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09/25/2019

Wonder where we went? We are posting updates over at AlwaysOn IT - come join us! Just in time for October and cybersecurity awareness month! Invited a friend!

07/25/2017

Great new feature for Office 365 Premium users.

An inefficient appointment process can be a source of annoyance for your customers. If your customers find it hard to reach you, are put on hold too often or simply would rather have an easy form online to fill out then the new Microsoft Bookings feature for Office 356 Premium users may be the answe...

02/28/2017

Perhaps you've seen these cute little toys in one of those As Seen On TV ads, or online. More and more toys are becoming "smart" and using technology to store data, voice and other personal information on potentially unsecured servers. Recently, a blog by Troy Hunt exposed a data breach the company…

01/16/2017

IT Security Tip: 3 rules to keeping your data safe in the cloud

If you’re using any kind of cloud application (and these days, who isn’t?), you are right to be concerned about data privacy and security. The company hosting your data is ultimately responsible for keeping hackers out of THEIR network, but most cloud breaches are due to USER ERROR. So it’s important that you, the user, are being smart about security. Here are a few things you can easily do to improve security in the cloud:

Maintain a STRONG password of at least eight characters with both uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers and symbols. Do NOT make it easy, such as "Password123!" While that technically meets the requirements, a hacker could easily crack that.

Make sure the device you’re using to access the application is secure. This is an area where you need professional help in installing and maintaining a strong firewall, antivirus and spam-filtering software. Don’t access your cloud application with a device you also use to check social media sites and free e-mail accounts like Hotmail.

"Reverse"-backup your data. If the data in a cloud application is important, make sure you’re downloading it from the application and backing it up in another safe and secure location. That way, if your account is hacked or the data is corrupted, you have a copy.
If you don't have a solid cloud backup solution already, ask me how we can help!

http://www.alwaysonit.com/2017/01/security-tip-3-rules-keeping-data-safe-cloud/

01/12/2017

Failing to have a good disaster recovery plan can mean serious financial and reputational repercussions for your business. A disaster doesn't always mean weather or earthquake related, it can be an employee or cyber attack. What's your plan for 2017?

When disaster strikes, organizations need to put their business continuity plans into action and recover their IT systems as quickly as possible. Failing to do so can mean serious financial and reputational repercussions. Despite this, investments in disaster recovery are set aside each year for hig...

01/04/2017

IT Security Tip: You’ve been HACKED! What’s the first thing you should do?

No matter how diligent you are about security, there’s always a chance you can get hacked. That’s why you need to put a plan in place NOW to protect yourself and your CLIENTS, so damage is minimized. But what should you do if you find out you’ve been hacked?

Read more on my latest blog post...

No matter how diligent you are about security, there’s always a chance you can get hacked. That’s why you need to put a plan in place NOW to protect yourself and your CLIENTS, so damage is minimized. But what should you do if you find out you’ve been hacked? First, contact your IT department (us) IM...

01/02/2017

FREE Executive Seminar:

“What Every Business Owner Must Have In Place NOW to Guarantee A Fast, Easy And Painless Recovery Of Their Data After A Disaster”

During This Seminar You’ll Learn:

A common misunderstanding most business owners have about their current backup system; if you think just having a copy of your data is enough, you’ll be shocked to learn this.
The two-step back up system you must have in place to be 100% certain is business is back up and running FAST in the event of a complete system meltdown or disaster.
The only surefire way to know if your data is being backed up, almost 99% of business owners never perform this simple check.
How cloud computing can make it easy for you and your staff to access your data from anywhere while providing automatic data backup and business continuity.

Register Here: http://www.alwaysonit.com/bdr/

FREE Executive Seminar: “What Every Business Owner Must Have In Place NOW to Guarantee A Fast, Easy And Painless Recovery Of Their Data After A Disaster” Event Details: When: Wednesday, February 8th 2017 Session Time: 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Where: Xenium HR 7401 SW Washo Court Suite 200 Tualatin OR…

12/29/2016

Here’s a troubling statistic.

Nearly half of all cyber-attacks globally last year were committed against small businesses – firms just like yours.

So you need to increase the odds of surviving.

How? By following these 3 must-do IT resolutions.

Start the New Year off right!

“Never before in the history of humankind have people across the world been subjected to extortion on a massive scale as they are today.” That’s what The Evolution of Ransomware, a study by Mountain View, California-based cybersecurity firm Symantec, reported recently.

12/19/2016

Huge risk with these ‘cloud enabled’ back-up drives, especially if you are using a simple home router that may have automatic port forwarding enabled. Plug the drive in, don’t change default passwords, and presto, everything is open to the world…

This was an employee that was working from home, do you have a good policy in place?

An internet-connected backup drive exposed social security, bank account, and financial planning data.

12/16/2016

Do this NOW if you have a Yahoo Account:

1. Change Your Password (use a good strong password!)
2. Change any other accounts that used the same password you used for Yahoo.
3. Set up two-factor authentication
4. Keep an eye on your Yahoo account

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/got-a-yahoo-email-account-here-are-3-things-you-need-to-do-now-2016-09-22

Yahoo Inc. said Thursday that account information for at least 500 million users was stolen by hackers during a 2014 breach.

12/13/2016

Job Posting -- Service Coordinator Full Time Company Description: We are a local Managed IT Service Provider, specializing in small business clients. Our mission is to be the company that others use...

12/05/2016

IT Security Tip: Your firewall is USELESS unless…

A firewall is a device that acts like a security cop watching over your computer network to detect unauthorized access and activity – and EVERY business and individual needs one.

However, your firewall is completely useless if it’s not set up or maintained properly. Your firewall needs to be upgraded and patched on a continual and consistent basis, and security policies and configurations set. This is not something you want to try and handle on your own – you are best served by letting the pros (us! AlwaysOn IT) handle that for you.