What You Need to Know About Cyber Extortion and Ransomware
Cyber extortion is a new and expanding form of cybercrime involving an attack on a company or personal data systems. Criminals who conduct such attacks extort money from companies and organizations by demanding huge payments in return for stopping the attack and correcting any damage that has been done. Traditional defenses such as firewalls and […]
Understanding Server Monitoring and Alerts Management
Whether you’ve turned your server management over to a hosting provider or are still managing your resources in-house, understanding what is going on within your servers, website and hosting platforms is vital to business continuity. The effects of even an hour of downtime can be catastrophic to a business’s bottom line. Server monitoring and alert […]
Increasing Company Profit Through Managed Hosting Services
Understanding managed hosting In a managed hosting environment, the service provider leases dedicated services and hardware to the client. The hosting provider is responsible for housing and managing all equipment, while the client accesses the system through the user interface. Essentially, customers are paying for a service rather than a particular technology. As with most […]
Disaster Recovery In Tornado and Hurricane Zones
According to the National Archives and Records Administration, over 90 percent of companies that experience upwards of 10 days of downtime file for bankruptcy within the year. It is critical for every business to have a tested and effective business continuity plan that ensures that the company makes it out of a natural disaster with […]
Why Backup Your Website and Applications Is Important
News stories of major website crashes have become a near daily occurrence. The financial effects of these crashes are nothing short of catastrophic as a result of a reduction in consumer trust, loss of revenue generally accrued during these hours, and the financial outlay required to get your site live again. Backup all the files, […]
Understanding The Difference Between Business Continuity Planning and Disaster Recovery
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Disasters happen. Whether man-made or natural, the last decade has brought the urgency of immediate recovery availability to the spotlight. Between the year-long devastation of Hurricane Sandy and the recent advancements in cyber terrorism capabilities, businesses have started to recognize the need for disaster recovery (DR) and business continuity planning (BCP). That said, the […]
Best Practices for Business Continuity
A company’s ability to avoid downtime and power outages in the face of natural disasters, international or domestic terror threats and large scale theft or security threats is the backbone of their survival. As demonstrated during 2012’s Hurricane Sandy storm, relying on human power and remote server backup systems is not enough for business continuity […]
Understanding Managed Hosting and How It Can Help Your Business
Managed hosting refers to the IT provisional mode in which a provider company leases servers and associated applications and hardware to a client. The providing company houses and manages all equipment. The client may or may not have administrative access to these servers and applications but rarely utilizes this access. In most cases, a web-based […]
A Guide To Protecting Your Company From Data Breaches
Whether you’re a large scale company or a small business just trying to get by, data breaches have the ability to devastate your business’s livelihood, the confidential information of staff and clients and the reputation of your company. More and more common, the nation has seen a number of large-scale breaches in the last year […]
The Differences Between Disaster Recovery From Cold, Warm and Hot Recovery Sites
A thorough, effective, redundant and complex disaster recovery service is vital for the continuity of any business. Today’s world is full of both man-made and natural disaster threats to data security. With the increase in the use of data centers and colocation services, disaster recovery services have become a hot topic in the IT world […]
