Jeff Collins, Author at Best Managed Cloud, IT and Cyber-security in Florida

Email Phishing: It’s an Even Bigger Problem Today. Here’s What You Need To Do About It.

Email phishing has been an ongoing problem for years. Scammers convince vulnerable individuals to click on links within those emails, where they may immediately download a virus or provide compromising personal or login information to the scammer. Now, with COVID-19 causing fear and even panic across the United States, there are more phishing threats out…

Why Windows Virtual Desktops Are Ideal for Small Businesses

You run a small business, and you put your heart and soul into it. Your entire focus is on doing what it takes to enable your business to meet its goals. What you don’t want is to have to spend time and energy on the nuts and bolts of providing the computer and IT support…

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How to Build a Small Business Network Security Plan

For 2019, the global average cost of a data breach is $3.92 million. Can your company afford to lose that much? Probably not. In fact, 60% of small businesses close their doors within 6 months after a cyberattack. It may seem like a scary statistic, but the fact is, you can prevent this from happening to your business…

Keeping Your Zoom Meetings Safe from Zoom-bombing

Since the Coronavirus pandemic has much of the world sheltering in place, thousands of small businesses and companies are using popular videoconferencing services like Zoom. Unfortunately, as the popularity of Zoom has grown sharply, attacks called “Zoom-bombing” have grown at a commensurate rate. Zoom-bombing involves unauthorized parties gaining access to your Zoom meetings to harass…

7 Winning Strategies for Managing Your Remote Workforce

As more and more companies move to a posture that includes remote work, it’s becoming more critical for managers to adapt their management style. Gone are the days when you could stick your head in your direct report’s office to ask how they were doing. As the work landscape changes, so too does the most…

Why Windows Virtual Desktop Makes Sense Today

Remote computing is coming of age. With workers in many parts of the world subject to stay-at-home orders due to the COVID-19 pandemic, telework has, for the moment at least, become the norm. But if keeping company IT assets safe and secure was a challenge when most workers were on site, it’s become a much…

Tips for Successfully Leading a Remote Workforce (Without Micromanaging)

In the midst of the COVID-19 crisis, businesses, nonprofits, and government organizations are scrambling to find effective ways to manage their remote workforces on a scale never seen before. Unfortunately, there isn’t much time to plan remote work strategies or acquire hardware and software solutions to ease the pain. The shift to telecommuting is bound…

Why cybersecurity is even more important when you’re remote

With the onset of and response to COVID-19, the odds are increasingly likely that your company has shifted to a remote work setup for the employees that can do so. Remote work can change the way you do business – some ways for the better and in other ways that can challenge you. One concern…

The Do’s and Don’ts of Video Conferencing

With remote work moving from being simply a commonly accepted practice to the norm, it’s also led to a rise in the number of video conferences remote teams are engaging in. Video conferencing is a great way for remote teams to communicate. It allows them to hear and see each other, capturing facial expressions and…

A Primer on Cybersecurity and the Coronavirus

As the nation responds to a pandemic, public health and economic concerns are at the forefront of the public consciousness. But that doesn’t mean that other typically pressing matters – such as cybersecurity – shouldn’t also be considered during this trying time. In fact, cybersecurity is intertwined with both public health and the economy as…