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What we’re seeing out in the boundless world of IT and how you can make the most of it

Access Tech: Don't let holiday fatigue get the best of your company. Make the holidays festive and avoid hacks.

Hacker season – top cybersecurity tips for the holidays 

A Darktrace report observed that there is a 30 percent increase in the average number of ransomware attacks over the holiday period compared to the monthly average. The researchers also established a 70 percent average increase in attempted ransomware attacks in the months of November and December, compared to January and February. Don’t let the holiday festivities distract you from keeping your data safe. ...
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Access Tech: As an SMB, what is your cybersecurity budget? Do you feel protected?

Never too small — SMBs need to invest in cybersecurity

Every day, businesses face ransomware and other lurking cyber dangers. Much of the attention has been focused on critical infrastructure: dams, power plants, utilities, and election systems. ...
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Access Tech: Stay alert this holiday season while still getting in the spirit.

Holiday MFA fatigue allow hacker opportunities

Multi-factor authentication (MFA) is the gold standard in offices around the world. We all know the drill: you use your username, and as the password, the name of your first dog and the last four digits of your social security number.  ...
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Access Tech: What does the new SEC cybersecurity disclosure proposal mean for your business?

Cybersecurity disclosures proposal from the SEC

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposes overhauling requirements for cybersecurity disclosures by company boards. ...
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Access Tech: Is your company using multi-cloud? How has that affected your IT department?

The fall and rise of IT: Multi-cloud

A 2022 survey of 1,000 technology practitioners suggests that as more organizations embrace multi-cloud computing, the number of challenges being encountered is starting to multiply as well.   ...
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Access Tech: How much do you spend on cloud costs? Are you using all the features you pay for?

Cost of the cloud: Who’s paying?  

How much money do you spend? When it comes to big purchases with your business, we are specific and meticulous with what we are paying for. ...
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Access Tech: Do you rely on a medical device? How secure is your device?

IT departments must ensure security of medical devices

Industry experts have been apprehensive about the cybersecurity vulnerabilities posed by the increasing number of IoT medical devices. ...
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Access Tech: Legacy phone systems don’t have the capacity to ensure the productivity and satisfaction of your employees and customers.

Time to leave the legacy behind: 5 reasons to move to the cloud

By staying with a PBX system, a business risks system outages and unplanned downtime, high upgrade costs, and little to no flexibility or agility for employees. ...
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