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Backup & Disaster Recovery Reminders

Spectra Networks, Joe Silva

Backup & Disaster Recovery Reminders

This month marks the start of the Atlantic Hurricane season. In fact, from June 1st to November 30th, our little region of the world is prone to hurricanes that form off the coast of Africa and work t...

Backup As A Service Disaster Recovery

Jun 21, 2023

Mistake-Proof Your Disaster Recovery Plan

Spectra Networks, Joe Silva

Mistake-Proof Your Disaster Recovery Plan

In the IT world, things are constantly changing and evolving. From the features of devices we heavily rely on to get work done efficiently to the software upgrades that make our lives easier, there is...

Disaster Recovery

Apr 5, 2023

Why Healthcare Is Vulnerable to Ransomware

Spectra Networks, Joe Silva

Why Healthcare Is Vulnerable to Ransomware

The Healthcare Industry has been under intense pressure for the past couple of years. This is not just due to the emergence and spread of the coronavirus globally, but also due to the surge in cyber c...

Compliance Disaster Recovery Encryption HIPAA IT Consulting Security Telehealth Video Conferencing

May 11, 2022

How Secure Is Your Password?

Spectra Networks, Joe Silva

How Secure Is Your Password?

Think you have a strong password? You may want to think twice about that after you study some of the most recent reports on cyber security and password detection analysis. Despite years of warnings ab...

Backups Disaster Recovery Encryption IT Consulting Security

May 4, 2022

What’s The Cost of a Data Breach?

Spectra Networks, Joe Silva

What’s The Cost of a Data Breach?

The year 2021 was a record setting one for data breaches and hacking of private and supposed “secure” data. Thousands of new cybersecurity incidents have been recorded over the past year including thr...

Breach Disaster Recovery Encryption IT Consulting Scams Security

Feb 16, 2022

How Data Loss Can Impact a Business

Spectra Networks, Joe Silva

How Data Loss Can Impact a Business

Data loss is a huge problem for businesses both large and small. Losing data can cause a cascading list of consequences including loss of time, productivity, reputation, and finances. Some data losses...

Cloud Computing Data Loss Disaster Recovery

Sep 1, 2021

Why Are Cyber Attacks on the Rise in the Healthcare Industry?

Spectra Networks, Joe Silva

Why Are Cyber Attacks on the Rise in the Healthcare Industry?

As if this past year has not been stressful enough for the healthcare industry with the onslaught of the coronavirus pandemic, it has another growing risk to worry about as well, cyber attacks. In an ...

Disaster Recovery HIPAA IT Consulting Managed Cybersecurity Security

Jun 9, 2021

Resuming IT Security and Disaster Preparations

Spectra Networks, Joe Silva

Resuming IT Security and Disaster Preparations

Feels great to be getting back to “normal.” For IT specialists and computer service providers, that means preparing for any potential disaster, including an act of nature, cyber crime, terrorism, or o...

Disaster Recovery IT Consulting Security

Jul 29, 2020

Physical IT Risk from Malicious Contractors

Spectra Networks, Joe Silva

Physical IT Risk from Malicious Contractors

We often pose the question on our blogs about how secure a business computer system really is in regard to cyber attacks. We offer suggestions and tips on how to shore up networks from malware, hackin...

Data Loss Disaster Recovery IT Consulting Managed Services Security

Mar 16, 2020

Important COVID-19 Information

Spectra Networks, Joe Silva

Important COVID-19 Information

Important COVID-19 Information Spectra Networks is actively monitoring COVID-19 as it directly affects our customers, employees, and their communities. Visit the CDC and/or WHO website for more inform...

Disaster Recovery Managed Services

Mar 9, 2020

Keeping Electronic Medical Records (EMR) and Electronic Health Records (EHR) Safe

Spectra Networks, Joe Silva

Keeping Electronic Medical Records (EMR) and Electronic Health Records (EHR) Safe

The vast majority of dental and medical practices have switched from paper records to electronic medical records in an effort to provide better patient care and modernize offices and treatment methods...

Backups Compliance Disaster Recovery IT Consulting Managed Services Online Privacy Privacy Laws Security

Feb 26, 2020

The Importance of Detecting a Data Breach

Spectra Networks, Joe Silva

The Importance of Detecting a Data Breach

In our last blog we discussed three of the top causes of data breaches and how to prevent them, both at home and at your place of work. Today we are examining how you can detect a breach so mitigation...

Breach Data Loss Disaster Recovery IT Consulting Managed Services Security

Feb 19, 2020

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