Arming Your Employees With Basic User Security Training Is Job One From desktop to mobile to cloud–technology changes quickly and so do the threats and security measures designed to mitigate them. The best way to arm your staff is thru comprehensive…
IT Terms: User Risks
Get IT We know that all the IT (Information Technology) lingo can be confusing. Occasionally we like to post the definitions to terms that we use often. This post is specific to risks that employees encounter often that can completely derail…
How to Maximize Your MS Office 365 Investment
Microsoft Office 365 offers an expansive selection of apps to add functionality that will increase your productivity and efficiency. Of course, you want to use the best suite of software you can after all your business runs on it! One of…
The Importance of Proactive IT Maintenance
“Be prepared” is a good motto to live by, especially when it comes to managing IT environments. Every element in your IT architecture is subject to failure. It would be foolhardy to think that everything will continue as is without problems….
10 IT Security Terms Everybody Should Know
If you want to become acquainted with a particular subject, you must first learn the basic terminology. IT security has its own special terms that are important to the understanding of cyber threats and how to deal with them. In this…
Firewalls Keep Your Kingdom Safe
As the name implies, a firewall is an outside barrier to your network and a necessary part of your network security arsenal. A firewall has the capability to both fortify your cyber kingdom, keeping unwanted information or predators out, and virtually lower the…
Hiring Internal IT Staff – Resume Vs Experience
Hey, this is Tom Hermstad with HD Technologies. This is the hiring internal IT staff series. And this first one is on the resume versus experience and how the two rarely meet. The big problem comes when most companies go to…
System Administrator – The Fundamental Rule
Do you know how many system administrators your company needs? One. One System Administrator! That’s our policy and should be yours. Having multiple system administrators never ends well for the network or your business. What is a system administrator (sysadmin): A system…
Secure Your Internet with a VPN
Secure anonymity is the name of the game when you are doing business over the public Internet. If you work with HD Tech and need to access your business data remotely, we setup VPN (Virtual Private Network) access for you. A VPN protects…
You Will Be Hacked! Better Get Ready!
Recently I went to a security conference and the FBI Agent there said there are two types of businesses: those that have been hacked and those that have been hacked but don’t know it. OUCH! Have you ever endured the tragedy…