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October 2021 IT News & Insights

Managing IT includes... Cloud, Security, Compliance, Video, Voice, Mobility, Networks, Storage, Support... 

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Protect Yourself & Your Business from Ransomware Data Breaches
Malicious cyber actors using ransomware threaten to sell or leak your data if you don’t pay the ransom. These breaches, often involving sensitive or personal information, can cause financial loss, erode customer trust, and invite regulatory scrutiny.
 
Share these essential steps to prevent these attacks from impacting your business… 

1. Maintain offline, encrypted backups of data and regularly test your backups. Backup procedures should be conducted on a regular basis. It is important that backups be maintained offline as many ransomware variants attempt to find and delete or encrypt accessible backups.

2. Create, maintain, and exercise a basic cyber incident response plan, resiliency plan, and associated communications plan.

3. Mitigate Internet-facing vulnerabilities and misconfigurations to reduce risk of actors exploiting this attack surface.

4.  Reduce the risk of phishing emails from reaching end users by enabling strong spam filters and implement a cybersecurity user awareness and training program that includes guidance on how to identify and report suspicious activity or incidents. 

5. Practice good cyber hygiene by:

  • Ensuring antivirus and anti-malware software and signatures are up to date.

  • Implementing application allow listing.

  • Ensuring user and privileged accounts are limited through account use policies, user account control, and privileged account management.

  • Employing multi-factor authentication (MFA) for all services to the extent possible, particularly for webmail, virtual private networks (VPNs), and accounts that access critical systems.

Don’t expose your business to unnecessary cyber security risk… Schedule your planning session now so we can talk about ways to minimize your attack surface.

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Access Control… Protecting Entry to Your Facility’s Sensitive Locations
Access Control offers continuous security for tenants and their employees by preventing unauthorized entry to buildings, offices, elevators, and sensitive resources such as a data centers, utility rooms and telephone closets.

Why Your Business may need Access Control

  • Protect Employees – Promote employee safety by keeping out unauthorized personnel and outside intruders.

  • Safeguard Assets – Permit authorized entry, while maintaining a high level of building and property security.

  • Provide Audit Trail – Identify who was in a specific area at an exact time that an incident occurred.

  • Eliminate Mechanical Keys – Avoid all the hassles associated with mechanical key and lock systems, the time and cost of re-keying when an employee is terminated, the cost of duplicate keys, lost keys, tracking who has keys, and more.

Advanced capabilities customized for your environment…

  • Proximity Card Readers and Cards – Provides reliable performance and can be installed in indoor and outdoor environments.

  • Wireless – The demand for wireless technology has been on the rise as people endeavor to economically expand their access control system with additional doors.

  • Multi-Technology Readers – Provide a multi-protocol, multi-frequency solution that reads many technologies and formats.

  • Biometric Recognition – Determines a person’s identity by detecting and matching physical features such as fingerprints or hand geometry to a database.

  • Mag-Stripe Card Readers – Control physical access by providing the right combination of quality, convenience and reliability.

  • Bar Code Reader and Cards – Uses inexpensive bar code cards and reads the most common code formats.

  • Keypads – Used to restrict entry to sensitive areas by requiring individuals to enter a personal or group access code.

  • Monitoring & Reporting – From a PC or mobile device allows you to view graphical maps, set up custom reports, and receive text and email alerts about critical events.

  • Integration – Access control system can be integrated with video cameras, fire and intruder alarm systems, and motion detection systems.

Are you safeguarding your business? Managing entry protects you from…

  • Theft of intellectual property
  • Misuse of company assets
  • Exposure of confidential information
  • Loss of client trust
  • Unwelcome intruders
  • Exposure to litigation

We Make Access Control Easy. 

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Simplify Management & Secure your Wi-Fi Network from the Cloud 
Your business depends on having a reliable network infrastructure. Wireless connections are a critical element of today’s network infrastructure and one that consumes a growing share of IT resources to secure and manage. To support your wireless connections, DataLink offers cloud-managed Wi-Fi solutions that enable you to streamline switching, routing, and security tasks via the web.

Protecting your Wi-Fi networks

You can arrange to dynamically grant or restrict network access to a device based on its security status, location, installed software and OS version, and more. And when a user fails to comply with a set security measure – such as disabling the antivirus program, jail-breaking a device, removing a pass code, or leaving a given territory – that person’s access to your Wi-Fi networks will be automatically revoked.

Need IT support help?

DataLink’s certified network experts can optimize and manage the hosting of your entire Wi-Fi infrastructure by offering: 

  • Immediate implementation and expansion of Wi-Fi, switching, and security to new sites.

  • Upgrades, patches and maintenance.

  • Support to allow mobile and remote workers to become as productive on the road as in the office.

  • Tiered services to suit the needs of any sized organization.

DataLink makes Wi-Fi network management easy.  

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Poor Cell Phone Coverage in Your Building? We have the solution!
If you have to walk outside or stand next to a window to get a connection, you’re not alone… Smart businesses are turning to affordable cell phone signal amplifiers to empower their on-the-go employees to become more efficient and productive in every corner of their buildings.

Reduce dropped and missed calls in your building

DataLink’s network infrastructure team designs, installs and supports SureCall cell phone signal boosters that increase voice, text and 4G LTE signals for all the carriers and service providers, including Verizon, AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile.

Keep your Mobile Data connected

Designed for spaces up to 20,000 sq ft – and supporting even larger footprints with customized solutions – SureCall boosters feature advanced software that automatically and continually optimize signal gain for maximum performance.

Don’t let spotty in-building cell signal coverage put your business on hold. 

DataLink offers affordable signal boosters that have the flexibility to accommodate any building or floor plan.
 
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Your Hybrid Workforce needs On-the-Go Technology… DataLink Makes IT Easy
No matter what your IT challenge during these uncertain times, you can get all the support you need from DataLink...

  • We can support all of your IT needs on an ongoing basis, or just the piece with which your team needs the most help.

  • We can provide Help Desk support for your users, while your IT team stays focused on the strategic aspects of your business.

  • We can fill in for IT staff when you're short-handed due to personal days off, vacations, sick days, or absences due to technical training.

  • DataLink provides comprehensive, multi-tiered support for any IT issues involving your desktop or server environment, including problem escalations with your equipment and service providers.

Design your own support level... Get as much or as little help as you need. The experts at DataLink can help relieve your IT support pressure.

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