Spade Technology: Blog
Spade Technology provides managed IT security services and solutions
for businesses throughout Boston & New England.
Hollywood Hospital Hits the Recovery Room After Ransomware Attack
The Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center had been hacked by ransomware on February 5th 2016. The attacker seized control of the hospital’s computer systems with encryption and offered back access only when the ransom was paid. The hacker demanded an astounding…
Read More“That Could Never Happen To Me!”
Such a dangerous sentence, yet so widely used. Small businesses tend to think they are invincible when it comes to cybercriminal attacks and this couldn’t be further from the truth. In fact, you are at risk every single day you…
Read MoreThe Race For The White House Hits Digital Assets
Could Your Digital Assets End Up Being “Trumped”? Presidential candidate Jeb Bush got the surprise of a lifetime not long ago when he got “trumped”. Traffic headed to his campaign website at www.jebbush.com was mysteriously being redirected to rival campaigner…
Read More7 Ways to Become a Microsoft Word Pro
I think we can all agree that Microsoft Word is the most popular and easy-to-use word processor available out there. Most businesses rely on Microsoft Word to get work done, but little do some know, there are ways to boost…
Read MoreDon’t Lose Everything to Negligence
You might have noticed how productive businesses can be now that the workforce is becoming more and more mobilized. What you might not have noticed, however, is just how risky that can be. Encryption can be the difference between saving…
Read MoreBusiness Advantages to Technology Leasing
In our fast-paced, highly competitive lives access to technology is essential in order to maintain a competitive advantage. This critical technology, however, does not come without a price. While views on IT are constantly changing, one thing remains consistent. The…
Read MoreMake the Strategic Move to Embrace Collaboration
In modern business environments, collaboration is vital – all departments and staff members must be able to communicate and work together on projects, in order to remain ahead of the competition. As industries of all types focus more heavily on…
Read MoreYet Another Humiliating Data Breach That Might Impact You
Credit bureau Experian is in a bit of hot water (again) over a recent data breach that may have exposed roughly 15 million U.S. consumers who were not only T-Mobile subscribers, but also people who applied for T-Mobile postpaid services…
Read MoreChief Financial Officers Set To Make Systems Integration Their Top Focus for Technology Investments
Chief Financial Officers are the primary drivers of virtually any new application investments, and it would appear that many CFOs (chief financial officer) are eager to take advantage of analytics to gain a more granular insight into the overall performance…
Read MoreHave You Planned for the Inevitable?
Disasters – from cybercrime to human error to natural occurrences – are inevitable. Do you have a business continuity plan in place to keep your company going? Disasters are inevitable. Just take a look at history. In 2013, a fire…
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