The digital attack surface, all the hardware and software that connect to your organization’s network, is expanding at a rapid rate. But while there are constant reminders, including from ourselves, on practical ways to avoid a cyberattack, the sheer volume means successful attacks are increasing. That’s why the ability to detect, … Read More
How to Protect Your Office 365 Tenant – Essential Implementation Steps.
With many organizations choosing to move services to the cloud, the difficulty for most is related to the overall Security within the Cloud. If you are using Office 365 for services such as Email, Instant Message, Collaboration, File Storage or even as a fully-fledged cloud Phone System, Microsoft provides multiple … Read More
Malware Evolution or in Other Words “All Your Data Are Belong to Us.”
It’s a twist on a popular internet meme based on a phrase from the classic arcade game, Zero Wing. Only, in this case, it’s not a game. It’s your data – your files and documents. It’s your pictures and your videos. It’s your finances. It’s your life. It’s worth more … Read More
Gmail IP Address Ranges – Here’s How to Find ALL the Public Ones.
If you’re like most firewall administrators, you dislike the idea of opening up port 25, 465, and 587 for outbound traffic to the -entire- internet. Doing so can result in your organization’s public IP address getting blacklisted in a hurry if any of your internal devices get infected with malware, … Read More
Managed Service Provider (MSP): What They Do and Why You Need Them.
For most organizations, IT is ‘plumbing’ – you know you need it, and it needs to work, but you’d rather not have to roll up your sleeves to work out how to flush your caches or fix that data leak! A Managed Service Provider (MSP) is a technology consultant who … Read More
Security Risks Affecting Your Network and How to Deal with Them.
Infiltrating the security of your core business network could be devastating for any sized business, particularly small businesses. Ransomware freezes the system, holding it hostage for a fix. Viruses corrupt data and destroy entire databases throughout a computer network. Spyware steals company secrets or uses personal data. Any one breach … Read More
Using the SonicWALL SSL VPN With Windows Domain Accounts Via RADIUS
Setting up the SonicWALL firewall for using SSL VPN is pretty simple, even when it comes to utilizing Windows Domain Accounts via RADIUS authentication. The following article is a step by step guide how to configure the firewall and Windows Servers to accomplish this. Configure Windows Server for RADIUS authentication … Read More
Network issues: sometimes it’s the little things that cause the most trouble
Everything in IT is based on something else. We always want to have the newest, latest, greatest technology; Replicating our files shares between two offices, Wi-Fi, VPNs for working from home, Email on our smartphones, etc. There seems to be a bit of magic in a lot of these new technologies. … Read More