Is Your Company Prepared? All of these thunderstorms lately have us reminded of the potential impact that storms may have on businesses. It’s not too late to prepare for storms that could cause damage to your most valuable company asset: your data. In the event of a natural disaster, business operational items such as computers,…

Petya Ransomware Following closely on the heels of WannaCry, a new ransomware variant known as Petya began sweeping across the globe, impacting a wide range of industries and organizations including critical infrastructure such as energy, banking, and transportation systems. FortiGuard Labs sees this as much more than a new version of ransomware. Rather it is representative of…

CCNY Tech is proud to offer on-site data destruction to our clients. Regardless of the industry of your company, nearly every disk drive containing device holds some form of data that can be considered “sensitive.” Some of your stored data may not be extremely sensitive, but what about bank statements, personal information, or even medical…

Small Business Owners: It’s Time There are two main reasons why business owners are not taking proper steps to protect their networks; one reason is known as “security fatigue,” and the other reason is essentially denial. Security fatigue happens when cybersecurity becomes so overwhelming that business owners abandon practices altogether. Security is always changing and…

Choosing a Secure Password In today’s world, we all must create, remember, change, and update passwords. They are required for most of our devices and accounts: our computer, our phones, our social media, our bank accounts, etc. Passwords help to prevent other people from accessing our sensitive information. Some information, people do not mind others…

You may have seen it at one time or another, sitting in the office and you get a strange email from what appears to be your co-worker. Looking into this further, you approach your co-worker and find out this wasn’t them. In fact, they slightly changed the name to trick the recipient of the email…

The financial benefits to hiring an IT company instead of hiring an IT worker or additional IT workers is often overlooked. Hiring a full time IT worker for your company is expensive. There are many financial aspects to consider before hiring your own IT worker for your company. 1) Quickly Find Qualified People – Hiring…

Do you have more than 4 employees that use computers? If you do, you should have a server. Implementing a network and server isn’t easy or inexpensive. However, the benefits you gain far outweigh the costs. It is surprising how many companies do not implement client/server based networks. Many businesses just continued adding workstations to…

By now I am sure you have heard about the Ransomware outbreak called WannaCry a few days ago on the internet. Security Experts warn that there will be more. Internet security experts suggest some basic steps that will help reduce the chances of getting hit by Virus or Ransomware issues. Here are the “Must Do”…

Updated: As of Monday May 15th, the White House states over 300,000 computers have been affected by this latest malware attack in over 150 countries worldwide. Ransomware has become the fastest growing malware threat, targeting everyone from home users to healthcare systems to corporate networks. Tracking analysis shows that there has been an average of…

CCNY Tech donated time and resources to the United Way of Rome and Western Oneida County to upgrade their IT infrastructure and provide security. United Way was at risk of attack and possibility of losing critical documents. CCNY Tech created a safe and functional network for the charitable organization. United Way’s open connection to the…

Why Would I, A Non-Tech Business, Attend a Technology Seminar? Upon hearing the question, I don’t blame you for wondering. There is a common misconception that technology seminars and related technology knowledge should only be a fit for those in the tech field. Technology seminars are for everyone. Here Are Some Reasons to Attend a…