Posts by SynchroNet Team

Maintaining a comprehensive security strategy to keep your customers’ data safe should be your number one priority as a business owner. However, keeping up with the constantly evolving security landscape can be challenging. The IRS has implemented what it calls the “Security Six” protocol designed for tax professionals. However, many different types of businesses can…

Starting this year (in 2020) The United States Department of Defense is rolling out the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (or CMMC.) The CMMC is a certification standard aimed at contractors to strengthen their cybersecurity protocols. Many contractors have historically had weak cybersecurity practices, which is a danger to the entire country when they are working…

To keep your networks and systems running as smoothly as possible, you will need to maintain and optimize them year-round. This maintenance will help your networks and the computers that use them running smoothly at all times.  However, sometimes we can let these essential maintenance steps fall to the wayside and build up into a…

A slow network can kill your business. Important calls could drop in the middle. Cloud applications can take longer to load. Everyone loses valuable productivity when they have to wait around for the network to finish its task. Though it may be tempting to throw money at the network to fix the problem, more money…

The NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) works with federal agencies to set their security and password standards. They help organizations and businesses meet security and regulation requirements for regulations like HIPAA. Since 2017, NIST has been continuously revising its password guidelines. These revisions stem from recognizing human factors that lead to security vulnerabilities,…

CentOS reaches the end of its life cycle in November. The question that organizations that run it and other operating systems that have reached (or are approaching) their end-of-life is this: what will happen if we continue to run this OS? Here are a few reasons why running an OS at the end of its…

It’s no secret in the industry that the more remote workers you have, the more vulnerabilities you open up in your business network. With the pandemic kicking the country in the teeth, having a workforce that works almost exclusively remotely is now a fact of life. This new normal is an old nightmare for IT…

On May 25, 2018, GDPR came into effect. In that time, companies across the EU and the UK received nearly 500 million Euros in fines. The cybersecurity world always welcomes stricter measures on organizations that fail to secure their citizens’ and customers’ data. We are more than two years in. Has this law worked as…

Mobile banking apps open a wealth of growth opportunities for financial institutions. Unfortunately, they also create an avenue for criminals to steal the personal information these apps collect. Mobile banking security is a huge concern for mobile users; it’s t he number one reason why mobile banking adoption hasn’t caught on more than it has.…

As we isolate ourselves during the pandemic, we need to access our data remotely and securely. Many workers started using VPNs to protect their connections, but recently there have been security incidents where running a VPN wasn’t enough. Using a VPN to access your network is a great start, but you need to consider other…