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IT Consulting: Update vs. Upgrade
In recent months, Microsoft has made significant changes to its updating, upgrading, and patching routines. This impacts all supported Windows devices and creates a new process for the latest versions of Windows 10. While updates and upgrades may sound deceptively similar, there are key differences. IT Consulting firms and companies like them can help navigate what changed and how to keep your system up-to-date. SUCCESS Computer Consulting breaks down what you need to know…
How to Add Calendars In Microsoft Teams
A popular request from customers using Microsoft Teams is: “Can I add a shared calendar for my Team?”
In short—sort of, but also not really? However, we do have a couple of workarounds. Did you know that when you create a “Team” through Microsoft Teams, a corresponding Outlook Group is also created? Did you also know that the Outlook Group already has a shared calendar available for you to use?
We hope that Microsoft…
Importance of a Cybersecurity Plan
If you don’t have a dedicated line item in your budget for cybersecurity, you’re not alone.
If you do, you’re in rare company, but don’t start patting yourself on the back just yet! Cybersecurity requires foresight and a long-term commitment from your leadership team, and there’s no excuse for not having an ongoing cybersecurity plan, no matter the size of your business.
Unfortunately, more often than not we hear a lot of excuses about why…
It’s Time to Invest in Cybersecurity
It's difficult to read the news today without being bombarded by the constant barrage of hacks that take place in corporate America. While the biggest security breaches make the news, large corporations are not the main target. Hackers are increasingly targeting small and medium businesses, and those businesses aren't keeping up with the threat. This means that the traditional tools used to protect business networks,…
Why Remove Administrator Privileges?
If a user didn't have administrator privileges in the era of Windows XP, they couldn't do anything on the computer. So much so that nothing could be done on the computer besides word processing, using a calculator, and maybe MS Paint. It was painful, to say the least. Nowadays, having administrative rights is the most dangerous thing about using a Windows operating system. Thankfully, Microsoft has made it possible for us to fix this.
…Social Media and Social Engineering
This week we are discussing the topic of online security on social media. Love it or hate it, it’s tough to avoid. Between Twitter, Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram, and other platforms, 79 percent of U.S. adults claim to have at least one social media account. Nearly two-thirds of U.S. adults with a social media account say they have been hacked.
Spear phishing through social media
33 percent of people that are spear phished…
Spear Phishing 101
More than 90% of cyberattacks begin with a spear phishing email. Spear phishing emails aren’t just a generic piece of spam; they’re emails that appear to be from your boss with your company signature or from your credit card company warning you of some recent activity on your account. Hackers often use malicious links or attachments, coupled with an urgent request, to lure you into clicking the…