Pen Tests-Diagnosing Security Concerns

Pen tests, also known as penetration testing, are a set of procedures that can diagnose potential security concerns within a company. A pen test usually involves ethical hackers trying whatever possible means they can think of in order to break into a company’s computers. This isn’t a malicious attack though. Instead, it’s an attempt to…

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SynchroNet Teaches You How to Spot Phishing Emails

SynchroNews is a service from SynchroNet that aims to keep our clients up-to-date with dispatches from the front lines of information security. One of our most popular SynchroNews series is related to phishing, a cyber security threat that targets business email accounts, and which is estimated to cause millions of dollars in weekly losses around…

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SynchroNet Teaches You How to Spot Phishing Emails

SynchroNews is a service from SynchroNet that aims to keep our clients up-to-date with dispatches from the front lines of information security. One of our most popular SynchroNews series is related to phishing, a cyber security threat that targets business email accounts, and which is estimated to cause millions of dollars in weekly losses around…

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Everyday Tips To Prevent Being Hacked

The online world can be a dangerous place if you are not careful. There are cyber thieves that are just waiting to steal your information. Fortunately, the following security strategies will help you stay safe online. Change the Way That You View Looking at the Internet Many people do not think about all of the…

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Project Management and Your IT … Do You Need Help?

IT Project Management and your business

Do you plan like the Big Boys? When it comes to project management and your technology infrastructure, an important question arises: At what point do small and midsize businesses adopt the management practices of large enterprises? The answer depends: Will the required investment(s) will be rewarded through a sufficient increase in productivity? Or profit margin…

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If SynchroNet had Been Around in 1776 – Part 2

Independence Day 1776: What If SynchroNet had been there?

This is Part 2 in our Independence Day Celebration … let’s keep thinking about what would have happened if SynchroNet had been around in 1776. (Wait, did you read Part 1? Do that first!) If SynchroNet had Been Around in 1776 Working with Lafayette History buffs know how the French aristocrat, Marquis de Lafayette came…

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If SynchroNet Had Been Around in 1776 – Part 1

Imagine The SynchroNet Way ... in 1776

Timeline be Darned … Because this is Going to be Good On July 4, we’ll celebrate our nation’s birth—241 years ago. As it turned out, declaring independence was the easy part; we still had to fight the Revolutionary War. Sure, we won (ergo, the celebration) but we got to wondering how much more easily things…

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Do You Have a Plan for Your Digital Estate?

What will you do with your digital estate?

Nothing’s Certain Except Death and Taxes, Right? Let’s lighten things up and discuss managing your online affairs after you pass away because having a plan for your digital estate is more important than you think. Downer though it may be, “digital estate planning” is something that not many people even think about. But consider this:…

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Technology as Our 45th President Takes Office

Fair or not, WikiLeaks, “fake news” on social media, government by tweet … these are byproducts of the computer-driven information age (a brave new technology world) that’s widely associated with our incoming president. As a lesson to us all, however, the hacking of emails from Hillary Clinton-campaign workers and supporters (by whomever) should drive home…

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As If You Don’t Enough to Be Afraid Of… Introducing Self-coding Computer Viruses

Take just about any fictional monster, and somewhere there’s a fictional mad scientist who wants to make it even more dangerous. (Anyone remember Jurassic World?) Well, how about taking oh-so-real malware-nasty strings of code that cripple networks, steal data and generally wreak mayhem on the world … and imbuing it with artificial intelligence? Welcome to…

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