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IT companies that provide data security services often regard disaster prevention as separate from disaster recovery, though clearly, the two functions are closely related in many ways.  Disaster recovery is defined as those software tools, policies, and procedures that allow a business enterprise to deal with downtime and recover from it.  Disaster prevention, on the other hand, seeks to reduce the risk of downtime occurring in the first place.  Both services are necessary if a business is to have the best chance possible of avoiding IT events that will disrupt routines and cause issues with employee workflow.

Virtually all business managers are aware of malware and how it can devastate your business's operations, but relatively few are familiar with DoS and DDoS attacks.  These system intrusions can cost a business heavily in terms of both money and time if they are not prevented.

A great deal of this growth will come about as more small and mid-sized businesses come to embrace a managed services approach to IT needs.  What is such an approach?

SMBs in the twenty-first century are increasingly choosing to route some of their computing infrastructure to the cloud.  While this does present them with great opportunities to enhance business efficiencies, such a move also requires businesses to get used to features of the cloud environment that may be new to them. With the highest cloud usage ever, businesses must be able to adequately weigh the benefits and draw backs of utilizing cloud computing for every day operations. The cloud poses many challenges, the most pressing of which are manageability and availability. See what issues are posed with each challenge, below.

While some corporate clients are starting to move away from Blackberry towards Android and iOS, many aren’t. Not only is there a strong loyal base, but the cost to change devices would be expensive.

According to a recent draft of mobile security guidance from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), businesses should seriously consider the deployment of software that can provide centralized management for mobile devices.  This recommendation appears in "Guidelines for Managing and Securing Mobile Devices in the Enterprise," also known as Revision 1 of NIST Special Publication 800-124.  The draft guidance goes beyond a mere recommendation of such IT solutions; it also provides detailed suggestions that SMBs can use to help them select a centralized management program for mobile devices, as well as guidance with regard to installing and using such a system.

Internal IT security personnel at SMBs may have their work cut out for them when it comes to integrating the newest version of Microsoft Office into existing security procedures.  According to Microsoft, Office 2013 represents a significant departure from the traditional IT risk management paradigm.  According to the company's recently released security overview of the product, Office 2013 presents companies with "a fundamental change from computer-centered identity and authentication to user-centered identity and authentication.  This shift enables content, resources, most recently used lists, settings, links to communities, and personalization to roam seamlessly with users as they move from desktop, to tablet, to smartphone, or to a shared or public computer."

No matter what business you are in, information is your business. Without a complete and competent IT department, your company will not be able to meet the demands of your customer base. There are several reasons to consider staff augmentation through IT outsourcing and managed services and there is no better place to look for experienced IT consultants than a managed service provider. Small and medium-sized businesses often lack the budget to accommodate a fully staffed IT department, so we offer IT solutions that include cloud computing, data backup, business continuity and cloud archiving to fill these holes.

The Internet has evolved from a personal project to a vital contingent of modern life, adopted by billions of users worldwide. Able to survive even a nuclear attack, it faces only one threat that could destroy international security and cause mass chaos if properly exploited - Cyber attacks.

Firewalls remain a critical component to every business' IT security posture. Much like a firewall in a physical building, they are designed so that if one part of the network is under attack, other systems on the same network are able to remain unharmed. Let's look at some interest facts about firewall protection that give weight to their importance.