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.
The cloud has become one of the most widely used and revolutionary IT tools to be adopted by businesses. The flexibility and ease it confers upon file sharing and collaboration have resulted in immense gains in productivity and efficiency. It has also led to gains in security and cost-effectiveness, making it an incredibly popular solution for small- and medium-sized businesses.
Passwords have been used as the primary method for digital authentication since the inception of computers in the 1960s. Yet despite this ubiquity, passwords are loathed by security professionals and users. The former view passwords as ineffective measures that often pose a liability due to the frequency and relative ease with which hackers and other threats are able to crack them and use them to infiltrate secure networks.
Advanced Update on the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification CMMC
I know many of you have been following the roll-out of the CMMC rules and requirements. I wanted to take a minute to update you on what we know. F1 recognized well over a year ago the impact that this new requirement would have on you, our customers, and we made a push to stay in the know.
Employees have increasingly turned to their mobile devices, such as phones and tablets, for work purposes. These devices grant flexibility beyond that offered by other devices, such as laptops, due to their portability and constant connectivity, allowing employees to work from home or on the go.
A managed IT services provider (MSP) is a third-party business partner that assists in managing a company’s various IT needs. Collaborating with an MSP can save one the hefty costs of employing in-house personnel while granting them access to industry expertise and innovative technologies.
Should you move your business to the cloud? There are many reasons why you should. Not only is cloud computing cost-effective, but it also reduces overhead costs by eliminating the need to install programs on computers and purchase licenses. This enables users to access tools from the web so that they can work anywhere at any time, helping them become more productive.
No matter how secure businesses think their IT infrastructure is, it's still at risk of data breaches. But while online threats are becoming more sophisticated these days, the effects of cyberattacks on your Alabama company can be mitigated with a proper incident response plan.
For more than a decade, small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) have used Microsoft SharePoint to collaborate on various tasks and projects. SharePoint's intelligent and secure services provide users, even those outside company premises, access to internal custom sites and shared documents, making it the collaboration platform of choice of over 100 million active users worldwide.
More and more businesses are leveraging IoT to automate repetitive tasks and optimize processes using distributed devices connected to the internet. However, IoT devices generate a huge amount of data that needs to be delivered and processed faster than ever.
In today's technology-powered world, many businesses have moved to the cloud because of the benefits it offers.
In case you’re wondering what defines a cloud provider, you must meet all 5 characteristics laid out in the Nist 800145 standard.
