Understanding the Benefits of Patch Management
Concensus is proud to offer patch management services on a quarterly or monthly basis. But before we get to that, let’s talk about what exactly patch management means, and how it can benefit your business. What is Patch Management? Patch management is the process of managing a network of computers by performing consistent patch deployment…
Data Privacy Day 2021
Today is Data Privacy Day. This is an international effort to empower individuals and businesses to respect privacy, safeguard data and enable trust. Better privacy starts with better security. Here are a few tips to enhance your own privacy by using better security. ENABLE MULTI-FACTOR AUTHENTICATION The best way to secure your online accounts is…
What is Stopping you from Changing IT Providers? – GETTING STARTED
In our first blog post, we discussed why change is hard and why you need to formalize your process so that you can compare IT providers. This second blog in the series will focus on where to start. What is important? The absolute first thing you need to decide is what is important to you…
Developing a Cybersecurity Program Quickly and Efficiently
More organizations than not face many challenges when it comes to implementing a cybersecurity program. For instance, how do you create and manage an information program that must reduce risk but also demonstrate compliance to management and outside parties? How do you decipher and track compliance with regulations and frameworks such as NIST CSF, ISO…
What is Stopping you from Changing IT Providers – Intro
Change is Hard! Change is the only constant in the IT world. The products that we buy today that are suitable for our needs can become difficult to maintain, difficult to secure, and may lack modern features tomorrow. Every year and budget cycle we evaluate our software subscriptions, our leases, our telecommunications, our providers, and…
5 Ways To Optimize Your IT Budget
Everyone wants to get the most for their money. It’s the smart thing to do. For example, with insurance, we all want the best coverage at a reasonable price. Likewise, when we buy a computer or other device, we want to make sure we get the best possible machine that doesn’t break the bank. When it comes to IT specifically, there are several technologies and paradigms of service that have become standard and are a…
Creating Your Modern-Day SMB Backup Plan
Is it stress, anxiety, or fear that causes that nauseated feeling over losing your data? If you have ever been working away and the computer hangs, crashes, and loses your work, then you know the feeling. Everyone agrees that it is awful. It is just a matter of how much did you lose that controls…
MICRO FOCUS UNIVERSAL POLICY ADMINISTRATOR 3.0 REVIEW
Universal Policy Administrator provides you with a centralized security policy management, orchestration, and enforcement solution. The result is a consistent and uniform set of policies across all enterprise devices and identities, on-premise, and within the cloud. This also simplifies configuration and security for users and devices and delivers an automated, centralized, and consistent policy management…
Risks of Remote Work in 2021
“How much longer?”, is the question everyone is sighing. The current answer is “no time soon, at least not in 2020, nor the first quarter of 2021.” So, for the majority of small to medium-sized businesses as we move indoors, it means supporting employees working from home, at least part of the time. As it…
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