What is the Emerging Industry of Employee Surveillance

Employee surveillance or employee monitoring is nothing new. When employee monitoring got its start, this may have looked like a camera overlooking a workspace, allowing managers and owners to monitor what was going on. As technology advanced, employee monitoring has evolved into smart badges, software to monitor computer usage, and more.  If employee monitoring is not…

The Colonial Pipeline Ransomware Attack and what it means for You

In the beginning, they said they weren’t expecting any gas shortages. Those expectations have changed as we began getting reports Monday morning of gas stations without and gas to supply drivers with.  For those who don’t know, Colonial Pipeline which provides approximately 45% of the gas on the East Coast, was hit with a ransomware…

The Best Chat Apps for the Modern Workplace

The business environment is ever-evolving. Now more than ever it is paramount for businesses to have a digital presence, gain access to information quickly, and have fast response times. Without the right technology, the recent push to work-from-home (or remote working), gaining information quickly, and getting fast responses from colleagues would be challenging to say…

Top Reasons Why Your Business Should Use Cloud Backup Solutions

Things happen, we get and we’ve seen it. You knowingly set your laptop down on a magnet that destroys your hard drive, or someone steals your laptop while you’re not looking. Maybe a particularly bad storm creates an intense power surge wiping out your data and your on-site backup.  Not only can cloud backup help…

Four Tips to keep your Organizations Network Safe and Secure

Our work networks have been changing lately. People have been working remotely for some time; however, with the pandemic, a vast number now work from home (WFH). These workers have been set up to access the company network while working remotely, changing the network in ways many hadn’t anticipated.  With the switch for many to…

What is Ransomware and Why You Should be Aware of It

Gaining popularity and becoming a more common occurrence is Ransomeware attacks. We can already hear you asking, “what is Ransomware?” To answer your question, Kaspersky defines Ransomeware as: “Ransomware is malicious software that infects your computer and displays messages demanding a fee to be paid for your system to work again. This class of malware is a…