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The Microsoft Office productivity suite is a staple in the software cupboard for businesses around the globe. Access to tools like Teams, Word and Excel powers daily business operations. However, smaller businesses may find the costs of Microsoft 365 to be off-putting. This often leads small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) to opt for competitors like Google Workspace.

It seems like another cyber attack occurs or a new form of malware emerges every day. Cybersecurity Ventures expects global cybercrime costs to grow by 15% per year over the next five years and reach $10.5 trillion by 2025. This leads us to the need for cyber insurance.

Cyber insurance can help your business with recovery in the event of a cyber attack. It is important to note that it can’t prevent cyber incidents. However, it can help with financial recovery.

It is a scary thought. The analyst firm Gartner predicts that a whopping 99% of cloud security breaches will be the customer’s fault by 2025. This means that cloud providers (like Amazon, Microsoft and Slack) are doing an excellent job at keeping their platforms secure but their clients (businesses across the globe) are failing. 

It is no secret that the cloud is the future of business operations. Gartner predicts that global spending on cloud services will reach over $482 billion in 2022. That is up from the $313 billion in 2020.

Privileged account management (PAM) is a useful way for companies to ensure that users with excess access privileges are using their accounts appropriately and securely. PAM is also a valuable means to ensure that privileged accounts have not been compromised by external cyber-attackers.

You might have heard of ransomware and malware but "Bossware" might be a new term for you. Don't panic. Bossware isn't a new type of cybercrime. It is actually a tool that your business can use to monitor employee productivity.

A brand new year comes with new resolutions. Whether you decide to work out more, start a new hobby or commit to reading every day, there are loads of potential goals out there for you to set. 

Aside from personal resolutions, the new year is also a great time to make business-focused goals. While goals in business typically relate to sales figures, we advocate that our clients also think about technology goals.

One of the big findings in the Sophos 2021 Threat Report was that the lack of attention to basic cybersecurity best practices is at the heart of many of the most damaging attacks that companies saw last year. 

It seems like every time you turn around there is a new major cybersecurity risk in the news headlines. Earlier this year, we had back-to-back ransomware attacks at Colonial Pipeline and global meat producer, JBS. Recently, there was a major vulnerability found in software that runs medical devices.

If you are a Microsoft 365 user, you are familiar with significant feature upgrades at regular intervals. Recent updates include things like the addition of webinar registration to MS Teams and the new Visio for the web app which is used for creating stunning diagrams.