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Staying Cyber-Safe While Traveling: Essential Tips for Digital Security on the Go

Traveling expands your horizons and offers new experiences but also brings new cybersecurity risks. Whether you’re traveling for work or leisure, staying alert about your digital security is vital. At Summit, we’re committed to protecting our clients and their businesses from cyber threats. To assist our clients while they’re on the go, we’ve put together […]

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Beware of Holiday Scams!

With the Holidays Upon us, Criminals are at it Again As the holiday season approaches, we find that things get even busier and of course, that means we see more and more scams. The holiday shopping season is routinely a time of increased cybercrime, as people scramble to attempt to get gifts for friends and […]

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4 Common Technology Budgeting Mistakes

Are you planning to include your IT needs in your annual budget this year? If so, congratulations! You are doing something incredible to ensure your small business’ success.  Budgeting for your business can be tricky and technology budgeting is no different. On the one hand, you want to be ready for anything, but you also […]

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Why Your Business Needs A Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery (BCDR) Plan

Even on a good day, being a business owner is challenging. Apart from dealing with and effectively solving multiple problems, you also need the foresight to arm your business with the right tools and solutions to tackle any issues that might arise. One issue you need to prioritize is data loss or data corruption.  Loosing […]

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Cybersecurity Scams: What To Look For

How To Recognize Phishing Scammers will try to obtain your passwords, account numbers, and social security numbers through your text messages, emails, or by any means possible. If they are successful in obtaining those items, these criminals will potentially have access to your bank and investment account, emails, and other valuable information. They can then […]

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Keeping Children Safe On The Internet

The Top 10 Ways to Keep your Kids Safe Online It is back to school time! If you are like me, your child may come home with a Chromebook or do all assignments online. What better time to discuss cyber safety with them! The internet helps our kids grow and learn like no other tool […]

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3 Steps to Zero Trust Cybersecurity for Small Businesses

3 Steps to Zero Trust Cybersecurity for Small Businesses Cyberattacks are becoming more rampant, and each year grow increasingly in sophistication. In 2022 it was estimated that every 39 seconds, a business fell victim to a cyberattack. Successful attacks amounted to an average of $4.32 million in losses! Something as simple as a gap in […]

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Security Policy

  What are Security Policies and Why do you Need Them?   One of the most critical services your MSSP (Managed Service and Security Provider) can provide is to identify your greatest risk areas for a security data breach. Typically, your biggest vulnerabilities are not only within your IT environment, but in the processes, policies, […]

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Don’t Overlook These 3 Technology Budget Categories

Don’t Overlook These 3 Technology Budget Categories   Are you considering all the necessary technology categories when planning your annual budget? Technology is essential for any modern business, but as budgets get tighter, it’s easy to focus solely on routine services that keep the lights on and not on planning ahead. This could lead you […]

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Ransomware: Cybersecurity’s Biggest Bully Yet

Can you imagine logging into your system to access your business data and being unable to do so? Talk about your worst nightmare coming true! Unfortunately, an increasing number of businesses around the world are living this nightmare with countless others coming in the line of fire, including yours. Ransomware is growing rapidly and crippling […]