WikiLeaks, an international non-profit media organization that publishes submissions of otherwise unavailable documents from anonymous news sources has been all over the news lately. What does this mean for small business networks? In many small businesses, employees have access to numerous data such as confidential financial and customer information. Now may be the time for a security audit that will protect your network and your business. As a measurable technical assessment, security audits will identify application and operating system access and also verify terminated employees no longer have access to company data. Computer security auditors perform their work though personal interviews, vulnerability scans, analyses of network shares, and historical data.

While the ease of copying data from a computer is convenient, it is also a security threat. To prevent copying of sensitive data by employees through media such as CD, USB and flash drives, it is wise to invest in data protection software. This software allows you to encrypt your hard disk and protect from unauthorized access. This software guards all of the disk data including OS, system and temp files.

Neoscope can help you put this reliable protection in place for your business. Contact us today at 1-888-810-9077.

Information from Symantec on security audits

Our Technology Consultants can help get those questions answered!

Good news for small businesses – due the recession-era you can now write off up to $250,000 of technology purchases. Businesses can expense or depreciate the cost of all computers, software, smartphones, and GPS devices for employees who are on the road a lot, as well as Internet service and telecommunications service. Even if you are self-employed and have a home-based business, you are able to deduct your technology purchases if used them at least 50 percent of the time for business.

If you have a hobby that generates income from using technology, you may be eligible to deduct tech purchase against any money you earn from the hobby. If your company doesn’t cover your business expense, such as using a computer or smartphone at home you may qualify to depreciate these devices on your personal income taxes, which is under a category called Unreimbursed Business Expenses. Researching these benefits is easy to do via the Internet but it may be wise to check with your accountant before claiming these tech deductions.

More information on these tax deductions from the IRS

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Contact Joe Colelli at Boston Wireless today for special end-of-the-year pricing through Shoretel!

Email: joec@bostonwireless.com
Phone: 508-650-5900 x3026

www.bostonwireless.com

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