With technology integrated into almost all your day-to-day activities, keeping your online data is significant now more than ever before. HTTPS is a more secure hypertext transfer protocol that's an improvement of HTTP. Some call it an encrypted website connection or the lock icon in the web address bar.

Almost every business leader at one point faces the dilemma of whether to list the services of a cybersecurity provider or have an IT Guy. Both alternatives have their fair shares of pros and cons, but cybersecurity providers stand out as the better option.

Ransomware is inarguably the most prominent type of malware. Initially, ransomware attacks were unsophisticated hacks on personal devices where cyber attackers demanded a few bucks as ransom. However, as technology continually becomes an integral part of business processes, cyber actors have advanced their tactics and "commercialized" ransomware.

In Kubler Ross' five stages of grief, the last step is acceptance and hope. Let's apply the same concept here—there's no way we can win the war against cybercrime without understanding and accepting that the situation is wanting and working to make it better.

Links are essentially mechanisms to relay data or commands to your gadget. In most instances, we receive links from trustworthy sources. But, that's not always the case. Bad cyber actors are increasingly using links to trick unsuspecting users into downloading malicious attachments like malware or divulging their critical credentials.

Businesses in all industries have become targets for cybercriminals looking to access confidential corporate and client data. Contrary to popular opinion, large corporations aren’t the only businesses that have fallen victim to cyberattacks. Small-to-medium-sized businesses have also experienced their share of cyberattacks and are increasingly becoming targets for cybercriminals.

Who doesn't love restaurants or hotel rooms with free Wifi? We all understand how intense the lure of surfing the internet and checking your social media networks for FREE can be. I mean, who wouldn't want to save their mobile data plan, even if it's just for a few minutes? We all do, and we've all used free Wifi at some point.

There are more than 31 different flavors of backup solutions, and probably every service provider will tell you that theirs is the best. So, how do you identify the perfect backup system for your organization?

What would you do if your organization lost all its data? If you wake up one day and find all your databases, websites, and essential apps are inaccessible or wholly wiped out—it happens to the best of us.

CHICAGO, Ill., Feb. 15, 2021 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Companies, organizations, and institutions that partner with LeadingIT have a lot to smile about as we head into Valentine's Day. This is because the renowned Chicagoland IT service provider is in the advanced stages of launching and rolling out more efficient technology and cybersecurity strategies for its existing and new client base.