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Businesses throughout the world are are rapidly adopting the “bring your own device” trend in an effort to improve productivity and efficiencies. However, with its benefits, come problems. Using BYOD can impact your organization’s security.  One major concern is when a worker resigns or is let go.

Thankfully, the update for the Internet Explorer (IE) bug went live today at 10 a.m. PDT!

If you have automatic updates turned on, the patch will be applied without you do anything.
If you haven’t turned on automatic updates, do so now.  Then go the “Check for Updates” button on your Control Panel to start the update.

So serious that Homeland Security issued a warning - read about it here.

Here are some basic steps you should take to prevent devastating IE exploits.

With the recently revealed vulnerability in Internet Explorer (IE), your computer could be completely taken over if you don’t follow certain precautions.

If you aren’t using Excel you’re missing out one of the most versatile applications in the Microsoft Office Suite.  You can use Excel spreadsheets to simplify an extensive variety of tasks —To organize, plan, calculate, and more.

Specialists with an in-depth knowledge of Excel use it to develop customized proposals, contracts and other documents.

Do you use Internet Explorer? If so, it’s in your best interest to learn about the recent vulnerability discovered in Internet Explorer over the past weekend. The vulnerability is extremely serious – in fact, the vulnerability impacts IE versions 6 through 11, which means your corporate data might be at risk.

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) has evolved and matured. It is still an effective online marketing strategy for most businesses today.

The following are the top SEO best practices to use to get the “hits” on your website that you’re looking for.

 (April 28, 2014) — A significant vulnerability in Microsoft's IE (Internet Explorer) was detected this past weekend that could affect your computers and business security. 

NOTE:

All versions of IE 6 through 11 for Windows are affected.
No patch is available as of today (28 April 2014).

This newly discovered exploit could be used against Microsoft’s web browser, Internet Explorer (IE).  The browser may inadvertently access an object in memory that was previously deleted.

All types and sizes of business use cloud computing today.  Why?  Because it helps them reduce costs and increase operating efficiencies.

While there are substantial benefits to using cloud services, there are also potential risks. To mitigate these risks, it’s essential that you choose a trusted cloud provider.

According to recent reports by McKinsey & Co. and the Hackett Group, most businesses are looking to spend less money on IT operations and infrastructure, in order to put resources towards areas that produce more revenue. The reports also found that the majority of respondents want to spend less on IT infrastructure while shifting resources towards analytics and innovation.

Last week, security researchers revealed details about a dangerous security flaw known as Heartbleed. The security flaw enables cybercriminals to access and steal data from compromised versions of OpenSSL, which is used to secure communications on many major websites on the Internet.