Author Archives: Ryan Howarter

As businesses, their employees, and users in general become more educated and savvy to the methods bad actors are using, they continue to evolve and find new ways to access that sensitive data and information. 

Natural disasters, cyber threats, power outages, and equipment failures - disasters can strike at any time and wreak havoc on your business. Having a disaster recovery plan in place is essential for every business.

Ransomware, phishing, botnets – there’s no shortage of malicious cyber activity. Bad actors are constantly devising increasingly creative ways to target victims, but some of the most effective are the tried and true. Social engineering is method regularly used to to penetrate systems, but what exactly is it and what are some prevention methods […]

When you notice a warning light on your car dashboard do you head to the mechanic ASAP, or maybe wait and see how long you can go before you start to hear an odd noise or smell something funny?

From medical offices to law firms, manufacturing companies to school districts - few methods of communication are used as much as email. As many business operations switch to being completely digital, it's critical to protect those networks and email security is near the top of the list when figuring our your priorities - here's why:

The importance of proper cybersecurity measures for business networks is obvious, but we often see many organizations get so wrapped up in the day to day, making sure work is done and clients are happy, that efforts to implement and improve security posture get put on the back burner or slip through the cracks. We get it, it happens to the best […]

Over the past few years, we've seen a massive jump in cybercrime - both in quantity and effect. According to the most recent FBI Internet Crime Report, Americans reported over 850,000 online crimes, with losses in excess of $6.9 billion. Reports of cybercrime jumped 7% from 2020, which may may not seem like a lot at first glance.

For businesses small and large, there are few things more important than network security. With the incessant threat of cyberattacks and risk of data loss, no company can be too careful when it comes to protecting its information. 

Despite the usual trope of spy movies and crime dramas showing users effortlessly breaking through complex security systems, like our tag-teaming typists above, multi-factor authentication (MFA) remains an extremely effective tool in the fight against security breaches. But even though many understand the benefits MFA presents, we are still […]

The dark web is often misunderstood and feared by business owners so we think it's important to understand what the dark web is, and more importantly, what it isn't. Put in basic terms - the dark web is a segment of the internet that is not accessible through conventional means, it can only be accessed through specific software, more on that […]