An Education Deficit We’re in the full swing of the back-to-school season. The over 52 million students in this country are experiencing a new type of school year this fall. While some will be back in person, many will continue the distance learning instituted at the end of the Spring semester. And yet, with all […]
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Taking Home The Gold (and Silver and Bronze) Network PG released its 2020 IT World Awards. The contestants for this award are individuals and organizations private or public, corporations, for-profit, and nonprofits, large, medium, and small, associations, vendors and government organizations worldwide. The IT World Awards are industry and peer recognition from Network Products Guide
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Photo by Nikolay Tarashchenko on Unsplash A Lack of Machines Tensions are already high as the 2020-2021 school year begins. With every school seeming to have a different plan for learning in the time of COVID, many seem to be sticking to the distance learning model they employed at the end of the 2019-2020 school
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Staying On Top Of Current Events PC Matic VP Corey Munson instituted a webinar series when COVID-19 began. We’ve shared a variety of topics that he’s covered. The most recent webinar, however, focuses on security for schools as we delve into the new year. Corey is carefully curating an array of topics, some for business
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It’s All About What You Need PC Matic always strives to provide our customers with superior protection. Frequently, we get questions about what product is best. There’s an assumption that the Pro product is better protection because it’s “Pro,” but that’s not necessarily the case. Our products are built to fit your needs. Because of
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We’ve Changed With less than a semester to go, many US schools shuttered their doors in March of this year. In an effort to quell the growing COVID-19 outbreak, our schools shifted towards an online learning model. No one imagined that students wouldn’t be back for the end of the year. Yet, as a result
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Ransomware Attacks Happen Long Before The Ransom Is Posted Ransomware is an increasing problem globally, costing billions annually with the price tag only increasing. While a ransom message popping up on the screen, followed by the realization that your files are locked, can be surprising, it definitely isn’t an immediate result of being hacked. Attacks
A Message To Donors A few weeks ago, we reported on the Blackbaud ransomware attack affecting businesses and non-profits across the US, UK, and Canada. While Blackbaud paid the undisclosed ransom, the entities affected are still dealing with the aftermath. NPR recently reached out to its donors to let them know their financial information wasn’t
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Photo by Solen Feyissa on Unsplash Social Media and American Security TikTok, the popular social media/video sharing app where users can showcase themselves and gain a mass following, has come under fire recently from the current administration for it’s Chinese roots. President Trump has indicated the problem with the app is it’s mass collection and
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Established Malware Makes Resurgence Taidoor, a malware family previously associated with Chinese state-sponsored hackers, has gotten a face lift. The malware itself has been used since 2008, but this week the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (DHS CISA), the Department of Defense’s Cyber Command (CyberCom), and the Federal Bureau of Investigations
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