Insights

As the information technology sector is developing and advancing both in software and hardware utilized, so is the threat they face ever-increasing.  

The ego is the enemy of a successful business. If a company is going to operate in an ideal way, it will need teamwork and a leader willing to hire or accept help. This help comes in the form of a business consultant.

As part of your journey to the cloud or a hybrid IT environment, you switched your end-users from an on-premises version of Microsoft Office to Office 365. With this subscription service in the cloud, it’s now much easier to access files from home and on the road, and it’s easier for employees in different offices to share files. You can also quickly add new users as your company grows.

You may have heard the term Multi-Factor authentication (or MFA).  Even if you haven’t, it’s likely that you are using it today with one or more of your online accounts.  When your online banking and credit card applications require you to receive a one-time authorization code via text message and then plug it into the app after you log in – that’s one type of multi-factor authentication (MFA). When your online app asks your phone app to authenticate you, via thumbprint or a “is this you” prompt, that’s MFA.  And while Multi-Factor authentication is a minor interruption for the user, it allows your financial institutions to make sure it’s really you logging on—giving you peace of mind that a cybercriminal who might have gotten your login credentials can’t get in and take your money.

There is no magic bullet when it comes to IT. But the right technology partner can take your company out of a defensive, reactive mode…and put you on the offensive where you take a proactive stance. Instead of IT being a liability that hinders your business, IT becomes an asset that drives your business—by increasing your capacity to generate revenue and enabling your business workflows to operate more efficiently.

Your customer relationships come down to trust. Whether or not you deliver on what you promise and provide quality products and services is certainly top-of-mind. But what’s also a concern is how securely you handle their personal information—especially their credit card data.

Even before COVID forced the majority of people to work from home, remote workforces were already growing rapidly for both the economic benefits (less office space) and the productivity gains. And with the U.S. starting to turn the corner on the pandemic, 84% of firms say they’ll allow employees to stay remote.

According to the Ponemon Institute, 72% of cyberattacks target small- to medium-sized businesses. With the bad guys now focusing on the SMB sector, hardening security is critical, especially for firms developing and deploying SaaS applications for the healthcare industry in the cloud.