Introduction

The World Wide Web allows us to connect to people all over the globe, but you can still put limits around real geographical regions.

Maybe you’ve heard of geolocation, which knows exactly where you are on the map.

Introduction

Have you ever gone to post on your favorite social media platform, only for it to suggest that you add where you are logging in from?

Whether you’re checking in to someplace on Facebook, or browsing posts made from a specific location on TikTok or Instagram, you’ve probably come across geotags before—maybe you’ve even used a few!

It may shock you to hear this, then: Geotagging can pose cybersecurity and privacy risks if not properly managed!

How Does Geotagging Risk Your Data Privacy?

Geotagging involves embedding geographical location information (such as latitude and longitude coordinates) into digital media files.

Introduction

Law enforcement in Northern Ireland recently woke up to an unfortunate message from their top police officer: More than 10K officers and staff members had had their personally identifiable information (PII) exposed in what their top officer described as a data leakage of “industrial scale.

With the increasing number of cyberthreats and attacks these days, it is essential for companies to take proactive measures to protect their sensitive data and information. One such measure is conducting regular IT security audits. In the following sections, we will discuss how IT security audits can boost your cybersecurity and help protect your business from cyberthreats.

Email marketing is an effective way to reach your target audience and promote your business. But if you’re not automating your email campaigns, you’re missing out on a lot of potential benefits.

What is email automation?

Email automation is a tool that allows businesses to automatically send relevant and personalized emails to subscribers at predetermined instances based on specific triggers or criteria.

College has changed since many of us were students. Years ago, we’d be shuffling from class to class, holding a single notebook and a pencil for scribbling down notes. There wasn’t as big a risk of photos or data being stolen online.

That’s no longer the case.

Cybercriminals know the easiest way to sneak under your radar is to pretend to be a brand you know and trust. These large companies have spent years on marketing, customer service, branding and consistency to build a trustworthy reputation, and hackers leverage this to go after you.

Back in May, the company MOVEit, a file transfer platform made by Progress Software, was compromised by a Russian ransomware operation called Cl0p. They used a vulnerability in Progress’s software that was unknown to exist at the time. Shortly after the attack was noticed, a patch was issued.

Nothing is more aggravating than attempting to watch a video or use your PC when the Internet is operating slower than molasses flowing uphill in winter.

For our clients, we have many solutions to make your Internet connection faster, more reliable and secure.

Introduction

Be honest: Have you ever used your cellphone at work when you weren’t supposed to? Brought in your personal laptop to use as an extra screen? Connected a bluetooth speaker to the WiFi for a company party?

There’s actually a name for this.