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Cybertron has been serving the Wichita area since 2003, providing IT Support such as technical helpdesk support, computer support, and consulting to small and medium-sized businesses.

How to Ditch Sticky Note Passwords for Good

How to Ditch Sticky Note Passwords for Good

How many employees do you have who keep your company’s passwords on sticky notes stuck to their monitors? This simple, seemingly benign trick could be putting your business at risk. After all, if you can see the password on a sticky note, so too can others who happen to be wandering around the office—including potential threat actors.

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How to Get the Crown Jewels Stolen

How to Get the Crown Jewels Stolen

It would seem that the people responsible for the recent heist at the Louvre, which netted over $101 million in jewelry, may have used a more complicated plan than strictly necessary. According to a French publication, the famous museum has a long history of cybersecurity mistakes and faux pas… many of which, given the museum’s fame, are truly shocking.

Let’s go over what we know about the Louvre’s protections over the years, and what they suggest about the current state of things. We’ll probably learn a thing or two by doing so.

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The Dark Web is Scary (But It Doesn’t Have to Be)

The Dark Web is Scary (But It Doesn’t Have to Be)

It’s easy for employees to reuse passwords just to make things easier for themselves; after all, why use different passwords when you have a dozen accounts to remember passwords for? Unfortunately, this habit will come back to bite you, especially if your business is ever involved in a data breach. These credentials could be put up for sale on the dark web… and that’s just the beginning of your problems.

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Master Your Passwords: A Guide to Digital Security

Master Your Passwords: A Guide to Digital Security

Think about all the online accounts you have, from social media to banking to email. With so many accounts, it's crucial to make sure they're secure. Creating a strong, unique password is one of the best and easiest ways to protect yourself from hackers. Here’s how you can create passwords that are hard to crack and keep your digital life safe.

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Why MFA is the Most Important Security Step You'll Take This Year

Why MFA is the Most Important Security Step You'll Take This Year

While still critical to get right, passwords aren’t nearly as secure as you would expect them to be. They can be guessed (especially if proper password practices haven’t been followed), stolen in data breaches, or phished from a well-meaning—albeit shortsighted—employee.

Passwords are basically the lock built into the front door of a building. They’re enough to keep out honest people, but what about the people who are willing to go to the deep web and 3D print the master key to the type of lock you use?

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Essential IT Security Policies Every Business Needs

Essential IT Security Policies Every Business Needs

A successful business is a secure business. You probably have a good lock on the front door, maybe an alarm system, and secure cabinets for important documents. You do all of this to protect your business' physical assets from threats. So why wouldn't you do the same for your digital assets?

Just as you have physical security measures, your business also needs strong cybersecurity policies. They help create clear rules for employees to follow and a plan to fall back on if an incident occurs.

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Maintaining Data Security Is the Most Important Tip We Can Give You

Maintaining Data Security Is the Most Important Tip We Can Give You

Tips are great as long as they actually work. Business owners need more technology tips than just about anything else, whether that is app-specific or general care of technology. We try to do our best to provide useful tips a couple of times a month, but this week we wanted to focus on what is probably the most important tip we can provide.

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Were 16 Billion Passwords Really Leaked? Kind Of… But the Lessons are Still Important

Were 16 Billion Passwords Really Leaked? Kind Of… But the Lessons are Still Important

Fairly recently, news circulated that a data breach had exposed 16 billion—yes, with a “b”—passwords for various logins, including social media accounts, virtual private networks, corporate tools, and more. Effectively, every online service imaginable was represented in this breach.

This is very bad… arguably unprecedented.

However, this impression is at best misleading. Let’s dig into the truth of the matter, while still acknowledging that there are some lessons to be learned.

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