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How Much Should Small Businesses Spend on IT Security?

A not-so-fun fact for you: 40% of cyber-attacks are against organizations with fewer than 500 employees. And, according to the National Cyber Security Alliance, one in five small businesses falls victim to cybercrime each year. Of those, about 60% go out of business within six months after an attack. In

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What are the Problems with Microsoft Office 365?

Since 2011, Microsoft has been putting considerable time and effort into promoting their Office 365 package. This is presented as an all-in-one, low-cost cloud solution for businesses large or small, and it has been gaining some serious ground in the marketplace. When you look at this venture from a business

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What are the Top Cybersecurity Threats to Law Firms?

Our law firm clients are scared—and they should be. It’s a scary, data-filled world and they want to know how Optimal recommends protecting that data. They also want to know what exactly it is they should be scared of: what are the top cybersecurity threats to law firms? Given that

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What are the Top Cybersecurity Threats to SMBs?

The other day, one of our clients asked me about network security; specifically he asked about the top cybersecurity threats to small- to medium-sized businesses. It is a great question—one I’ve been asked time and time again since a recent Symantec study found that 40% of cyber-attacks are against organizations

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