The Ntiva Tech Corner

The security landscape has changed — for both Windows and Apple environments. Not a day goes by without yet another news headline announcing a severe cybersecurity attack. 

FINRA compliance is an inescapable requirement for brokerage firms and other securities industry participants in the United States, similar perhaps in the way that death and taxes are inescapable certainties in life. Managed IT services for...

CMMC continues to evolve in 2021, and more DoD government contractors are beginning to test their IT systems against the latest scoring metrics, as per DoD's new Interim Rule. 

More than 800 million devices run on Microsoft Windows. The original kingpin of operating systems (OS) is still going strong, and their latest release has even more features to help make using your computer faster and smoother. 

By mid-March of this year, the way we worked changed dramatically and abruptly. As the global workforce sheltered in place due to COVID-19, remote working went from roughly 30% of employees working from home "some of the time" to, in some...

As we continue to see crippling data breaches, new regulations like GDPR and California's Consumer Privacy Act will only become more common. But is maintaining compliance to current regulatory laws enough to protect your business from...

Passwords are meant to protect your valuable business information from hackers, but unfortunately you can no longer rely on passwords alone!

Failing to take the right steps to protect your sensitive information can end in catastrophe, and the US Department of Defense knows that better than anyone.

It’s hard enough for businesses to stay secure nowadays, and that task is even more daunting now that we rely so heavily on mobile devices. The mobile threat is greater than ever. There's a ton of great advice out there, but we've narrowed it...

Working from home used to be a luxury. Remember those days? Now WFH is the new standard. Thanks to cloud collaboration solutions like Microsoft 365, what was a bit of a rocky start for some has settled into a fairly smooth operation.

Businesses in every industry are still reeling from the quick adjustments to the “new normal” of remote work, and one of the top concerns is cyber security. How can organizations keep track of and manage mobile devices that are accessing their...

Almost every business you can think of is using public cloud services for many of their critical business applications. Unfortunately as we head into 2021, cyberattacks and breaches on cloud services are increasing. Here are 6 great tips that...

We’ve seen a lot of rapid changes in the way companies conduct their business in 2020. While some of these changes were expected to happen somewhere down the line, many of them happened long before planned out of necessity.

In observance of Veteran’s Day, Ntiva proudly takes the time to acknowledge the sacrifices given by veterans and their families. Our veterans have sacrificed in the name of preserving our nation’s independence, and we will forever be grateful.

Every business wants to save money wherever it can. For some, outsourcing IT services to a Managed Service Provider (MSP) can have a huge benefit on the bottom line. For others, it offers strategic technology expertise they would not otherwise...

There are obviously times when a security breach is caused by technical problems, like hardware malfunctions or vulnerable applications. But there are also plenty of breaches that are caused - or could easily be prevented - by the people that...

With the way 2020 has been going, it’s no surprise that more companies than ever have adopted remote work practices. While there are a lot of benefits to remote work, there are also some concerns, especially when it comes to cybersecurity.

It’s safe to say that no business was left untouched by the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020. However, some were hurt worse than others. This article is first in a series of "How We Solved This", intended to share how Ntiva has helped organizations of...

No matter your industry, it’s important that you have a solid IT game plan in place for staying safe against cyber threats. When forming any plan, the very first step is to assess. IT assessments come in many forms, but in this case, we’re...

It feels like we’ve entered a different world over the past few months. The shift to remote work is here to stay for much longer than we originally thought, and the biggest item that many businesses have not properly addressed is cyber security...

There’s a big change coming for government contractors who provide goods and services to the U.S. Department of Defense. DoD contractors will be required to comply with the recently announced Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC)...