Printing problems can be frustrating and annoying, especially if they occur right before a deadline or meeting. These problems can range from simple lack of ink to stressful paper jams to problems with less obvious solutions, such as print quality or speed.

It’s no secret that cybersecurity has become a necessity for small businesses. As the threat landscape continues to evolve, grasping the fundamentals of cybersecurity is not only crucial for safeguarding your operations, but also for keeping your business from becoming a gateway to more widespread attacks.

Each year on February 1st, we celebrate Change Your Password Day. While it’s not a holiday that gets you off work, it serves as a good opportunity each year to do a quick check-in and make sure you’re using strong passwords that will keep your accounts protected.

Is your company looking to hire an IT firm? Unfortunately, unless you’re tech-savvy or experienced with IT contracts, there can be hidden costs that you wouldn’t expect or know to look for. While it can sound appealing to go for the cheapest firm, that decision can end up costing you more in the long run due to carve-outs and hidden fees in the contract.

Long gone are the days when phones were simple devices used to make calls. Today our phones are advanced, handheld supercomputers that can do everything from pay a bill to order lunch for delivery to edit videos and more.

But with more capabilities come more risks.

The year of 2023 marked a significant turning point for cyber-attacks with the introduction and wide proliferation of AI (artificial intelligence), now in the hands of people who wish to do you harm and who are actively using it to find faster and easier ways to rob you, extort you or simply burn your business to the ground.

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It happens all the time: A coworker gives you a quick workaround for a long-winded procedure, or friends offer cool new applications to try, or we download new browser extensions based on good reviews from other customers.

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Ransomware steals and encrypts files, and refuses to give you the decryption key until you pay a steep fee. Often, the bad actor refuses to return data regardless of whether you pay; and sometimes they even charge a second “double extortion” fee to prevent them from publishing all the stolen data online.

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Data loss can happen to anyone, at any time. It can be caused by a hardware failure, software corruption, malware attack, fire, theft, or simply human error. Backing up your data is a crucial practice to protect yourself from these events.