The true cost of ransomware. Ransomware is a major threat right now. According to Datto, experts in data backup and recovery, 80% of managed services providers (MSP) report ransomware attacks in 2018, and 35% report that some of their clients experienced multiple attacks per day. Clearly, ransomware is nothing to sneeze about. Surprisingly, though, it’s […]
No one likes to think they’ll suffer a disaster, a ransomware attack, or a data breach, but hope isn’t enough to satisfy HIPAA. The question is no longer if something will happen, but when. HIPAA expects you to plan, prepare, test, and be ready for anything that could disrupt the confidentiality, integrity, or availability of […]
What makes your business special? This is probably one of the first questions anyone will ask about your company—your IT vendor included! Nobody knows your business better than you, and learning what goals and values drive your company is an important step in the Anderson Technologies discovery process. When a potential client reaches out to […]
Do you trust your computer’s security to anonymous department store employees? For many, the low price, high convenience, and ease of taking a home computer or laptop to a store like Office Depot or OfficeMax for maintenance or repair far outweighs any risk that would normally be associated with a stranger sifting through your files. […]
Is the mess of cords and cables in your server room weighing heavy on your mind? Whether or not you rely on a managed services provider (MSP) to keep your IT systems organized and in check, you have a responsibility as a business owner to understand the hardware that keeps everything running. Misinformation about firewalls […]
In part 4 of our HIPAA series, we dug deep into the Security Risk Analysis (SRA) and how to perform one. This time, we’re going to look at what to do with the SRA once it’s completed. The SRA serves as a starting point for fulfilling many of the standards of the Security Rule, but […]
As a nonprofit, you are frequently responsible for doing more with less. Saving time, money, and effort is essential to maintaining and expanding your reach with limited manpower and funding. One of the most accessible ways to do that is through the technology department. In part one of our series for nonprofit organizations, we discussed […]
If you’re a regular reader of our blog, you might recall that we’ve written about Anderson Technologies’ avoidance of canned, one-size-fits-all solutions for IT. As a small business that specializes in serving other small businesses, we know that different clients have different needs. What works best for a small local nonprofit organization might cause more […]
The world of technology and the internet can look very different from a nonprofit organization’s perspective. With a board of directors, budgets, and often limited personnel, properly vetting and implementing new technology can be a daunting task. In the first of our series of blog posts focused on technology and nonprofit organizations, we take a […]
At Anderson Technologies, we take reports of zero-day threats very seriously. So when Google disclosed one in their popular Chrome browser, our IT experts moved swiftly to patch our managed IT services clients’ devices immediately. We also want to spread the word on how to mitigate this threat. The Exploit Dubbed CVE-2019-5786, this zero-day Chrome exploit can bypass […]
