March 13th, 2020 The Department of Homeland Security's issued warning for business and organizations using telework solutions: "As organizations prepare for possible impacts of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), many may consider alternate workplace options for their employees. Remote work options—or telework—require an enterprise virtual private network...
The Importance of Data Backups I recently had a longtime customer contact me because the hard drive in his business laptop failed. He was hoping we could possibly retrieve data from the failed drive. Unfortunately, this customer did not take advantage of our Pro-Active IT Managed...
Microsoft will no longer support Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 as of January 14th. Lighthouse Solutions Group will help you transition! Start by scheduling a free Network Security Evaluation today. This is a serious event for all businesses still using these OS’s. Without continuous...
Managed Services with Network Security make up a significant part of the services' Lighthouse Solutions Group delivers to our customers. However, we offer much more. For example, we provide our customers with their Server, Storage, Networking, Security Appliances and PC/laptop hardware needs. To that end,...
November 18, 2019 On November 18th NPR's, All Things Considered reported on a rapidly growing scam targeting businesses called Business Email Compromise (BEC). The statistics are staggering. The FBI estimates that in 2016 $316 million was stolen by way of a BEC scam, $676 million in...
October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month. By implementing our Managed IT Services, companies maximize their cyber security protections. There are multiple components to creating and maintaining a secure business network. Each component of your network should be actively managed to be effective. Some components include: Data...
Recently UK based, National Cyber Security Centre offered five questions business leaders should ponder when thinking about IT security for their business: 1. How do we defend our organization against phishing attacks? 2. What do we do to control the use of our privileged IT accounts? 3. How...
September 2, 2019 The Federal Communications Commission published a list of cyber security tips for small businesses. Here are critical tips they recommend with my thoughts and suggestions. “Train employees in security principles” In our era of computing devices embedded into almost all facets of life, it’s...
The FBI has a dedicated team solely focused on investigating cyber security attacks. The type of attack is wide ranging; either terrorist in nature, international or corporate espionage, data theft or ransomware. Furthermore, there are units within this team that focus on these different kinds...
Is the phrase brute-force attack new to you? I hope so. Unless you’re an IT professional or have been a victim of hacking or had your files stolen you likely have never heard the term. Unfortunately, the technology it refers to is very common and available. It...