Small businesses increasingly face the same cybersecurity risks as larger businesses but with fewer resources to protect themselves. In fact, according to the 2018 State of Cybersecurity in Small & Medium Size Businesses study by the Ponemon Institute: 67% of small and medium-sized businesses have been...
There’s recently been a lot of media attention around two vulnerabilities in computer chips. The vulnerabilities, given the ominous titles "Meltdown" and "Spectre," exist in nearly all microprocessors made since 1995 — meaning they are found in nearly every popular business computer, home computer, and...
Viruses are becoming not only increasingly sophisticated but increasingly destructive. It used to be that if you were infected with a virus or malware, you were at risk of having your files copied and perhaps accounts compromised. With the advent of ransomware, hackers...
When we hear the word “disaster,” our minds immediately shift to major natural events such as earthquakes, flooding, hurricanes, etc. We rarely think about the smaller disasters that could cripple a small business - extended power outages, a blizzard that affects employees’ ability to get...
As the holidays near there is invariable a focus on online shopping and how buyers can best protect themselves. In this months’ blog posting, we will be focusing on the ecommerce business and how they can best be prepared for the holiday online shopping season. Make...
Did you know that March 31 is World Backup Day? It is designed to bring awareness to the importance of backups, especially in today’s world. It is important that your backup processes keep up with the changing times. Click here for...
It seems like a weekly occurrence to hear about another major retailer being compromised by hackers. Home Depot, Target, P.F. Chang’s and most recently Staples - among many other retailers - have acknowledged consumers’ information has been accessed putting credit card information at risk. At...
We’ve written at length about the many benefits that cloud computing can bring to your business, such as lower costs, faster time-to-delivery, improved reliability, improved scalability, etc. However, with all of these benefits come risks that many businesses ignore or don’t even realize are present....
The pervasiveness of todays’ information security threats requires constant attention. It is important to your business that it is getting that attention. Many businesses leaders take their chances by ignoring the threat, too busy with other tasks. Others absolve themselves from responsibility by outsourcing the...
Happy New Year to everyone from the team at Colden Company! We wish you all a healthy and prosperous 2014. Last year at this time, we wrote a blog posting about how 2013 could be the year of the cloud for many of our customers. ...