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Thank you for your business, friendship, and support over the past year. We truly appreciate the opportunity to work with you. Best wishes to you and your family for a happy and healthy holiday season!
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Tech Headlines
Here are some of the Tech headlines we're tracking:
Congress wants information on the Sony hack - The increasing number of attacks on government and private computer networks represents "a clear and present danger to our national security and highlight the urgent need for for greater collaboration to improve data security," the letter states. Read more at CNN Money
2015 Could Be the Year of the Hospital Hack - Health-care organizations often store medical records and other information insecurely. Hacks against Staples, Home Depot, and Sony are scary, but this is REALLY scary. Read more on Technology Review.
Staples Data Breach May Have Hit More Than 1 Million Customers - The office-supply retailer said two months ago that it was working with law enforcement officials to look into a possible hacking of its customers' credit card data. Staples said in October that it had learned of a potential data theft at several of its U.S. stores after multiple banks noticed a pattern of payment card fraud suggesting the company computer systems had been breached Read more on Entrepreneur
The Year of Hacking Dangerously - The year in review for the escalating threats of cyber attacks. Read more on Bloomberg.
2014 statistics: business and financial cyberthreats - 6.2 billon malicious attacks on computers and mobile devices were blocked by Kaspersky Lab antivirus products in 2014 Read more at Kaspersky Lab.
This is how Verizon torture tests every new phone - We know Verizon goes to extreme lengths to field test its network - but it turns out the carrier is also pretty tough on all of the devices it offers Read More on Engadget
FAA, Industry Launch Drone Safety Campaign - Drones are flying off the shelves this Christmas, and the FAA is already getting 25 reports per month of drones seen near manned-aircraft or airports. Read More at The New York Times
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"Patch Tuesday" Recap...
"Patch Tuesday" is the day each month that Microsoft releases their newest security updates, typically the second Tuesday of the month (December 9). This month there were 3 "critical" and four "important" security patches affecting Microsoft Office and Windows. Remember that security patch updates are required for the MA Data Security Law and other industry security compliance standards.
For a full breakdown, check out the Microsoft Security Bulletin posted on line. Note that in the days leading up to Patch Tuesday, there is always an advance notification, which gets replaced by the actual bulletin on the release date.
A "critical" patch is defined by Microsoft as "a vulnerability whose exploitation could allow the propagation of an Internet worm without user action". As a general rule, all critical patches should be installed as soon as possible. Also, if you have a managed service support plan with us, all patches are tested before installation, and we are tracking the updates for you. Note that there are many other types of updates, and if we are doing managed updates, the blind updates through automated updates will be disabled.
Heads up for Planning - The last day for support for Windows Server 2003 is July 14, 2015. Any servers running this operating system will be out of compliance for security on that date.
...and remember to reboot at least weekly!
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Cloud Services - Team Collaboration
With remote working and team collaboration now commonplace, employees demand anytime, anywhere access to their work files. When the workplace lacks these tools, employees take productivity into their own hands using their personal mobile devices and free or low cost consumer grade productivity apps to get stuff done. What they may not know is that these devices and consumer grade solutions typically lack the rigid security requirements that businesses demand and therefore are unintentionally introducing risk into the workplace. In order to minimize risk and maintain a secure environment, you need to standardize and develop use policies around data access. A good place to start is to standardize on your file sync and share solution.
Let us help you make that transition easily and securely. Contact Brian for a complimentary two week demo account: support@ekaru.com. Also, check out our blog for more information including screen shots showing the solution: http://www.ekaru.com/blog/team-collaboration-sync-and-share-in-the-cloud
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 Happy Holidays and Best Wishes for 2015! -Your friends at Ekaru
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Why Choose Ekaru?
- Customer Commitment - Knowledgeable, responsive, reliabiable, dedicated,proactive, personable, and easy to work with.
- Experience - We have managed IT support for hundreds of businesses in just about every industry. Our engineers all have senior level technical experience, and we work as a team, so you get access to everyone's expertise.
- Technology Passion - We're passionate about technology. In our free time we love to read about new technology and test new solutions, so you have access to the latest information.
- Single Source Solution - We can handle everything from installing a new printer, to helping with technology strategy and everything in between.
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