Posts by SynchroNet Team
Your Online Reputation: Why It Matters
In today’s tech savvy world, a reputation that took you years or even decades to build can be destroyed by negative reviews, or word-of-mouth. Previously, sharing an underwhelming or unhappy experience with a company was usually a one-on-one affair. It usually took place across a backyard fence or in a telephone conversation. But today’s consumers…
Read MorePassword Grooming: Keeping Your Record Clean
Passwords are an indisputably important part of the modern digital age. But passwords aren’t something we can create and then forget about. In fact, our own lifestyle, fashion, and grooming habits have a lot in common with a solid password maintenance policy. SynchroNet highlights four points where we can see these two shared areas converge.…
Read MoreEmail Management Services by SynchroNet
Over the last couple of decades, quite a few means of digital messaging have emerged to ostensibly take the place of email in the workplace. Some of these efforts incorporate project management features along with social networking, but the business world has not shown a willingness to replace email, thus it remains as essential as…
Read MoreWhat You Should Know About Firewall and WiFi Security
The firewall and WiFi router used to support a business data network are two elements of cyber security that are often taken for granted. In many do-it-yourself network installations, firewalls and routers are left with their default factory configurations, which invariably feature credentials for administrative access. These default settings are irresistible to hackers because they…
Read MoreAccess Control Policies for Modern Businesses
Information security is not limited to preventing and mitigating cybercrime. As long as business information is handled in a digital manner, compliance will also be part of the IT security continuum, which in turn is tied to corporate governance. Compliance can be regulatory and internal; the latter often refers to establishing content access controls through…
Read MoreEmployee Training: Ingrained Protection Against Cyber Crime
SynchroNet recommends that you make a point of training your people in order to improve your company’s cyber security. By scheduling regular training you’ll be able to hold your employees accountable. Your employees will become more confident in their ability to recognize email threats such as phishing or spear phishing, leaving you confident in your…
Read MoreUsing Passwords To Prevent Hackers
Hacking is a common issue that most people will have to deal with at some point. Fortunately, if you take the steps to improve your cyber security, then you will be able to reduce the chances of someone hacking your account. One of the most important things that you can do to prevent a hack…
Read MoreEmail and Cyber Security
SynchroNet recommends companies up their email game to improve their cybersecurity. Two simple steps can make a huge difference in securing a company’s email. The first step begins by using a professionally managed email filter. It’s estimated that about 48% of global email is spam of one sort or another. This often means that a…
Read MoreIncreasing Cyber Security Through Effective Data Backup and Recovery
How many business owners do you think would be able to afford going through a complete loss of company data? The only right answer is: Only the ones who are able to execute a recovery process from a full system back up. Data backup processes have been getting plenty of attention in recent years thanks…
Read MoreWhy Access Control is a Pillar of Information Security
Over the last few years, cyber security experts have been warning about the substantial risks posed by the traditional username/password system of network access. The arguments against passwords to access business networks are valid: Most users dislike them, and hackers have developed numerous strategies to either figure them out or thoroughly defeat them. There is…
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