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The Human Firewall – Educating Employees to Prevent Cyber Attacks

Spectra Networks, Joe Silva

The Human Firewall – Educating Employees to Prevent Cyber Attacks

Any business worth its weight in salt knows that there must be a multi-faceted approach to cyber security including technical firewalls and antivirus software that can keep a business going even in th...

Access Control Cyber Attacks Data Loss

Sep 10, 2024

When the Internet Stumbles: Lessons from the CrowdStrike Outage

Spectra Networks, Joe Silva

When the Internet Stumbles: Lessons from the CrowdStrike Outage

July 19, 2024, was a typical Friday at work… until it wasn’t. From airlines to healthcare facilities and public transit sectors, computer systems experienced a technical outage that was felt around th...

Cyber Attacks Data Loss IT Consulting Managed Services

Sep 3, 2024

Importance of Data Loss Protection

Spectra Networks, Joe Silva

Importance of Data Loss Protection

As a business leader, there’s not much more important than protecting your data, especially when that data contains sensitive and personal information of clients and consumers. From credit card and fi...

Backups Cyber Attacks IT Consulting Managed Cybersecurity Managed Services

Jan 10, 2024

Best Practices for Cyber Hygiene in 2024

Spectra Networks, Joe Silva

Best Practices for Cyber Hygiene in 2024

The new year is upon us and that means taking stock of the past year as well as coming up with some new goals for the coming year. Instead of the typical eat healthier and get more exercise resolution...

Amazon Web Services Backup As A Service Customer Service Cyber Attacks IT Consulting Managed Cybersecurity

Jan 3, 2024

Multi-factor Authentication: Why Your Organization Should Adopt This Strategy

Spectra Networks, Joe Silva

Multi-factor Authentication: Why Your Organization Should Adopt This Strategy

The mantra of “more is better” is often a flawed mentality in life. In the world of cyber security, however, more layers of protection for data and access is definitely better. Multi-factor authentica...

Cyber Attacks IT Consulting Security

Dec 18, 2023

How Can Your Organization Improve Cyber Security in the New Year?

Spectra Networks, Joe Silva

How Can Your Organization Improve Cyber Security in the New Year?

As 2023 is coming to a close and 2024 offers a sense of a clean slate for most businesses and organizations, it’s a good time to review the steps to improve cyber security. Small and large companies a...

Cyber Attacks Data Loss Security

Dec 11, 2023

A Review of a Top Cyber Attack Vector – Phishing

Spectra Networks, Joe Silva

A Review of a Top Cyber Attack Vector – Phishing

There are many ways that a bad actor can gain access to a network, a system or an endpoint such as a desktop, laptop or smartphone. It will come as no surprise to anyone who’s been paying attention th...

Breach Cyber Attacks Phishing

Dec 4, 2023

What’s The Difference Between Security & Compliance?

Spectra Networks, Joe Silva

What’s The Difference Between Security & Compliance?

As a managed support provider and IT support provider, we deal with both security issues and legal questions of compliance on a daily basis. It’s important that businesses and especially organizations...

Compliance Cyber Attacks IT Consulting Security

Nov 15, 2023

Cyber Attacks Your Business Should Prep For

Spectra Networks, Joe Silva

Cyber Attacks Your Business Should Prep For

Cyber attacks are an ongoing and ever-present threat for businesses in every industry. Organizations of all sizes and types are vulnerable to threats including ransomware, phishing, zero-day attacks a...

Cyber Attacks

Nov 1, 2023

What Are The Real Costs Of A Cyber Attack?

Spectra Networks, Joe Silva

What Are The Real Costs Of A Cyber Attack?

What Are The Real Costs Of A Cyber Attack? https://www.spectranets.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/What-Are-The-Real-Costs-Of-A-Cyber-Attack.mp3 We’ve all heard the dire warnings from security experts ...

Cyber Attacks IT Consulting

Oct 11, 2023

What Is Spoofing & How Can You Protect Yourself?

Spectra Networks, Joe Silva

What Is Spoofing & How Can You Protect Yourself?

There are a lot of bad actors out there in the world of cyber security. Spoofing is yet one more way cybercriminals can masquerade as a trusted source or device with the ultimate goal of stealing sens...

Cyber Attacks IT Consulting Phishing

Jul 19, 2023

Can You Spot A Scam?

Spectra Networks, Joe Silva

Can You Spot A Scam?

People all over the globe use the internet on a daily basis. In fact, Statistica cites that, “As of January 2023, there were 5.16 billion internet users worldwide, which is 64.4 percent of the global ...

Breach Cyber Attacks Data Loss IT Consulting Managed Cybersecurity Scams

May 1, 2023

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