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IT Security Tip #27: Start With the Basics!
You’ve heard the advice countless times before: you must have antivirus software and a strong firewall. However, in this day and age, there is more to the security “basics” than a solid firewall. What about the employee who inadvertently clicks on an e-mail on her phone from a foreign ambassador trying to move money to the US. She sees it’s a scam, but it’s too late…her phone is infected and now sending a copy of every outgoing e-mail to a Russian crime network. Have you trained your employees? Don’t open an Excel attachment called “Invoice” from someone you don’t know – trust me, they’ll call you if you owe them money. A single crack in your armor can open the door for network attacks. Get serious about locking down your devices, e-mail filtering and teaching your users how to not lose last year’s P&L to a crime ring by trying to help a Nigerian prince.
Excel: To Pivot or Not to Pivot
YLet’s say you get a report that has data, but you can’t create a PivotTable because it’s already pivoted. Unpivot it!
- Select your data, click Data > From Table/Range > OK to create a table.
- When Query Editor opens, hold down the CTRL key to select the columns that you want to unpivot.
- Go to Transform > Unpivot Columns > Only selected columns.
- Go to Home > Close & Load to place the unpivoted data in a new sheet in Excel.
Shortcut of the Week
Many new computer mice also have buttons on the side of the mouse. These buttons can be programmed to do anything. However, by default, the left-thumb button can be used to go back on a web page. Using the thumb button makes browsing the Internet more efficient, because you do not need to move the mouse cursor to the browser’s back arrow button to go back a page.
Jason’s Tech Corner
A little tidbit by Jason Risner of The Computer Center – Why Good Backups are Important:
South Florida city pays $600,000 ransom to save computer records The Riviera Beach City Council voted unanimously this week to pay the hackers’ demands, believing the Palm Beach suburb had no choice if it wanted to retrieve its records, which the hackers encrypted. The council already voted to spend almost $1 million on new computers and hardware after hackers captured the city’s system three weeks ago.
Numerous governments and businesses have been hit in the United States and worldwide in recent years. Baltimore refused to pay hackers $76,000 after an attack last month. The U.S. government indicted two Iranians last year for allegedly unleashing more than 200 ransomware attacks, including against the cities of Atlanta and Newark, New Jersey. The men, who have not been arrested, received more than $6 million in payments and caused $30 million in damage to computer systems, federal prosecutors have said. Click the link to read more By TERRY SPENCER, Associated Press.
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The Computer Center’s Weekly Webinar Series
Take advantage of The Computer Center’s webinar series that helps you learn how to protect your small business and your employees without leaving your office!
- Thursday, July 11 – Protecting Your Business and Employees from ID Theft and Phishing Scams
- Thursday, July 18 – What You Need to Know About Microsoft Office 365 Security
- Thursday, July 25 – Outlook Productivity Tips and Tricks to Make Your Life Easier
- Thursday, August 1 – Practical Cyber Security for Your Small Business or How to Keep the Bad Guys Out Without Breaking the Bank
- Thursday, August 8 – The End of Windows 7: Is it Really an Issue for Your Business?
- Thursday, August 15 – 10 Costly Mistakes Small Businesses Make with their Computer Systems – and How YOU Can Avoid Them
- Thursday, August 22 – Critical Facts Every Business Owner Must Know Before Moving Their Network to The Cloud
- Thursday, August 29 – Free Productivity Enhancing Tools Included with Office 365 That You Probably Aren’t Using in Your Business
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Sincerely,
James Pearson, President
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