Posts by Douglas Holbert
Why Small Businesses Need Cybersecurity
We recently heard from a company whose entire business essentially shut down due to a malicious ransomware attack on their data. With outdated antivirus software, outdated firewalls, no backups in place, and outdated cybersecurity, their only option may be to pay the demanded ransom for their data. This attack is extreme and is, unfortunately, quite…
Read MoreRemote Learning One Year into the Pandemic
It’s been a full year since the world as we know it has shifted due to COVID-19. A year of working from home, social distancing, and a year of remote education for our children. Teachers, students, and their parents have had to adapt to many changes over the past year. Students have had to learn…
Read MoreThe Importance of Online Account Safety
In October, the Australian PDF company Nitro PDF saw a massive data breach that may have impacted several companies such as Amazon, Google, and Microsoft. The breach is reported to have compromised personal information from over 70 million user records and that those records are being auctioned online for as much as $80,000. We are…
Read MoreCreating a Safe and Secure IT Infrastructure
There are many ways to secure your environment and the data that exists on your servers by simply utilizing features already in Windows. From setting up password complexity and expiration policies to securing sensitive data in shared areas of a file server, there are many areas where you can improve security with just a little…
Read MoreWhy Businesses Need Disaster Recovery
We met with Infrascale on July 21, 2020, to discuss why businesses need disaster recovery solutions, what those solutions look like and how they can apply to your current systems, and finally the benefits of Infrascale’s solutions.
Read MoreThe Virtualization Landscape
We met with VMware on July 14, 2020, to discuss the ever-changing virtualization landscape, how VMware is focusing on proactivity rather than reactivity, and how new developments in virtualization can enhance and increase performance, security, and the workplace!
Read MoreYour Users Can Be Your Biggest Vulnerability
Did you know in 2019, 52% of breaches featured hacking, 28% involved malware, and 32%-33% included phishing or social engineering, respectively? On February 20, 2020, Douglas Holbert, President at Integrated IT Group led us through a discussion that began with passwords but ended with educating your users. We touched on creating strong passwords, proper ID…
Read More