Last week F1 Solutions was honored as the winner of the 2014 Huntsville/Madison Chamber of Commerce Small Business of the Year Winner in the technology category. We are so honored to have received this recognition and thanked all of our wonderful staff, most who were on-hand to share in this magical night.
Small businesses have long been a target for hackers seeking easy money. Even though they’re often victimized because of their reputation as more vulnerable than their larger competitors — due to lower budgets and a lack of robust infrastructure — SMBs still handle plenty of high-value information.
Today’s businesses face a constant barrage of digital threats coming from both inside and outside sources, such as ransomware, phishing scams, denial of service attacks, and various other forms of malware.
Many attacks succeed by exploiting vulnerabilities found in old hardware and software that are no longer supported or updated by their original manufacturers.
There’s no denying that industry regulations are among the least glamorous business technology challenges. With rigid documentation processes and harsh penalties, all it takes is a simple error or oversight to fall into a compliance technicality. To make matters worse, many regulations aren’t entirely clear on which measures businesses must take to protect the privacy of their customers.
There’s no denying that mobile devices have had positive effects on employee productivity and morale. Thanks to smartphones and tablets, people can work during their commute or over breakfast at home. But the problem is they are much more likely to get lost or stolen than their deskbound cousins.
Healthcare providers and their associates have often been slow to adapt to new technology solutions. Many find themselves struggling with outdated systems that are costly to maintain and fail to satisfy the needs of the modern workforce and the demands of today’s consumers.
Your business data is at risk more than ever. If your password is weak, can easily be guessed, or is the same for multiple websites, hackers can steal your data and sell it to your competitors.
Data is the most valuable resource in the knowledge economy, so everyone from Google to small businesses in Huntsville need to protect their customer data at all costs.
This week we saw mobile apps making headlines. Tinder was used by a potential spy to unsuccessfully bait military secrets out of an airman and Snapchat’s source code was published on Github. The marketing campaign for the PGA championship has hit a speed bump in the form of a ransomware attack and an Australian hospital specializing in maternal health exposed treatments on the web.
Businesses all over the world are investing more into their cybersecurity strategies than ever before. A press release published by Gartner at the end of last year forecast an annual global spend of almost $100 billion by the end of 2018. High-profile data breaches constantly make the headlines, and the evolving threat landscape is driving the need for more spending; a trend that’s showing no signs of slowing down in the foreseeable future.
Most business leaders appreciate the importance of modern technology, but that doesn’t mean they want to spend all their time worrying about it. Small businesses often don’t have internal IT departments of their own either, which is why most turn to managed services providers to whom they can outsource their technology needs.
Microsoft Office has been the industry standard in desktop productivity for more than 20 years, and is the software suite of choice for businesses of all sizes and across all industries. Nonetheless, neither the popularity or quality of Office 365 means you can simply put your compliance efforts on autopilot.
