Backups: Is my data safe when EVERYTHING goes wrong?
What would you do if your data was gone, without any kind of warning? How would that impact your life or work? Catastrophes happen in life, often unexpected and uncontrollable. The loss of personal or business data could definitely be considered a catastrophe for most people. Natural … Read More
SandStorm IT Keyboard Shortcut Cheat Sheet
In this post, we'll keep an ongoing list of keyboard shortcuts from posts that have been listed in previous blog posts like "6 Keyboard Shortcuts You May Not Know" and "6 More Keyboard Shortcuts You May Not Know". In this "Cheat Sheet", we'll have all of them listed, but with more concise … Read More
Why is it bad to reuse passwords on multiple sites?
When it comes to passwords, people like to use the same passwords for pretty much everything they need to login to. It's easy to remember and more convenient to do, but it's actually one of the worst things you can do for your security online. In 2018, a total of 2.7 billion passwords were … Read More
What is Managed Anti-Virus/Anti-Malware?
A Managed Antivirus service is an automated service that will ensure your antivirus is up-to-date, runs scans as scheduled and infections are detected, analyzed, neutralized and reported immediately. This is a critical step to secure the server, systems, network & wireless access … Read More
How to Stay Safe on Public Wi-Fi
It's a cool rainy day and driving along smoothly is John Doe and he's in the mood for coffee. He decides to stop in at a nearby coffee shop. While there, he pulls out his laptop and gets on the Wi-Fi network. While sipping on that Latte Macchiato, John logs in and catches up with life on … Read More
Why does my business need a next-gen firewall?
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
What is patch management for 3rd party software?
What are patches? Patches can be seen as some type of hotfix. Everyday exploits, bugs, and security risks are found within programs, and these are what the patches would fix. A bug in the software could be a failure or fault that could cause it to behave in unintended ways. If you think of an … Read More
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