One in five employees share their email password with co-workers

https://www.zdnet.com/article/one-in-five-employees-share-their-email-password-with-co-workers/ The link above is to a study by Switchfast, an IT consultancy based in Chicago.  Eileen Brown at ZDNet gives a great overview of the findings. In short, your business is usually your own worst enemy.  Which is why it needs comprehensive solutions for security and managed IT.  Enter Monarchy IT, where this is…

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Hospital hacks: Default passwords and no patching leaves healthcare at risk

http://www.zdnet.com/article/hospital-hacks-default-passwords-and-no-patching-leaves-healthcare-at-risk/ Check out this great review of McAfee’s March 2018 Threat Report at the link above by Danny Palmer at ZDNet.com. In sum, poor IT security practices, even at venerable places like hospitals, are rampant, and continuing to pose a massive security risk for patients and providers alike. At Monarchy IT, we are the security…

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Meltdown/Spectre Breakdown

https://www.pcmag.com/news/358249/intel-chips-have-a-major-design-flaw-and-the-fix-means-slowe New year, new major security vulnerabilities! In the above linked article, Matthew Humphries and Michael Kan at PCMag.com do a great job of breaking down what exactly these 2 vulnerabilities are and why they are getting so much press. In a nutshell, Intel and other chip manufacturers have inherent design flaws that make them…

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Cloud Security Trends: Winter is Coming

https://blog.redlock.io/cloud-security-trends-and-cloud-threat-defense Check out this report from RedLock on their recent cloud security findings.  Needless to say, it leaves a lot to be desired. While “the cloud” has been all the rage in the small/medium business space for the last 5 years or so, the implementation of security over these services is still evolving. At Monarchy…

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Ten Tips for Staying Safe and Secure Online by AV-TEST.ORG

https://www.av-test.org/en/news/news-single-view/ten-tips-for-staying-safe-and-secure-online/ Check out this helpful guide posted by Olaf Pursche over at AV-TEST.ORG.  The independent AV testing lab helps IT professionals by showing which AV products test the best in an independent environment, and help out consumers with tips like these. If you or your business could benefit from being more secure online, feel free…

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