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5 Tips to boost your desktop productivity

Working on a computer all day can be tedious and tiring. And doing the same things over and over again can affect your morale, which, in turn, can impact your productivity.  Here are five essential tips for PC users that can help boost your productivity in the workplace.

5 Real-life phishing horror stories

Every day, cybercriminals target businesses of all sizes via phishing attacks — varying from mass-mailed scams to sophisticated targeted spear phishing schemes — and the consequences can be disastrous. In fact, IBM’s 2022 Cost of a Data Breach Report revealed that phishing is the costliest initial attack vector, at $4.91 million average cost of breach.

3 Advantages of using a password manager

Did you know that the average employee has around 200 passwords? That's a lot of passwords to remember! It's no surprise, then, that many people simply use easy-to-memorize but also easy-to-crack passwords and reuse these across multiple accounts. Some people also write down their passwords on sticky notes on their computers.

7 Common network cabling mistakes to avoid

Many businesses use network cables to connect and quickly transfer data between their computers and other devices. This means that network cabling (i.e., the infrastructure of network cables) is crucial to ensuring that employees can easily access the IT resources they need to perform their tasks.

Top tips for building a strong business continuity plan

Catastrophes may strike at any time without warning, and any firm that's caught unprepared may struggle to get back on its feet. To protect your firm from complete collapse, you need a business continuity plan (BCP).

What is a business continuity plan (BCP)?
A BCP details how a company can stay operational during an unplanned interruption caused by either a natural calamity (e.g., flash flood) or human-made disaster (e.g., ransomcloud attack). Stakeholders and key personnel create this plan in anticipation of such adverse events so that staff members, company data and systems, and physical assets are all protected.

New Year’s resolutions to improve password security

The New Year is the perfect time for business owners and managers to make resolutions that can steer the company in the right direction. Given the importance of cybersecurity in today’s business environment, they need to make the following seven resolutions to bolster password security:

1. Use long passwords
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) no longer recommends combining upper- and lowercase letters, numbers, and special characters to create a password.

What does 2023 hold for cybersecurity?

With 2023 just around the corner, we need to start thinking about what the cybersecurity landscape might look like so we can better prepare for emerging threats. Otherwise, we'll be blindsided by cyberattacks or breaches that can lead to significant financial losses, reputational damage, and hefty regulatory penalties.

How cybersecurity affects customer experience

Many businesses spend a lot of time and effort ensuring that they provide exceptional customer experience. For example, they invest in IT solutions that make it more convenient for customers to shop and access certain services via the internet as well as enable employees to serve customers remotely.

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