The Webcom Blog
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The First Week Mistake Nobody Plans For
The email shows up on a Tuesday morning. It looks like it’s from the CEO. The name matches. The tone is right. Even the signature looks familiar. “Hey — can you help me with something quickly? I’m in back-to-back meetings. Need you to handle a vendor payment. I’ll explain later.”…
Automation Shortcuts That Save Time and Money
A partner at a midsize accounting firm noticed something odd on a workload report. One of their senior team members was logging nearly six hours a week moving client data from one system to another. Six hours a week doesn’t sound dramatic until you do the math. That’s more than…
Home Security: Why You Should Put IoT Devices on a Guest Wi-Fi Network
The number of internet-connected devices in homes has been growing. It's increased exponentially over the last decade. A typical home now has 10.37 devices connected to the internet. PCs and mobile devices make up a little over half of those and the rest are IoT...
How Often Do You Need to Train Employees on Cybersecurity Awareness?
You’ve completed your annual phishing training. This includes teaching employees how to spot phishing emails. You’re feeling good about it. That is until about 5-6 months later. Your company suffers a costly ransomware infection due to a click on a phishing link. You...
5 Reasons Why Strong Patch Management is Important
Two-Factor Authentication is a second way to verify yourself apart from a password.
Two-Factor Authentication
Two-Factor Authentication is a second way to verify yourself apart from a password.
How to spot a phishing email
Phishing is a common type of cybercrime because it is cheap and effective. They will often send out thousands of emails in the hope that only 0.001 percent of recipients will bite. It only takes one or two responses for the phishing campaign to be successful.
How to Increase Image Quality and Optimise before Uploading to your Website
When you create a website (eCommerce or blog), having a strong visual communication game is everything. Before you press that ‘Publish’ button, make sure the images you choose are doing justice in complimenting the text on your website.
SaaS Backup – a shared responsibility
This year, over 78% of businesses will rely completely on SaaS (Software as a Service) applications. However, there is a common misconception that the SaaS provider is responsible for backing up this data.
Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery
For the first time since I became a Datto partner, I had to use their BCDR (Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery) applications in a live environment for one of my biggest clients.
Protect Remote Workers | SaaS Protection
Small and medium-sized businesses around the globe are facing many challenges as they manage an abrupt shift to remote work. This has caused a surge in the use of cloud collaboration apps.
