Six Tips To Work Better From Home

In recent years there has been a tremendous increase in home-based workers, among the self-employed as well as telecommuting employees who work for traditional businesses. And now, with CoVid-19, many more employees are finding themselves working from home. Whether you work for yourself or an established employer, you are likely to face obstacles in adapting to working in a home-based environment. Here are a few tips that might help you to work more effectively from home: Setting up a functional workspace is critical to your success. Try setting up your …

3 Guidelines To Keep Your Children Safe Online

Three Guidelines To Keep Your Children Safe Online

As an adult, it’s a struggle to stay secure online—creating strong passwords, maintaining a basic knowledge of malicious online content, and knowing what to post and what not to post on social media accounts. As a parent, this struggle can become almost impossible. At this point, you’re not only trying to keep yourself secure, but you’re trying to secure the online lives of your children, as well. However, you can establish a good sense of online security for your children if you follow a few simple guidelines. The following three …

The Human Element: How an MSP Protects Your Company – Part 2

Let’s take a deeper look into how Networks Unlimited, a Managed Services Provider, protects your company. If you missed Part 1: Hardware and Software, have no fear. You can read it and pop back here. Now, let’s get into how partnering with an MSP protects you from the human element. Everyday Criminals Sometimes, crime revolves around opportunity. If you have an open-door policy at your business, it makes it easy for an everyday criminal to waltz inside. And once inside, they can poke around computers that aren’t locked or secured. …

The Future of Passwords

Over the years, the public has experienced the drawbacks of relying on weak passwords – including the likes of credit card fraud and identity theft. However, despite the many negative consequences of hacked login credentials, online users have yet to part with simplified passwords. In fact, the top 10 passwords typically go unchanged from year to year and as we’re headed into 2020, the #1 is “123456” and #2 is “password.” Fortunately for the throngs of people creating, using, and repurposing ridiculously simple passwords, many companies are building more secure …

4 Ways Technology Has Changed Society for The Good

Four Ways Technology Has Changed Society for The Good

Here are just a few (of many) benefits that technology provides us.  Easy Money Transferring money, budgeting, and purchasing goods has never been easier. Developers have released a slew of apps dedicated to transferring money between friends, coworkers, and family members, making it incredibly less awkward to go to lunch together or to pick up coffee for everyone in the office. Budgeting is simpler, too. Manage your bank account, credit cards, and personal finances with just a few clicks of the mouse. Know where your money is (and isn’t) and …