What is Pen Testing?
Your corporate insurance broker might have recommended penetration testing, or "Pen Testing", as a cybersecurity strategy for your business. What is "Pen Testing"?To answer that question, think of your computer systems as a large building. Buildings have doorways....
What is Pen Testing? Is it Worth It?
Your corporate insurance broker might have recommended penetration testing, or "Pen Testing", as a cybersecurity strategy for your business. What is "Pen Testing"? To answer that question, think of your computer systems as a large building. Buildings have doorways....
Will Your Cyber Insurance Give You The Coverage You Need?
Last month, Lloyds of London announced that it would no longer honour cyber-insurance claims caused by "state based actors." This includes almost all ransomware attacks that have made the news this past year. As a major insurer worldwide, this will likely have a...
What is the Log4j Hack?
On December 9, cybercriminals began using a newly identified weakness in a commonly used system library called Log4J. You probably haven't heard of Log4J, nor should you. It is a library used to output log files so developers can solve problems. But the real problem...
Is Your Email is Ending Up in Recipient’s Junk Folder or Worse?
Its frustrating when your mail ends up quarantined or rejected, but there are easy fixes for this.Most IT companies know hardware and Windows, NOT the internet. If this problem is happening to you, read more here: https://bit.ly/31NDXWU
Why it’s Important to Sign your Emails
A Tale of Two Messages I sent out two identical messages that arrived in the receiver's mailbox. The first (the one on the left) ended up in the recipient's Junk E-mail folder. When the recipient opened it using Gmail on an Android phone, they saw a very concerning...
Looking to Protect Your Data without Upsetting the Apple Cart?
Like many businesses, maybe yours is moving to a permanent Hybrid work environment--one where some people work from home, some out of the office, and possible some work both places or from their neighbourhood Starbucks. Your documents are on everyone's computers,...
Google Voice is Now Available in Canada
Google Voice is Now Available in Canada! Google Voice is a low-cost, simple to use, business phone service. Instead of using your personal phone number for business calls, Google Voice gives you a dedicated business number as an app on your smart phone. That way you...
Spoiler: Windows 10 isn’t going to be the last Windows you’ll ever need
When Windows 10 was released in 2015, Microsoft proudly stated that it would be the last version of Windows ever. Future upgrades, fixes and enhancements would be bolted on with patch releases. These would be incremental so there would no longer be the huge changeover...
Webroot Earns AAA Rating from SE Labs
SE Labs is a UK Based independent testing company. Its mission is to help "advance the effectiveness of computer security through innovative, detailed and intelligence-led testing, run with integrity." In early 2021, SE Labs tested 9 "Small Business Endpoint...