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It seems like data breaches are becoming more frequent.  For large organizations, they can absorb the cost of these mishaps.  This is not the case with small and medium businesses.  The average breach will cost a business over $6 million.  Sixty percent of small business will be out of business...

Being an accounting firm we maintain a lot of confidential information.  We take securing this data very seriously.  Copeland Buhl employs current firewall and unified threat management solutions.  Reports from these devices are regularly monitored, and suspicious activity dealt with.  Regularly systems are scanned for vulnerabilities or potential misconfiguration. To protect client data,...

On Wednesday we discussed systems which in the right circumstance could be cloud based.  Today we will look at systems, which should stay on premise or be cautiously moved to the cloud. “If I can’t access it for 24 hours, what will be the impact on my business?” Many small...

There is a lot of hype about cloud computing these days.  Many businesses have been “cloud computing” for years, hosting it themselves using Microsoft Terminal Services or Citrix.  Today’s version of cloud computing generally means outsourcing a business’ applications and data storage needs.  In certain cirumstances this new version of...