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7 Signs Your Business Needs a New IT Service Provider

Dec 21, 2017

In many relationships, there comes a time when something feels amiss — you can’t identify exactly what, but you get that gnawing feeling in your gut that tells you something is off. Often times, it gets to the point where you just know it’s not ...

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7 Things Your Current IT Service Provider Doesn’t Want You to Know

Dec 20, 2017

As with any ongoing business relationship, there comes a time when you may need to reevaluate your relationship with your IT service provider. This could be because you make it a habit to reevaluate your vendor relationships on a regular basis or, ...

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The 7 Habits of Highly Successful LA CPA Firms

Dec 19, 2017

If you’re a certified public accountant (CPA) in Los Angeles and are looking for ways to improve your firm, I have put together some advice and examples of what some highly successful CPA firms are doing. After all, there are reasons why they’re ...

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Why a Secure Password M@TT3R$ to Your Organization

Dec 15, 2017

As an IT services professional and consultant, it’s astonishing to me how often password security is one of the last things that people think about when it comes to cybersecurity. In many aspects of business, such as sales or operational ...

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Knowing Your Business’s Cybersecurity Awareness Training Level

Dec 14, 2017

I BM CEO Ginni Rometty has been quoted as saying, “Cyber crime is the greatest threat to every company in the world.” And, unfortunately, there are WAY too many stats to help back up her claim. Nearly half of all cyber attacks focus on small ...

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Protecting Your Network from Ransomware in 8 Steps

Dec 13, 2017

Much like fashion, sometimes old technology trends become new again. Ransomware attacks, which were introduced in 1989, embody one such example of this cycle and have become increasingly prevalent over the past several years. Ransomware is a ...

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Top Accounting Technology Trends for CPA Firms in LA

Dec 12, 2017

A new era of data delivery and storage has been ushered in by growing Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) delivery platforms, or cloud-based systems. SaaS provides accounting firms, as well as other businesses, with accessibility and location flexibility ...

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3 Key Components for Effective Security Audits for LA CPAs

Dec 11, 2017

Accountants, listen up: In a time when identity theft, DDoS attacks and digital hacks are rapidly increasing, it is important for any certified public accountants (CPAs) to know the health of their computer systems and security policies. Any ...

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Pa$$w0rds and the Dark Web

Dec 06, 2017

Coming up with a strong password is way too hard. And it's so hard to remember all of them. So the easier they are, the easier they are for me to remember. And with all the web sites I visit, I try to make them all the same so that they're easier to ...

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The Tell Tale Signs of Social Engineering

The Tell Tale Signs of Social Engineering

Nov 29, 2017

It's scary to think that it's much easier for an attacker to exploit a victim’s natural inclination to trust than it is to find ways to hack their systems. Organizations can avoid many attacks by properly training employees on social engineering ...

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Are There KRACKs in Your Wireless Network Security

Are There KRACKs in Your Wireless Network Security?

Nov 15, 2017

Every so often a vulnerability is identified that is so pervasive that it jumps to the head of the line in needing to be addressed. One of the most recent examples of this is the KRACK vulnerability. Dutch security researchers made public their ...

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