by Meghan McEachern | Oct 15, 2019 | Blog
MFA is an additional layer of security that offers greater protection against hackers. MFA requires two different factors to verify a user. Login credentials are most commonly used in addition to accessing a passcode from another trusted device, like a mobile phone...
by Werner Baron | Oct 10, 2019 | Blog
We’re getting lots of inquiries about infections from Mindspark/MyWebSearch/Ask toolbars. Who is Mindspark? A marketing firm and data reseller. What is it? Mindspark offers hundreds of different toolbars with different names, the most common being the ‘Ask’...
by Paul Holmes | Oct 8, 2019 | Blog
How many passwords do you have to access in your day-to-day work? Is there as many as 20 or how about up to 50? According to LastPass, a small business employee has an average of 85 passwords that they will have to use at some point. All your passwords must be managed...
by Ty Hedden | Oct 1, 2019 | Blog, Pod Pointers
Want to know if your login credentials have been breached? Check out Have I Been Pwned: https://haveibeenpwned.com “Have I Been Pwned” is a specialized search engine which allows you to check your email address against known data breaches to tell you if...
by Ross Speirs | Sep 18, 2019 | Blog
Many Vancouver Island businesses are moving their email to Office 365 but haven’t considered what they can do with their data and Office 365 collaboration features after the move. And while most of these same businesses have some sort of instant messaging platform in...
by Werner Baron | Sep 16, 2019 | Blog
Digital communication is becoming a bigger and bigger part of the working day. Most instructions, including everyday communication and in some cases, actual transactions are done with a one-line email message. Take a quick look at the two emails below. Both could be...
by Dave Monahan | Sep 10, 2019 | Blog
A train used to whistle down the tracks of what is now known as the Galloping Goose Trail. Despite trains feeling ancient, it was not that long ago that this relic of commerce was operating alive and well here. Now it seems e-bikes do the whistling. The world changes....
by Jesse Smith | Aug 27, 2019 | Blog
These days, most companies are utilizing cloud technologies. In 2018, Microsoft announced that there were over 155 million business users on Office 365, and this continues to grow rapidly.While the cloud offers great benefits, many businesses give little thought to...
by Ty Hedden | Aug 19, 2019 | Blog
The loss or theft of a work laptop is a major headache for any professional. You will incur hardware replacement costs and it may even impact your productivity. However, the more damaging costs are those associated with the loss of sensitive data on that computer,...
by Astro | Aug 15, 2019 | Blog, Business Babble
Earlier this week, the federal government launched the CyberSecure Canada program for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) with under 499 employees to demonstrate that they meet minimum cybersecurity standards.To be certified, an organization must implement...
