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Nov 19

Cybercriminals Don’t Take Vacations

By Megan Heater Blogs, Tek Tips
Contact Us 919.582.6212 We’re all excited to travel to see friends and family this holiday season. Before you set off on your trips however, take a second to secure your...
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Nov 05

What if Some Cybersecurity Breaches were Preventable? Why Your Company Must Have Cybersecurity Training

By Megan Heater Blogs, Tek Tips
Cybercrime is never going away. In fact, cybercrime is rising at an unprecedented rate. Every year as technology advances and the world relies more and more on technology, criminals advance...
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Oct 22

Don’t plug the USB you just found into your computer! Even if you are curious what it contains…

By Megan Heater Blogs, Tek Tips
Have you ever received a flash drive / USB as a free giveaway? Maybe you’ve been at a library, office space, or looked on the ground and found a left-behind...
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Oct 07

Tek Tip: Two Networks Are Better Than One: The Benefits of Setting up a guest WI-FI network

By Megan Heater Blogs, Tek Tips
You may be surprised to learn that there are things you can do to improve the security of your devices and network. From creating a solid and complex password to...
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Sep 22

Tek Tip: Paying Attention to Permission Settings

By Megan Heater Blogs, Tek Tips
We have the world at our fingertips via cell phone technology and, specifically, the plethora of applications available to download. In the app store, you can find games, social media,...
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Aug 09

Top Cybersecurity Threats in 2021 (and How to Overcome Them)

By Jennifer Birch Blogs
Last year was a disaster in terms of data breaches. A study presented by TechRadar, called The Insider Data Breach Survey 2021, revealed that 94% of all surveyed businesses had...
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Jul 23

Are Ethernet Cables and Wiring outdated?

By TheTek Blogs, Tek Tips
If you operate out of an older building, then most likely your cabling is a little older.  Over the last 16 years or so we have seen multiple iterations of...
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Jul 09

Tek Tip – Have you ever Jump Started your internet?

By Belen Blogs, Tek Tips
This week we went to a party and it was one day before a tropical storm was about to arrive to our area.  We started to discuss how well prepared...
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Jun 19

Tek Tip – Cybersecurity Challenges

By TheTek Blogs, Tek Tips
Where does Cybersecurity fall on your yearly spend? It is Important that you do not make your cybersecurity or managed services your lowest spend when doing a yearly budget.   And, as...
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May 27

Hurricane Tek Prep

By Megan Heater Blogs, Tek Tips
June first is the start of hurricane season. Every year, we prepare our homes and lives for hazardous weather and an important part of your prep is to have a...
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  • What if Some Cybersecurity Breaches were Preventable? Why Your Company Must Have Cybersecurity Training 11.05.21
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  • Tek Tip: Two Networks Are Better Than One: The Benefits of Setting up a guest WI-FI network 10.07.21
  • Tek Tip: Paying Attention to Permission Settings 09.22.21
  • Top Cybersecurity Threats in 2021 (and How to Overcome Them) 08.09.21
  • Are Ethernet Cables and Wiring outdated? 07.23.21
  • Tek Tip – Have you ever Jump Started your internet? 07.09.21
  • Tek Tip – Cybersecurity Challenges 06.19.21
  • Hurricane Tek Prep 05.27.21
  • Simple Steps for Improved Speed 05.20.21
  • Tek Tip to Impact Employees – Schedule Regular Employee Check-ins 05.13.21
  • How Should You Budget For IT This Year? 05.06.21
  • Printers, a Silent Security Weak Link 04.30.21
  • Fight Back Against Telephone Scammers 04.22.21
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  • Severe Weather Preparedness Week – Tech Edition 03.12.21
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  • International Data Privacy Day 01.28.21
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  • Let’s Talk SIEM 01.15.21
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  • Tips and Tricks for iPhones 12.23.20
  • Tek Tip: Quick Tips for Day to Day Computer Tasks 12.04.20
  • Thankful for Zoom this Thanksgiving! 11.25.20
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  • Your Defense Against Voltage Spikes 11.13.20
  • Tek Tip: 10 Timesaving Keyboard Hacks 11.12.20
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  • RPO vs RTO, What’s The Distinction? 10.23.20
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  • MSP vs. MSSP – What Is the Difference? 10.01.20
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  • Protecting Sensitive Company Data 06.17.20
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  • Desktop Bundle 05.01.20
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  • Scrutinizing Expenses? Don’t Cut Back On Data Security 03.31.20
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  • Don’t Let Stormy Weather Shut Your Business Down 02.11.20
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  • Desktop Bundle – Coupon 12.20.19
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  • What Is Single Sign-On And Why I Need It? 11.06.19
  • Zombie Armies On The Attack! 10.03.19
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  • 5 Strategies For A Long Term Sustainable Sales And Marketing Strategy 07.17.19
  • Backups, Backups, Backups, Backups! 06.06.19
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  • What Business Owners Need to do to Prepare for Hurricane Season 05.08.19
  • The Tek Names Rick Miller Its New Chief Visionary Officer 03.22.19
  • The Tek Hires New Chief Operations Officer 03.19.19
  • Press Release: The Tek Partners with Okta for the latest in Security Technology 02.26.19
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  • Password Management: The Struggle is Real! 01.21.19
  • Achieving New Year’s Resolutions Through Technology 12.27.18
  • Trickery during Halloween? Don’t fall for this phishing attempt! 10.23.18
  • Scams – “You Won” 10.23.18
  • Hurricane Florence – Be prepared 09.28.18
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  • Good News for Small and Medium Sized Businesses! 08.30.18
  • LabCorp…Warnings and Lessons 07.19.18
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  • MSPs Growth Strategies…When Referrals STOP 06.20.18
  • Open Letter: MSP to MSP—The Future is Here! Are you Ready? 05.02.18
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  • The Tek Continues Growth with New Security Operations Center in Stamford, CT 09.29.17
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  • Data Restoration 08.25.17
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  • It’s not about YOU…It’s about your CUSTOMERS! 07.04.17
  • WANNACRYPTOR (WANNACRY) – RANSOMWARE 06.02.17
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  • Small Business Owners Under Attack! 08.22.16
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  • Backups, Backups, Backups, Backups! 06.06.16
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  • Tek Tip – Windows Easy Transfer Replacement for Windows 09.24.15
  • Tek Tip – Duplicate Pages in Adobe Acrobat 09.18.15
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  • Elevated Technology 02.08.15
  • Is your I.T. company proactive or reactive? 01.30.15
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