Most small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are stretched for time and resources, which often leads to rushed process implementations, technology upgrades and new hire training. Inevitably, this results in botched executions and a foundation that doesn’t support sustainable scalability.
Sustainability in business is all about being repeatable, adaptable and capable of scaling up and down as needed. Rushing through process implementations, technology upgrades and new hire training can cause botched executions and unnecessary confusion.
In a world where new technologies are reshaping industries, customer preferences are rapidly evolving and geopolitical equations are shifting dramatically, it’s difficult to know the right way to scale your business. Some corporate executives resort to quick fixes that don’t support customer or employee growth in the long run.
Email spoofing, a tactic used by cybercriminals to impersonate your brand by using your exact domain to send emails, is on the rise as email is the top threat vector facing organizations today. And unfortunately, it’s almost impossible to spot an exact domain attack, as phishing emails can appear indistinguishable from legitimate ones.
For years, business owners and upper management left technology-related issues up to their IT team or provider. But because of increased threats, leadership’s role in cybersecurity has changed. Cybersecurity is no longer just an IT matter, but a CEO and board-level risk that must be managed.
There’s an old saying in the hacker community – Hackers don’t break in; they log in. Contrary to popular belief, cybercriminals, for the most part, aren’t sitting in dark basements trying to guess their next victim’s password. Why should they when we make it too easy for them? But there’s a reason why you shouldn’t reuse passwords.
Suwanee, Ga., February 14, 2022 -- MIS Solutions, Inc., announced today that CRN, a brand of The Channel Company, has named MIS Solutions to its Managed Services Provider (MSP) 500 list in the Pioneer 250 category for 2022. The CRN's annual MSP 500 list recognizes leading service providers in North America whose forward-thinking approaches to managed services are changing the landscape of the IT channel, helping end-users increase efficiency and simplify IT solutions while maximizing their return on investment.
As cyberthreats become more sophisticated, managed IT support providers must ramp up defenses for their clients. Security solutions that worked in the past are no longer enough to protect against the attacks being launched at organizations today.
With 91% of all cyberattacks originating from email, it makes sense that this is one area your IT support team should take extra care in locking down.
Obtaining cyber insurance is getting more difficult for SMBs which is why you should speak with your managed IT services provider about what you should do to be underwritten.
Small and medium businesses need cyber insurance. In fact, cyber insurance is expected to become mandatory for all third-party relationships – not just IT vendors, according to a report by Forrester.
The convenience of one-click ordering and next-day delivery are attractive to today’s consumers. Online Grinches know this and use every trick in the book to rob you and your business blind. The holiday shopping season is particularly lucrative for cybercriminals for several reasons: the sheer increase in online shopping, consumers’ thirst for online bargains, and the distractions and busyness that are synonymous with this time of year.
