Cyber Security
Save Money and Time with a Technology Roadmap
It’s 2020: Do you know how much you’ll spend on tech for your company or organization this year? How about in 2021? 2023? It doesn’t take a psychic to figure future tech needs out, what you need is a good technology roadmap. Technology Roadmap Basics A technology roadmap is an action plan that shows the…
Read MoreIT Outsourcing Service: Deciding Between Complete Care and Supplemental IT Services
IT Outsourcing Service: How to Decide on Support Levels Considering an IT outsourcing service? One important consideration is the level of care you need. Are you looking for a complete IT outsourcing service or do you need supplemental IT services? We created this decision matrix below to help. IT Outsourcing Service Decision Matrix Understanding Complete…
Read MoreAs Seen in Reader’s Digest: How to Stay Safe on Public Wi-Fi
Tips for Staying Safe on Public Wi-Fi Our own software engineer and cyber security pro Dave Hatter was quoted in Reader’s Digest on VPNs and public wi-fi. Check out his cyber security tips and quote below. Plus, read the entire article on Reader’s Digest with a link below. What is a VPN The article…
Read More5 IT Support Team Members Share their Top Cyber Security Tips
At Intrust IT, we enjoy sharing what we know to help make our clients and Cincinnati companies more secure. Even with the best and most effective security in place, there is no way to predict the damage that can be caused by a careless user clicking on a rogue link. Awareness and repetition of best…
Read MoreYou Can’t Hide Your Company’s High Cyber Security Risk Level Anymore
Until a few years ago, if your company’s cyber security risk was high, the worst thing that might happen was an annoying computer virus might cause your computer to run slowly until you removed it. Over the past several years that “worst case scenario” of having a high cyber security risk has changed drastically. Now…
Read MoreAre You Underestimating the Cost of a Data Breach?
Small and medium-sized businesses are often under the misconception that they are “too small” or they don’t have anything valuable enough to make them be a target for cyber crime. They sometimes also feel that if a data breach were to occur, it would have a minor impact on the health of their business.…
Read MoreTop 3 Reasons to Move to the Cloud
Remember when you used to buy CDs or even record albums so you could listen to all your favorite songs or bands? Now you can listen to all that music with a subscription service like Spotify or Pandora. Understanding the top reasons to move to the cloud include a similar shift in mindset. In a…
Read MoreReplacing Windows 7: The Time Is Now
Windows 7 has been the business standard for a decade, but starting in mid-January, it will no longer be king of the tech hill. As of January 14, 2020, Microsoft will stop providing technical support, software updates, security updates or fixes for Windows 7. Beyond Windows 7 At Intrust, we’re advising our clients to…
Read MoreIntrust Expert Discusses the Latest in DevSecOps
Companies that develop software but don’t bake security in during development do so at their own peril, says Intrust’s Dave Hatter in a recent TechTarget article. Moving from DevOps to DevSecOps is going to require fundamental shifts in both thinking and operations. Some finesse is required to help developers and security practitioners work well together, Hatter…
Read MorePerfect Storm Cyber Security Breach: A Phishing Tale for All Business Owners
What do you do when almost a half million dollars disappears from your company’s 401k holdings? Panic? Call your attorney? Call your insurance company? Sadly, one local manufacturing company recently had to answer this terrifying question with a cyber security breach. We got the call from a mid-sized manufacturing client: Funds were missing from their…
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