You’ve probably heard a lot of password advice over the past decade, but how much of it is actually good advice that you should listen to? These days, with advanced automated threats able to crack incredibly complex passwords with ease, you can’t be too careful. You might even need to take a different approach entirely… which brings us to the OG password advice: just make it longer.
Does your business operate in the moment, or does it prioritize what’s just around the corner? As a business owner, you have a tricky balance to strike between the two, and where technology is concerned, the answer is not always so clear-cut. But it’s generally better for your business to look at technology management with the perspective offered by an IT roadmap to inform your decision-making, from everyday implementations to major deployments.
Does the idea of cybersecurity strike fear into your heart? We know it’s not every business’ specialty, but that doesn’t make it any less important for companies like yours to consider. Today, we want to make it as easy as possible for your employees to practice appropriate cybersecurity measures, and that starts with a simple one-page cybersecurity cheat sheet.
We will be the first to admit it: we are obsessed with security. In an era where cybercriminals are more sophisticated and persistent than ever, that obsession is a necessity. Modern security requires a fundamental shift in mindset: you cannot implicitly trust anyone. Not outside hackers, and—uncomfortable as it may be—not even the people inside your organization. This trust-no-one approach is the foundation of Zero-Trust Security.
If your cloud bill is the second-largest line item after payroll, but you still can’t explain exactly what you’re paying for, you aren’t running a lean operation. You’re paying a significant and ever-expanding growth tax. For a business owner, cloud tracking isn’t about technical metrics like CPU usage or latency; it’s about margin preservation. It is the difference between scaling your profit and simply scaling your provider’s revenue. If you want to stop the end-of-month heart attack, you need to turn technical voodoo into a manageable business asset.