The trend towards converged security requires companies to keep their eye on physical premises. Here's how to specify and deploy an IP-based video surveillance solution for your small business clients.
The requirement for information security certification is spreading from large organisations to small ones. What’s involved, and do you need it?
What to look for when choosing an SSL VPN appliance for small business customers
Secure sockets layer (SSL) virtual private network (VPN) software has been around for a long time, but it is only relatively recently that is has been delivered on dedicated hardware appliances that specialise in hosting remote access, with many of those devices aimed squarely at the SMB market.
If you ask your customers what they know about legislation involving data, the chances are you’ll be horrified by the answers.
Setting up a VPN between two sites for a small business to create a single network; although the interface will be different for every router, the functions are roughly the same.
Your client needs a router to connect them to the Internet – but unless it is configured correctly, it could represent a significant security loophole.
Disinfectant for the desktop, with less swabbing. Many small businesses’ anti-virus software strategies are a mess: here’s how you look after it for them, with minimal fuss.
Hackers are finding increasingly inventive ways of exploiting holes in Acrobat.
The same rich content that makes PDF so useful to businesses can also make it a security risk. Embedding links, images, tables and media uses JavaScript and that allows PDF files to be exploited as an attack vector for hackers.

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