Standard Office Systems Blog

MANAGED SERVICES | 5 MIN READ

In metro-Atlanta, there seems to be an infinite amount of IT service providers. Once you've come to the decision that it's time to get your business' network protected, you may feel a bit overwhelmed with your options.

We’ve all heard it before… leave the technology out of the bedroom.  You’re never going to a get a full night of rest with your phone at your side, your TV blaring in the background and the hallway light creeping through under the cracks of the door.

We’ve all done it before—wasted time on the job.  Somehow we end up focusing too much on ourselves, our coworkers, or absolutely nothing at all, becoming less productive and less present in the process.

Social engineering is yet another tactic criminals and hackers could use to steal data from an unsuspecting company, and we work with companies frequently who have been affected by social engineering.

This tactic, however, is different than other.

When it comes to your network and all the data inside and around it, the threats are endless. These threats aim to destroy, steal, corrupt, and borrow your data and terrorize your network in the process. But these threats don’t just begin and end with.

SOCIAL ENGINEERING | 5 MIN READ

Social engineering is just another way your business can become a victim of a data breach. But social engineering is a little different than viruses, codes, and password-cracking software. Instead, social engineering.

Anyone can create an email. You add a recipient; you type, type, type, and you hit send. It’s really easy. You know how to email. But what about how not to email? That’s not so cut and dry is it?

It might be a new year, but that doesn’t mean the business world has finally rid itself of phishing. As a matter of fact, the sending and receiving of malicious emails will only get worse. Hackers will grow richer and businesses will suffer deeply.