Category Archives: Technology News for Fresno Businesses

October is the time we have fun putting up scary decorations of ghouls, ghosts, and skeletons, but it’s also when we turn our attention to something else that’s very scary and very real – malware, password theft, and data breaches. Welcome to Cybersecurity Awareness Month, a recognition put into place back in 2004, just as […]

Businesses that want to stay competitive and resilient need to have a robust cloud infrastructure. This means that most of their processes and data are available from anywhere. It also means that all that sensitive information is generally only being protected by employee passwords. Password compromise is the main cause of cloud data breaches. The […]

In 2020, we saw an unprecedented rise in cyberattacks of all types, especially ransomware. Ransomware attacks exploded with a 485% increase over the prior year. Ransomware is particularly devastating for a company because it spreads quickly and encrypts files throughout the network. In most cases, this brings an organization to a standstill and desperate to […]

The cloud has gone from a new concept to business as usual over the last decade. Cloud use makes sense for companies for a number of reasons, especially since the lockdowns of the pandemic. Working in the cloud allows businesses and their employees to work from anywhere and greatly improves a company’s business continuity and […]

The use of mobile phones at work has grown steadily as cloud tools have become more powerful and workforces have become more mobile. Mobile devices now comprise approximately 60% of the endpoints in organizations and take on about 80% of the workload. That may seem like it’s not possible but think of all the employees […]

You may have seen cybersecurity popping up more in your news feed lately. Possibly even in a recent segment on your local newscast. This is due to two major attacks that have far-reaching consequences. Many data, network, and email security professionals have seen this coming for a while. Hackers have been honing their skills, branching […]

Cybersecurity planning is often like hitting a moving target. Forms of attack are always changing and what may be a low priority today may be a new emerging attack vector tomorrow. Hackers are always scanning for the best opportunity for attack. So, the way things generally play out is that attackers find a new vulnerability, […]