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Collabrance LLC
October 25th, 2023
Did you know compromised user passwords are among the most common causes of security breaches? According to the National Cybersecurity Alliance, 81% of all hacking-related incidents are due to weak and stolen passwords. Cyber criminals know a company’s passwords are the keys to its tools and accounts – and if cyber criminals are able to get those keys, they gain control of a business’s data, workflow, and reputation.
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Collabrance LLC
October 16th, 2023
By now, providers of managed IT are well aware of multi-factor authentication (MFA) and its critical role in IT security – but small to medium sized businesses can be slow to embrace a new technical tool. Your customers may see MFA as an unnecessary added step that will only slow down productivity. In this blog, we’ll share ways to demonstrate to your customers that MFA is not only useful, it’s essential to their security strategy.
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Collabrance LLC
February 20th, 2023
Business email compromise – abbreviated as BEC – is evolving every day. Yahoo business predicts the cost of BEC exploits to eclipse $3.3 billion by 2028. With attacks becoming progressively more sophisticated and deliberately targeted to specific industries – like financial services companies that manage accounting and online banking, among others – it’s imperative that all levels of a company’s employees be cognizant of what information they are receiving electronically and how to identify potential “spear phishing” attacks.
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Collabrance LLC
October 17th, 2022
It’s October, which means pumpkins are being judged for size and shape by clever decorators and children are daydreaming about the candy treats they might receive on Halloween. But for the rest of us, it’s Cybersecurity Awareness Month! Started in 2004 by the Department of Homeland Security, Cybersecurity Awareness Month is an opportunity to educate your customers, coworkers, and friends about how to protect their identities and data.
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Collabrance LLC
October 12th, 2022
October may be the official "cybersecurity month", but it appears some have missed the memo. According to Accenture’s State of Cybersecurity Resilience report, security attacks increased 31% from 2020 to 2021, with the number of attacks per company reaching 270 annually. A 2022 UpCity study found that only 50% of U.S. businesses have a formal cybersecurity plan, and of those, 32% haven't updated their plan since the COVID-19 pandemic introduced remote and hybrid operations.
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Collabrance LLC
August 12th, 2022
An internship is your personal ticket to getting your dream job. According to the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE), just over 70% of employers end up offering their interns full-time jobs, and almost 80% of students accept these offers. There are more benefits to a great internship than we can count. In this blog, current and past interns at Collabrance are going to highlight what makes a great internship, and what they have learned through their experience.
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Collabrance LLC
March 31st, 2022
There’s a lot that can be said about a master MSP, and stereotypes in the industry may have you questioning the facts about working with an outsourced provider. You may not know exactly what you’re getting from Collabrance if you’ve never worked with us before, so we’re here to answer the questions most commonly asked about our master MSP model.