Friday, January 27th, 2012 at
11:25 am
U.S. lawmakers stopped controversial anti-piracy legislation in its tracks on Friday, delivering a stunning win for Internet companies that staged an unprecedented online protest to kill the previously fast-moving bills. The bills, known as PIPA in the Senate and SOPA in the House, are aimed at curbing access to overseas websites that traffic in pirated content and counterfeit products, such as movies and music. But technology companies are concerned the laws would undermine Internet freedoms, be difficult to enforce and encourage frivolous lawsuits. – Reuters. How secure is your business data? www.filetwin.com Because you need two.
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Wednesday, January 25th, 2012 at
11:28 am
If disaster strikes, do you have a robust Business Continuity Plan in place? These five simple steps can limit headaches and keep your critical operations functioning in the event of a disaster or other catastrophic risk. 1) Get executive-level support and obtain resources for the BC plan. 2) Indentify your critical business requirements and maximum tolerable downtime, or MTD. 3) Determine recovery speed and recovery time objective, or RTO. 4) Identify gaps between MTD and RTO for each operation, negotiate solutions, and consider investing in additional resources. 5) Maintain the BC Plan by revisiting regularly as your business shifts and/or expands.
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Sunday, January 15th, 2012 at
11:33 am
Security On-the-Go for your roving workforce is a new challenge for businesses. No matter the number of workers, establishing these five best practices will help to keep your network safe from malware and other potential dangers. 1) Use the built-in Passcode feature to lock iPads and tablets. 2) Deploy client-level internet filtering software. 3) Force Critical updates on your workstations. 4) Set up and enforce work-from-home requirements. 5) Train smartphone users to keep apps up to date. 6) Back-up critical data for easy online access and retrieval with File Twin, because you need two. www.filetwin.com
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