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How to Increase Your Application Security

Oct 18, 2018

Improving the cybersecurity of your registered investment advisor (RIA) firm should not be limited to protecting only the most critical systems. Improving application security to make systems as secure as possible is achieved by fortifying the ...

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Surprising Password Guidelines from NIST You Should Know

Surprising Password Guidelines from NIST You Should Know

Oct 16, 2018

Think you’re up to speed on everything there is to know about managing passwords these days? What about staying compliant with password guidelines that are set by regulatory and non-regulatory bodies alike? It isn't easy, that's for sure. The ...

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Reasons You Should Avoid Public Wi-Fi Networks

3 Reasons You Should Avoid Public Wi-Fi Networks

Oct 09, 2018

Public wireless networks (public wifi, public wi-fi networks) and Wi-Fi hotspots provide unparalleled convenience to mobile and remote users who need internet access while away from their home or business network. However, these networks are ...

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How is the California Consumer Privacy Act Different from GDPR?

Aug 14, 2018

Just a few months ago, we discussed the launch of the new European Union (EU)’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). This expansive legislation, which was put in place to protect the data privacy of EU citizens from businesses and ...

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Why Cybersecurity Should Be Important to Startups

Aug 09, 2018

Businesses are vital to the success and growth of our local and national economies. Start up companies (startups) and small and medium-size businesses (SMBs), in particular, play a significant role in the economy. According to the U.S. Small ...

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7 Signs Your Law Firm Needs a New IT Service Provider

Jul 19, 2018

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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The Top 6 Best Travel Apps for iPhones in 2018

Jun 22, 2018

Summer is here, and many people are heading out of town or out of state for a little fun. As such, they are turning to the travel apps on their iOS, Android, and Windows smartphones to figure out where they want to go, what they want to do, and how ...

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How to Download Data Apple Is Collecting about You

Jun 11, 2018

With the launch of the European Union’s (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in May and the data privacy concerns that came to light with Facebook’s data controversy in recent months, data collection, user privacy and cybersecurity have ...

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Email Debt Forgiveness Day: What It is and How to Never Need It Again

Apr 30, 2018

It’s something that everyone has in common: Unread emails that are sitting in your inbox. These emails can be unread for many reasons — you’ve been busy; you simply don’t want to read them; or, perhaps you’ve read them but re-set them as “unread” ...

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Why Every Small to Midsize Business Must Have a Firewall

Mar 21, 2018

In today’s hostile online environment, it’s imperative for businesses of every size to actively make an effort to protect themselves from cybersecurity threats. This is especially true for small- to mid-size businesses (SMBs) whose employees think ...

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Cloud Computing

What Is The Cloud AND Why Aren't You In It?

Mar 07, 2018

With so many people pontificating “you should be in the cloud” or “why aren’t you in the cloud?” we’re constantly having conversations around what the cloud is and what it means “to be in the cloud”. When we talk to clients and prospects about this, ...

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