PG&E may shut off power for nearly 1 million residents in central, Northern California. Are you ready for a power outage? Have a plan for your home and business during a power outage. Make sure you, your family and employees (and customers) are safe. Have an emergency kit accessible for you and your employees. Check…
When it comes to cyber security, the ability to recover from a breach is arguably much more important than your ability to prevent one. Statistics show that, over a business’ lifespan, that business WILL be the victim of a cyberattack. Recently, professionals have become concerned about the vulnerability of our country’s infrastructure – such…
Preparing For Business Businesses today require the right tools for the job, just as they always have. However, it is important to learn just what tools they might be, and confusion and misinformation abounds when it comes to IT solutions and tools. Familiarizing yourself with your options and potential solutions to your business needs…
Welcome to the first in our Tips and Tricks series of blogs. In this series, we will be highlighting useful things to know about every day computer and electronic use. Some of this information may seem obvious to some readers and completely new for others. It is our hope that these blogs can be used…
As we all know, the internet can be a wild, and usually not the safest, place. We use things like passwords and antivirus software to protect ourselves, but these are not simply push-and-forget methods. It is important to understand how and why these systems work, and how to make ours work even better. So, here…
For those of you who don’t know, the term “Phishing” describes a common activity by scammers and hackers on the internet. Essentially, the scammer tries to trick you into giving him your login or other confidential information by sending you an email requesting it that looks like it came from a reputable source. For example:…
