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Managed Detection & Response

June 8th, 2021

Last year, one quarter of organizations experienced a breach of employee and/or customer data. A further 38% of organizations did not know whether or not they had experienced a breach.

Those are some pretty terrifying statistics. They help illustrate why so many cybersecurity experts are recommending Managed Detection & Response (MDR).

What exactly is MDR? How can your organization use it to keep your most valuable data secure? And what are some of the differences between MDR services? We’re going to answer these, and other questions, in this brief piece.

Email Security

April 28th, 2021

Here’s a terrifying statistic: Canadians are, by far, the top target for phishing attacks. According to the RSA Quarterly Fraud Report for Q3 2020, a staggering 56% of phishing attacks target Canadians. The second-most targeted countries only receive 8% of phishing attacks!

The most common medium for phishing attacks is email.

Why Two-Factor Authentication Is Important While Working From Home

April 4th, 2021

Keeping your network secure is essential - no matter what line of work you’re in, if hackers can gain access to your accounts, they’ll find some way to make money off of them. Selling passwords on the darknet, ransomware attacks - you name it.

Two-factor Authentication (2FA) is one way you can secure your networks against security breaches caused by malicious (or well-intentioned but ignorant) actors.

Microsoft Office 365 & Backup

February 26th, 2021

Today, we continue our series on backing up your business data. We’re going to try to answer a pretty common question: should I backup my files when I use Microsoft Office 365?

The short answer for most businesses is yes. To understand why, we’re going to take a look at how Microsoft handles backups, their limitations, and how and why you should backup your files.

Cold Tested Backups

February 25th, 2021

The destruction of the Library of Alexandria is one of the greatest losses of information in human history.

Imagine if there had been a second, almost exact duplicate of that library...that’s the power of backing up your data.

We’ve found that there are some misconceptions about data backup - how it should be done, its overall importance, and the challenges that it presents.

Winnipeg IT Support Company, Constant C, Announces The Recommencement Of Their Monthly Lunch & Learn Webinars At The End Of February

February 19th, 2021

WINNIPEG, Canada - Constant C, Winnipeg’s most trusted IT support company for over 35 years, is delighted to announce the recommencement of their extremely popular Lunch & Learn webinars. The webinars will begin, once again, in March, providing small to medium-sized business owners with the opportunity to increase their IT knowledge in a fun and friendly learning atmosphere.