)--data that can help identify an individual and perhaps even get in touch with them. A privacy policy tells others how your business will be using all the PII.

The Verizon Data Breach Investigations report states that emails are the primary source of two-thirds of malware. Email is an easy target simply because there is more human touch involved in the case of emails. There’s always a stray chance that someone will end up clicking on a phishing link or downloading the wrong attachment or simply including sensitive, confidential information in an unencrypted email...