Following the implementation of the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) on November 1, 2018, the number of reported data breaches in Canada has skyrocketed. One year later, Canadian businesses reported 680 breaches, six times the figure for the same period the year before.
Data backups mitigate the risks that cyberattacks, natural disasters, and technical failures present. However, not all data is created equal. Some of it must have greater protection due to privacy regulations (e.g., GDPR), industry requirements (e.g., PCI DSS), and needs for secrecy (e.g., protecting proprietary information from competitors). Other types of data need to be archived, while others can be deleted after their usefulness has lapsed.
The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed businesses to adopt remote work setups. But with the sudden move, employees are finding out that they don’t have adequate resources to work from home, specifically due to poor or limited internet access. So that you don’t encounter the same issue, find out how much internet bandwidth you need to work from home.
Flexible work setups have often been the subject of debate — employees want the option to work away from the office at least some of the time, but many businesses value well-founded methods and processes. Will the world’s largest work from home experiment change that?
Enforced flexibility
A pandemic is one of the most socially, economically, and politically disruptive events that could ever happen.
As of this writing, the COVID-19 outbreak is still raging across Toronto and all over the world. The Canadian government has implemented social distancing as one of our first lines of defense against the disease. By limiting close contact with other people, we help stop the novel coronavirus from spreading, thereby decreasing the number of infections and preventing our healthcare system from being overwhelmed.
Microsoft has made it possible for anyone to download Windows 10 from its website. This makes it easy for people to install the operating system (OS), provided they have the appropriate license. Let’s take a look at some of the ways you can download and install Windows 10 on your business computers.
Encouraging staff to work from home is extremely vital in the midst of the COVID-19 outbreak. By minimizing social interactions and contact risks, you can reduce the spread of the virus. But be warned. Transitioning from a fully managed business environment to a home office can leave you vulnerable to cyberattacks and online scams.
At the office, everything employees need to get work done is provided by the company. They have their PCs, standard keyboards, mice, and perhaps headsets if they do lots of calls. However, circumstances like community quarantines during viral outbreaks may force you to have staff work from their homes.
In this time of uncertainty brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, communication is more important than ever. Organizations in all sectors are struggling to stay connected with their remote workforces, as well as clients and partners who need assistance.
Despite the advanced notice that Microsoft was to end its extended support for Windows 7 operating system (OS) on January 14, 2020, many businesses still choose to stick with it. Their reasons for doing so can range from the practical (no money to upgrade the computer to run a newer OS) to the potentially dangerous (“it’s working okay, so why should I change it?”)
It’s easy to procrastinate if things are working as they always have, but the reality is that businesses around the world began to see and experience unexpected, and sometimes unexplained, effects of the end of support on their Windows 7 machines.
