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Are you looking for ways to improve collaboration around your organization? Tired of people failing to participate, document version management getting out of control, and lacking the visibility to manage project collaboration? If so, cloud computing is the ideal solution.

Cybersecurity Tip of the Week

You’re a hardworking team player who likes to check e-mail and get a few things done after hours – all good! But here’s something you might not know: you should never access company data, file servers or applications through personal devices and home PCs that are not properly locked-down and monitored by TOSS C3 or another reputable company.

Cybersecurity Tip of the Week

A phishing e-mail is a bogus e-mail that is carefully designed to look like a legitimate request (or attached file) from a site you trust in an effort to get you to willingly give up your login information to a particular web site or to click and download a virus.

It is with profound sadness that I inform you of the sudden loss of our beloved co-worker and friend James Bredin. James passed away yesterday at Massachusetts General Hospital surrounded by his family and loved ones.

James served as the Manager of Imaging Informatics at Newton-Wellesley Hospital from May 2014 through present.

Cybersecurity Tip of the Week

Not too long ago, the CryptoLocker ransomware virus was all over the news, infecting over 250,000 computers in its first 100 days of release (at least that’s the number reported – the real numbers are probably MUCH higher). The threat was fairly straightforward: Pay us or we’ll delete all your data.

We just learned that our CEO, @GregHannaCEO, was selected as one of the authors of a brand new book on cybersecurity and how it is affecting cloud computing and disaster recovery. The publisher is very excited about this very hot topic and has indicated that they expect the book to be a bestseller! The book is going to be titled “Easy Prey” and is currently scheduled for a July 2016 release!

Cyber Security Tip of the Week

You’re working at your computer when all of the sudden – BAM! – you get a pop-up notification that your PC is infected with a virus and you must "click here" to run a scan or install antivirus software.

Cyber Security Tip of the Week
Thanks to powerful brute-force-attack software readily available online, hackers can try tens of millions of possible password combinations per second. For example, hacking software can guess a five-character password in under three hours.

Weekly Security Tip

If you plan on catching up on some work from home AND you’re using a personal device such as a smartphone or personal laptop – DON’T! Unless your personal device is covered under our CyberGuard plan, you could accidentally introduce a virus to the company’s network.

Special Cyber Security Tip
Is identity theft just a problem for people who submit information online?
You can be a victim of identity theft even if you never use a computer. Malicious people may be able to obtain personal information (such as credit card numbers, phone numbers, account numbers, and addresses) by stealing your wallet, overhearing a phone conversation, rummaging through your trash (a practice known as dumpster diving), or picking up a receipt at a restaurant that has your account number on it.