When we’re using our smartphones every day, listening to music, sharing photos or mapping directions, it’s sometimes easy to forget about the work being done behind the scenes to keep our data safe. That’s a big part of the job…
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Now that you know what distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks are and the impact they can have on your business, one big question remains: what can you do to protect your digital assets and infrastructure? At the highest level,…
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My first post in this series covered the basics of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks: how they work, the different types of attacks and the areas of your IT infrastructure that can be targeted. Yet even when companies know…
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Most of us are generally familiar with the infrastructure and capabilities of the public Internet. For most businesses, it’s a fundamental channel for communication, collaboration, customer engagement and more. But some business owners may not understand how a dedicated private…
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Businesses across Canada have likely heard quite a bit about distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks in the past year. The first three months of 2015 saw twice as many DDoS attacks as the same period the year before. Knowing…
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When you’re ready to go home at the end of your working day, I have no doubt that you carefully lock up and secure your business’ premises and, in all likelihood, set your alarm system so it will detect any…
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Protecting your company’s data involves more than putting it in a safe place and keeping it secure. Of course, you must keep it intact and be able to retrieve it in the event of an IT system failure, focused attack or unplanned event –…
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Deploying IT services such as new software within a business can be a challenging endeavour. It’s a process that’s normally centralized and overseen by an organization’s IT department so that all the necessary considerations can be made. They are often…
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Cloud adoption by businesses seems to be growing to almost universal proportions, with one recent survey of 930 IT professionals reporting that 93% were using or experimenting with some form of cloud services. But while the cloud offers cost efficiencies,…
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Cyber security threats are by no means limited to big brands and multinational businesses. According to the RCMP, cyber crime is expanding, and the tools and knowledge to perform cyber attacks are becoming easier to access. As a small business,…
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