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Office 365 Phishing Attacks On the Rise

March 2, 2021 By Justin Oliver

Recently, we have seen a dramatic increase in the amount of phishing cyber-attacks aimed at Office 365 users.  It's so bad that almost three quarters (71.4 percent) of corporate Office 365 users have at least one compromised account each month, according to a report by Skyhigh Networks.  If you are … Read More

Categories: Cybersecurity, Social Engineering/Phishing

Guide to PCI DSS – Part 2: Building and Maintaining a Secure Network

February 23, 2021 By Justin Oliver

Welcome to SandStorm IT’s 6-part series about Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS). In this series, we'll cover what PCI DSS is and the various requirements: Part 1 - What is PCI DSS? Part 2- Building and Maintaining a Secure Network Part 3 - Protecting Data (Coming … Read More

Categories: Business, Cybersecurity

What are Managed IT Services?

July 28, 2020 By Justin Oliver

What are Managed IT Services? The Technology Services Industry Association (TSIA) defines managed services as “the practice of outsourcing day-to-day technology management responsibilities to a third party as a strategic method for improving operations and accelerating a return on their technology … Read More

Categories: Business, Cybersecurity, Managed Anti-Virus/Anti-Malware, Managed Backups & Monitoring, Managed Services, Networking, Passwords, Updates/Patches

Guide to PCI DSS – Part 1: What is PCI DSS?

June 1, 2020 By Justin Oliver

Welcome to SandStorm IT’s 6-part series about Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS). In this series, we'll cover what PCI DSS is and the various requirements: Part 1 - What is PCI DSS? Part 2- Building and Maintaining a Secure Network Part 3 - Protecting Data (Coming … Read More

Categories: Business, Cybersecurity, General Business

Data Breaches – What you need to know

November 25, 2019 By Justin Oliver

Data breaches have been the subject of many news stories lately. Large companies like Target, Home Depot and even Equifax have been hit, exposing millions of pieces of our personal information. It's only normal to ask, "How do I protect my personal data?" Remember that most identity thieves are not … Read More

Categories: Cybersecurity, Data Breaches/Leaks

Windows Server 2008 R2 End-of-Life Support is Near

June 24, 2019 By Justin Oliver

Windows Server 2008 R2 End-of-Life Support is near. Windows Server 2008 R2 end-of-life mainstream supported ended back on January 13, 2015. However, there is a more critical date looming.   On January 14, 2020, Microsoft will end all support for Windows Server 2008 R2. It seems like 2020 is a … Read More

Categories: Cybersecurity, Networking, News, Security Alerts & Vulnerabilities, Server Operating Systems, Servers

How can a multi-site “Voice over Internet Protocol” (VoIP) solution benefit your business?

May 6, 2019 By Justin Oliver

Legacy public branch exchanges (PBX)s present a multitude of challenges if your business has multiple locations or remote users.  A VoIP PBX solution can address many of those challenges. Multiple public branch exchanges (PBX)s to maintain, multiple bills from different tel-co providers, multiple … Read More

Categories: Business, Networking, Voice & Telephony

Why does my business need a next-gen firewall?

March 4, 2019 By Justin Oliver

We've previously covered "What is a Firewall and Why do I Need One?".  In this blog post, we will take a deeper look to see how a Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) can help protect your business.   NGFW’s contain all the tried and true features of the firewalls before them but they also contain … Read More

Categories: Business, Cybersecurity, Networking, Servers, Wired Networking

When does your business need a server?

January 7, 2019 By Justin Oliver

When does your business need a server?  It may not, at least not in the traditional sense.  In this blog post, we will first talk about on-premises servers and how servers can help you and your business.  Later in the post, we will discuss why a cloud solution is sometimes a better … Read More

Categories: Business, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), General Business, Networking, Server & Server Hardware, Servers

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