Discussion and advice about small business data security issues by a 20 year IT veteran of the Michigan IT Services firm Eclipse Consulting.
Will ISPs sell your data? Last week Congress voted to allow ISPs to sell your data. This news has people in a panic, concerned about what the ISPs can or will share. Some sites, like Motherboard, predict a data pilfering free-for-all, proposing that information shared may include: “Financial and medical information. Social security numbers. Web browsing…
The Danger of Dropbox …and OneDrive, Google Drive, Box, etc… Cloud-based file storage is a real asset to businesses today. Clients and colleagues can easily collaborate on documents. Files can be accessed from any device. And backups happen automatically.
IT Policies and Procedures Do you have a tight onboarding / offboarding checklist you use when hiring a new employee or consultant? If not, it’s likely you have “ghosts in the machine” – people who can still access your data, even though they no longer have an affiliation with your company. Fortunately, most of the…
Implementing robust password security measures, including multifactor authentication and regular password updates, is essential for safeguarding digital assets against cyber threats and data breaches. Small business password security is a big deal With so much news about security leaks, ransomware, and other cybersecurity threats, now is a great time to remind everyone – especially small…
Cloudflare, a company that hosts and provides services for millions of websites and cloud-based software applications, announced that user data from over 3400 websites has been leaked and cached by search engines. What does this Cloudflare security breach mean to me? You may not have a business account with Cloudflare, but as a consumer, you…