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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Season’s greetings from Monarchy IT. A big thank you to our clients and partners we gained this year, as well as those we’ve taken care of for a while now, and those that we bring on-board next year.
Read MoreSHAME ON DELL
http://www.zdnet.com/article/dell-admits-preinstalling-root-certificate-and-pledges-to-remove-it/ http://www.zdnet.com/article/how-to-remove-dells-superfish-2-0-root-certificate-permanently/ http://www.zdnet.com/article/dell-in-hot-water-again-as-second-superfish-root-certificate-surfaces/ A week ago, Dell was caught, (and later admitted to), knowingly installing not one, but TWO root certificates, (certificates enable secure transmission of data over the internet), that are vulnerable to exploitation. Liam Tung and Asha Barbaschow over at ZDNet.com were on it from the jump, and linked above are the two…
Read MoreThe importance of I.T.
http://www.zdnet.com/article/the-rise-of-the-global-digital-corporation-why-it-matters/ Check out the great article linked above by Tom Foremski over at ZDNet.com. In it, he highlights the transformation of businesses over the last 10 years to technology based companies, and how that will only keep becoming the case. If you feel that your business is at a competitive disadvantage because of a lack…
Read MoreBitdefender is once again Editor’s Choice over at PCMag!
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2460688,00.asp?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=23434818&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_qOe3NgV554eQk_vHljufqbv1imrl6zlYrPVB_mHfP6agDybAe-7SLlff_jAN0PYLoqPUFYJGFuZDVOLwxTK5QxF-qaQ&_hsmi=23434818 http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2460963,00.asp?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=23434818&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9YAEpolvBRNQ0-8p_QEWi5W59SBrr3hpJGwho07D9HA7RX2tvl2r-YgVEdBwoXv444_mj5UxpmKQab5tsZwAbY-JNUvA&_hsmi=23434818 http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2461403,00.asp?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=23434818&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8Mwkf3v_kSWAGn8Gi6VTSeCIKMk9x9v1P3xZ072pYLpiEJk8ceka0TYHmaiZgeFz_Zie4AWixQvKtVY-qHS4MqQqgDjQ&_hsmi=23434818 At Monarchy IT, it’s our job to keep our clients technology safe. Our partner, Bitdefender, is the #1 independently tested security product on the market. As PC Mag has recently declared in the linked articles above, that includes consumers. We hope if you’re security solution is not up to snuff that you’ll…
Read MoreBitdefender gets 3 stars from AV-Comparatives once again!
http://www.av-comparatives.org/detection-test/ Our anti-virus partner, Bitdefender, has once again ranked at the top of one of av-comparatives tests! The link to the .pdf of the test is above, check it out if you have a minute for a quick read. If your anti-virus is not as high on the list as you expected, don’t leave your…
Read MoreStay Compliant! Create a Guest Wireless Network
At Monarchy IT, we specialize in the compliance verticals, i.e. healthcare, finance, etc. Among the many requirements mentioned in the various compliance laws that govern these industries is that all internal data must be separate from any outside client internet connectivity. Time and again, though, businesses have clients or prospective clients connect to their internal…
Read MoreTips to stay safe while on Public WiFi
http://www.zdnet.com/pictures/top-tips-to-stay-safe-on-public-wi-fi-networks/8/ Check out this great article from Charlie Osborne over at ZDNet on how to stay safe while using public wi-fi. As our use of the internet grows to almost consume our entire day, whether at home or at work, the great accommodation of public internet networks is being offered by many corporate retail and…
Read MoreBack-up, Back-up, Back-up! Have a plan since you don’t back-up!
At Monarchy IT, we strive to help our business and residential clients from facing the situation of extended downtime due to a device going haywire. The best form of protection from having to re-build a new device from scratch if the one you’re operating goes down is to back-up! Backing-up has come to mean just…
Read MoreMonarchy IT Security Tip #4: Patch your devices!
At Monarchy IT, we strive to educate our clientele and prospective clients on areas of cybersecurity where we feel their knowledge is most likely to be lacking. Without a doubt, the biggest area of misinformation currently when it comes to the arena of malicious intrusions has to do with how they gain access to a…
Read MoreMonarchy IT Security Tip #3: Don’t use bad Anti-Virus!
At Monarchy IT, it’s our job to keep our clients safe. At times, however, it is appropriate to let the public in on what we do in order to help them better protect themselves in the ever-complex world of cybersecurity. At Monarchy IT, we are partners with Bitdefender, the #1 independently-tested anti-virus on the market,…
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