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NBC News recently shared this report about schools in Columbia Falls, Montana that were targets of a cyberattack. Hackers accessed students personal data—social security numbers, phone numbers—and threatened to release that data and hurt children unless a ransom was paid. The hackers also accessed school security cameras and could watch everything going on. This school district lies in a quiet town at the foot of Glacier National Park, showing that threats can affect any organization, anywhere.
Get ready for a big update from Microsoft for Windows 10
A good reminder from our partner, KnowBe4, on USB sticks (aka thumb drives). We’ve stopped giving out branded USB sticks at events to make sure we don’t encourage folks to plug in an unknown drive. If you find one, be sure to give it to an IT professional (like your friendly WorkSmart consultant) so he or she can test it safely off the network.
Did you know that WorkSmart manages the IT solutions of almost 400 companies and just about 11k end users? And, every year we grow a little bit more – enough to land us on the INC 5000 list for the past 10 years straight.
Cyber-security is getting tougher every day. Hackers are smarter. Technology is advancing faster. And the losses businesses experience as a result of cyber-crime are astronomical. A quick Google search shows that the cost of cyber-attacks in 2015 was estimated at $400 billion, and ransomware alone cost businesses $209 million in just the first 3 months of 2016. That’s bananas.
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Hey Readers,
Office 365 is constantly evolving. What started as an online extension of Microsoft’s flagship productivity suite has evolved into one of the best pieces of cloud software currently on the market. Last month we saw the next stage in that evolution, and it came in the form of allowing guests to collaborate on your 365 projects. Interested? We thought you’d be, so let’s take a closer look.
With all the recent hacking scares all over the world, you know and understand that your cyber security and your business’s cyber security are extremely important. However, when it comes to authentication processes, you may not be sure what the real deal is. There are two seemingly similar types of authentication that are often confused. Those are, of course, two-step and two-factor authentication. Find out more about the differences between the two here to ensure your cyber security will always be top of the line.
Everyone has heard of machine learning, but not everyone knows exactly what it is. Although it’s extremely complicated, it can be summed up thusly: breaking human habits and actions into specific, analyzable data to create better software-based suggestions. It’s been a hot topic within the IT world for years, and Office 365 is finally bringing it to the consumer market. At the Ignite conference last month, Microsoft brought five new machine learning tools into its cloud-based productivity suite, and we’ve got all the information summarized for you right here.
