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Be secure. Use technology to transform our business (aka Digital Transformation). No downtime. Be able to work anywhere, anytime and on any device. Leverage the Internet of Things. These sound like a New Year’s Resolution list for the CIO of a large enterprise right? But what about small businesses where resources are scarce and the luxury of a full service IT team is just a dream.

Just a couple weeks ago, I talked about What is Ransomware and explained how the threat is very real to both small businesses and larger organizations. We discussed how it could end up costing your business big if appropriate precautions are not implemented.

Let's talk about Cybersecurity Threats for Small Businesses. In an era where the average cost of a single data breach has reached $3.62 million according to Ponemon Institute, to say that cybersecurity for small business environments is essential is something of an understatement.

School districts need advanced network capabilities in order to provide reliable wireless service to students, teachers, and administrators. If they cut corners on this crucial resource, users may experience inadequate coverage which, in turn, negatively impacts learning.

The last thing you want is for your company to appear in a headline about cyber security—because if your business is on the front page, chances are the news isn’t the best type of news. Online cyber security breaches and data compliance problems are happening every day around the world, but they don’t have to happen to YOUR organization.

(This post was written by Checkpoint and first appeared on the Checkpoint Blog.)

The Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities recently discovered in Intel, AMD and ARM processors, are fairly complex.

In this post we will try to simplify what the problem is, how it could affect your business and what actions can be taken to protect against it.

If you’re a business then you likely have a handful, if not dozens of computers with important files and/or client information stored on them. You also probably have an intranet and a public facing internet website, which form your IT network. In our experience, businesses come out ahead when they allow professionals to handle their IT network, enabling the business to focus on their core mission.

Understanding DFARS Compliance: What It Is and What You Need to Know
To say that cyber security is an important issue in the modern era is definitely something of an understatement. According to a recent study conducted by Ponemon Institute in association with IBM Security, the average cost of just a single data breach incident reached $3.62 million in 2017. That's just the consolidated worldwide cost, however - the average cost of a data breach in only the United States reached an all-time high of $7.35 million during the same period of time.

What is Ransomware? Everywhere you look, it seems like there's a new eye-popping statistic that illustrates the threat posed by ransomware, whether it's the yearly growth rate of 350% percent, or the fact that it's expected to cause over $5 billion in damages in 2017 alone.

As any frequent flyer knows, sooner or later, IT systems break down—and as they say, the bigger they are, the harder they fall. Back in 2016, Delta Air Lines suffered a major IT system outage resulting in 2,000 flight cancellations over a three-day period.