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Remote working is not new, though its adoption became more widespread among companies that can offer it as part of efforts to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The benefits of granting work flexibility to staff are significant:

Employees are able to reduce spending on commuting, eating out during lunch breaks, and childcare services.

In late 2019, 10% of small businesses that fell victim to cybercrime didn’t survive. Recently, a study published by ConnectWise revealed that 86% of small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are prioritizing cybersecurity. But what about the remaining 14%?

If you believe in any of the cybersecurity myths below, your business in Missouri may very well be among the 14% of US companies that are not taking cyberthreats as seriously as they should.

There’s now an online app for practically anything Kansas City business managers such as yourself can imagine — plus more things you may not have even considered yet. While this grants you an abundance of choices in customizing your online working experience, it also creates operational inefficiencies.

At the onset of World War II, Germany’s Panzer tanks clearly outclassed the horseback cavalries of neighboring nations. This is but one illustration that technology is power.

What is true in warfare is often true in business as well. For example, manufacturers that utilize robots produce goods faster and with better and more consistent quality than manufacturers that employ mostly human workers.

Once quantum computers become a reliable form of technology, they’ll do quick work of computing processes that would normally take supercomputers an extremely long time to perform. With this cutting-edge tech, phenomena such as intricate chemical reactions can be predicted and set to produce new raw materials or very potent medicines.

“If a technological feat is possible, man will do it. Almost as if it’s wired
into the core of our being.” (Motoko Kusanagi, Ghost in the Shell)

When introduced to the market, complex technological innovations like data analytics programs tend to be expensive.

While it is true that multifactor authentication (MFA) significantly improves account security, it is no excuse for people to be lax with their passwords. For instance, if a cybercriminal steals the smartphone you use to receive one-time passcodes, then MFA won’t trip them up at all

In short, it still pays to use strong passwords in conjunction with other cybersecurity measures to keep unauthorized users at bay.

Individuals and organizations in Missouri and across all states are inundated with cyberthreats every day — more than any IT security team can handle by their lonesome. Sure, they have a lot of tools already at their disposal. Firewalls keep unauthorized people away from networks, antivirus software destroys known malware, and even Google helps out by blocking hundreds of millions of spam daily.

As protests for racial justice and against police brutality continue to be staged in Kansas City, months after outrage was sparked by the killing of George Floyd, more companies are pledging their support for the Black Lives Movement on social media.

What do Zoom, Viber, Skype, Messenger, Google Meet, and FaceTime all have in common? Unbeknownst to most people, these video calling apps and features use one underlying technology: Voice over Internet Protocol or VoIP.

In a nutshell, VoIP is the transmission of data packets over the internet to facilitate online communications such as video calls, voicemail, and chat messages.