Data breaches are a modern reality, and they’ll still be around in the new year. While it is obviously preferable for your business not to fall victim to one, that isn’t always something in your control. Therefore, it is better to have planned ahead, so that your operations can continue and you can more effectively keep your contacts apprised of the situation. Let’s discuss what you need to do.
Automation is helpful for any business in at least some capacity, whether the employee is working remotely or is required to work in-house during regular hours. Let’s examine how automation can assist a hybrid worker, as well as why it’s important to understand from a security standpoint.
Are you a small business or a large enterprise in Monterey County or Santa Cruz County? If so, you likely depend on various vendors to keep your operations running smoothly. However, managing multiple vendors can be a daunting task. Let’s explore a common scenario that highlights the challenges of vendor management and how partnering with a managed service provider (MSP) can simplify your processes and alleviate stress. Imagine you encounter an issue with a critical application your business relies on daily. You contact the vendor for support, only to discover that resolving the issue requires adjustments and connections with other applications managed by different vendors. Before you know it, you’re entangled in a web of communication with multiple vendors for what seemed like a simple question. By the time the issue is resolved, you’ve lost several hours of productive work. That’s the best-case scenario. Sometimes, finding the right solution can be even more elusive. You might spend hours on the phone, only to end up with no resolution. This frustration can lead to giving up or considering alternative approaches, wasting even more time and effort. As your business grows and you integrate more software solutions and hardware components, your infrastructure becomes increasingly complex. This complexity extends to your vendor relationships, with a growing list of contacts for each vendor you work with. Wouldn’t it be easier to have a single point of contact for all your vendor-related needs? This is where a managed service provider comes in. By working with an MSP, you can streamline your vendor management process, reducing the number of points of contact and simplifying your interactions. An MSP acts as your central point of contact for all your technology needs, from setting up new software solutions to providing support for networking issues. At SRS Networks, we can be your trusted managed service provider in Monterey and Santa Cruz Counties. Our team will handle all vendor communications, ensuring you receive prompt and efficient support without the hassle of managing multiple contacts. Whether you need assistance with software setup, workstation configuration, or network support, we have you covered. To learn more about how we can help your business streamline vendor management and improve operational efficiency, contact us at (831) 758-3636 today. Let us take the stress out of vendor management, so you can focus on what matters most—growing your business.
The holiday season has a variety of famous key players, including the likes of Santa, Rudolph, and the rest of the North Pole crew. Each year, they use their magic to help spread goodwill and joy to all the nice children of the world… but did you know that they are also responsible for protecting those who make the naughty list from Santa’s villainous counterpart, Krampus? As the official managed service provider for Santa’s operation, we have been cleared to share the story about how we’ve helped defy Krampus to save Christmas.
If all you had to worry about for your business were its processes, you would never have to worry about results, but this unfortunately not the case. You must build a product or service and bring it to the market in order to sell it, and without appropriate processes, your organization cannot produce something worthwhile. Let’s discuss how your team’s organization skills can help make your business more profitable.
A critical, widespread vulnerability was just discovered, and this one is a very big deal. In fact, Log4j is one of the worst vulnerabilities we’ve seen, period. Your business needs to be aware of it, and you absolutely need to take measures to prevent it.
There are many cybersecurity threats out there, but the one that has cemented itself in the minds of business owners in recent years is ransomware. Ransomware encrypts data on the victim’s devices, forcing them to pay a ransom for the decryption key. As you might imagine, this practice is quite lucrative for cybercriminals—some more than others, of course.
While some threats don’t waste any time when they install themselves on your devices, like ransomware and malware, others tend to lurk in the background on your device and cause problems without being detected. A threat called MosaicLoader is one such threat, and it’s a pretty serious issue for businesses.
Cyberwarfare has continued to evolve in sophisticated ways, and while security researchers try their best to keep up, hackers are always trying to outdo them. One example of such attacks, which are often sponsored by government agencies, is a recent attack on the United States and Israeli technology sectors, which have become the target of password spraying campaigns.
The Google My Business tool has given business owners a great way to manage their online presence for years now, and while it has gone through several changes over this time, Google has one last adjustment in store for the application. There will no longer be a Google My Business service; rather, business owners will have access to a web-based Google Business Profile at some point in 2022.