Tabush Group's Cloud & Managed IT Blog

The Tabush Group Support Team is seeing many common issues from our clients who are all transitioning to working from home.  To help speed up resolution and perhaps enable you to attain your own solution, please review the following points.

COVID-19 is affecting companies all around the globe and nearly all companies have already implemented work from home plans.  As companies start to make this switch, it is important to continue to conduct business as usual, as best as possible.  In order to do this, we recommend that whenever possible, meetings should be conducted via video.  Virtual meetings help you maintain contact, relationships, and human interactions and also helps keep everyone focused during the meeting.

The vast majority of data breaches today are phishing attacks, occurring when a cybercriminal casts a broad net in the hopes of catching a small percentage of unsuspecting victims.  In our last blog post, It’s Only Getting Worse, we describe both phishing and spear phishing tactics and why it is imperative for businesses to take precautions to protect themselves. 

We recently published a post, 6 Considerations When Moving Desktops to the Cloud, that discussed the most important factors to consider once a firm decides that cloud is the right decision.  The next step is ensuring that the implementation goes smoothly.

Not long ago I read, “The Untold Story of NotPetya, the Most Devastating Cyberattack in History,” an eye-opening article on Wired about a massive cyberattack that happened roughly a year ago in 2017. If you have 15 minutes, I highly recommend reading it. If you don't, then allow me to summarize: In 2017, NotPetya malware infected large companies such as Merck, Maersk, and others (companies with huge IT teams and thousands of employees), and literally brought their entire operations to a grinding halt for days, if not weeks, costing them upwards of $300 million in damages per company.

Small businesses, especially law and accounting firms that deal with sensitive data and financial transactions need to be concerned about cybersecurity. Cyber attacks are becoming more sophisticated and more rampant every day. Luckily, there are some very important – and often inexpensive – things every organization can do to protect themselves.

The IT business is loosely defined. If you surveyed 100 IT companies, you would learn just as many different ways of doing things. Every company needs the right IT resources for their business and making the right matches can be a challenge.

Phishing emails (emails which appear to be from a legitimate sender, asking for personal or financial information) have been around for many years. However, in the last few months we’ve seen a big rise in spear phishing (scam email specifically targeting a company or person) and ransomware (viruses which encrypt files on your computer and network, and demand a ransom payment to have the files unlocked). These threats are very real for anyone using email.

The Internet is a dangerous place. Unfortunately, due to the lack of central control and ownership, and the fact that the Internet is accessible from anywhere in the world, including many countries without proper law enforcement, there are many fraudulent traps out there looking to steal people’s personal information and money.

While having proper antivirus and anti-malware software is important, it’s also important to always follow safe browsing practices to ensure your data stays private.