The "Bring Your Own Device" (BYOD) movement has surged throughout companies across the entire world. The added benefits of productivity, flexibility and cost-efficiency of having remote workers that can use their own mobile devices in order to perform company tasks are far too great to ignore. BYOD usage varies with employees. Some employees only use…
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5 Things You Should Know About Email Encryption
Email is notoriously difficult to keep secure. We’ve had it for over forty years - and that’s kind of the problem. When email was created there were about five people on the internet and they were all in the same class at UCLA. The likelihood of serious crime being committed by email was pretty low.…
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5 Ways to Improve Your Online Security
[caption id="attachment_2367" align="alignleft" width="300"] Close-up of a security guard listening to his earpiece. Back of jacket showing.[/caption] Online security is the biggest headache for most businesses now. The full burden of the requirements for a business IT solution that’s agile and flexible while remaining secure falls on the shoulders of IT staff. CIOs have to…
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Anthem Security Hack
On Wednesday, February 4, Anthem disclosed that its data had been hacked. The breach exposed potentially 80 million of its customers’ and employees’ personal information, including names, birthdays, social security numbers, street addresses, email addresses, and employment information. Compared to a credit card hack, this breach will be much more harmful to its victims. Unlike…
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Phishers Keep Phishin’
According to a study from Google and the University of California- San Diego, phishing continues to catch more people than expected. The recently published study found that phishing emails successfully lure up to 45 percent of people into visiting their websites. Furthermore, 14 percent of people were tricked into giving away their person information to…
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