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 do not want to overspend and waste valuable resources. It is a delicate balance that many fail to achieve. Below are some of the most
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 data or simply having corrupted data can cause downtime, which will lead to a dip in productivity, or worse, cause your business to grind to
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 either use the information for themselves or sell the information to other criminals who can then profit off your information. Scammers launch hundreds of attacks
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 in history. But as with any tool, kids need to learn to use the web safely to get the most of it; they need to
As we make our way through the summer and into the final quarters of the year, you might be looking at all the IT projects you have left to tackle and figuring out how to make your IT budget dollars go farther. In Maryland, that opportunity exists through the Cyber Tax Credit, with the added benefit of enhanced cybersecurity. It’s a win-win scenario. Maryland’s General Assembly made available tax credits as an incentive to help small employers reduce their vulnerability
