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5 Tips for Avoiding Ransomware

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Ransomware is a type of malicious software or malware that unlawfully gains access to your computer or technology device and restricts or blocks your access unless and until they pay a ransom. These criminal entities may threaten to publish your personal data illegally or may threaten the permanent loss of access to your information if […]

Bill the Paralegal—Good Cybersecurity Practices

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Once upon a time, there was a Law Firm. Every day, they were happy and took care of their Clients. Then one day, Bill the Paralegal clicked a phishing link in his email which compromised the firm’s network. Because of that, hackers got access to all their client data and financial information. Because of that, […]

We Love Our Clients

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Stasmayer is the trusted IT Solutions partner of many businesses and organizations. One of Stasmayer’s happy customers is Charleston Legal Access, a Law Firm and nonprofit organization that assists in providing sliding-scale, affordable legal services so that those that would not otherwise be able to afford legal services are still able to have access to […]

How to Improve Your Business’s Cyber-Safety in 2022

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“Cybercrime” is a general term that refers to any criminal activity in which computers are the object or the target of the crime, or in some cases where computer skills are misused to commit cybercrimes. Cybercrime activities include cyberattacks, cybertheft, cyber fraud and cyberterrorism. Cyber attacks (or cybercrime as a whole) is the biggest threat […]

2021’s Biggest Ransomware Attacks

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The data breaches of 2021 will be among the most devastating to date. 43% of data breaches in 2021 involved small businesses, and the average cost of these small-business IT blunders cost the small businesses $3-5M.  Here’s a look at some of 2021’s most notable data breaches and how to avoid some of the preventable […]

What is SentinelOne and What are Its’ Features?

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With new technology trends, cybersecurity issues have become more complex. Cyber attackers have continually developed ways to move fast and access data before threat detection tools trace them. If modern enterprises don’t take action in real-time, they risk losing valuable information, incurring huge losses, and facing potential lawsuits. To protect your business assets, you need […]

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)

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Cybersecurity has become an enormous concern for many businesses. Eighty-four percent of businesses have been victims of at least one cyberattack in the past year, with phishing the most common type of attack. So now’s the time for these executives to crank up their security credentials.  Security information and event management (SIEM) could solve the […]

An Introduction to Endpoint Detection and Response

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With cybersecurity on the rise, businesses need the right tools to protect their organization’s most valuable data. Endpoint detection and response (EDR) is an approach to cybersecurity that monitors network and endpoint events and records those events in a database for further analysis and reporting.  EDR could be one of the best technology investments any […]

5 Top Cybersecurity Tips to Keep Your Data Safe

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If your business stores any kind of sensitive client information, it is important to ensure that you have the proper procedures and processes in place in order to prevent hackers from being able to obtain access to the information. Below, we’ve outlined five of the top cybersecurity tips that will help you to keep sensitive […]

The Great Reopening: Does Your Business Check Off These IT Security Musts?

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The Great Reopening has started! Finally, after more than a year of following strict pandemic guidelines, businesses and consumers can begin moving back to their normal lives.  Don’t let the celebratory atmosphere fool you, though. Your business faces severe IT security threats that you must prepare for. A detailed cybersecurity checklist can put you on […]