Year-End Cybersecurity Checklist: Holiday Cybersecurity Threats & IT Planning for 2026
As the calendar year winds down, many organizations shift their focus to closing out projects, preparing financials, and planning for the new year. Unfortunately, cybercriminals take advantage of this busy period. The surge in online activity, reduced staff availability, and increased reliance on remote tools make the holiday season a prime time for cyberattacks. Implementing […]
Working From Home in this “New Normal” Work Environment
Getting your employees setup to work from home really just boils down to two IT areas: Phone and Data. Phone: With the advent of a Voice over IP (VoIP) phones, your can give your employee an office phone that they can plug right into their home router, giving them the presence of being in the […]
5 Reasons To Outsource Your IT Placement
In today’s fast-paced business environment, having a reliable and efficient IT infrastructure is crucial for success. Small and medium-sized businesses often face the challenge of building and maintaining an in-house IT department, which can be both expensive and resource-intensive. This is where outsourcing IT placement comes into play. Outsourcing your IT placement to a trusted […]
How to Properly Configure NTP Time In Your AD Environment: Step by Step
This article will show you step-by-step how to configure your DC with an external time source and to force all your AD clients to sync with your DC. If you’re reading this article then you probably already know that Active Directory can’t work correctly if the clock is not synchronized around domain controllers and member […]
From NIST to CMMC: How the Right IT Partner Makes Compliance Easier
Cybersecurity rules are changing for companies that work with the U.S. Department of Defense. If your business is part of the defense supply chain, or if you hope to win government contracts in the future, you may have started hearing more about NIST standards and the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification, also known as CMMC 2.0. […]
Emptying the Recycle Bin for All User Profiles on a Windows Device
Sometimes as a network administrator, you find yourself needing to free up disk space on a machine where there may be multiple active user profiles. One of the common areas that need attention is the recycle bin. A lot of times you find that user profiles have large amounts of data waiting to be emptied […]
Adopting Unifi Devices into your Controller Using SSH
We deploy a lot of Unifi devices for our customers and adopting them into our controller software can be a bit quirky sometimes. The two GUI tools that we are aware of to discover and adopt the devices, Unifi-Discover (gets installed with the controller software) and Ubiquiti Device Discovery Tool (available as a Chrome App), […]
How to Enable Auto Logon In Windows 10 Using The Registry
Usernames and passwords are a great way to protect your information in public workspaces. However, if you’re using your computer in a safe place logging in all the time can get tedious. If you want to cut through all that red tape and get to your desktop screen faster, auto logins are the answer. How […]
How To Set an Office365 Account Password to Never Expire
By default, the passwords for Office365 accounts are set to expire after 90 days. In some situation that may interfere with other applications that sends email with that account. In order to set them to never expire, the PasswordPolicies setting needs to be changed. You can however turn off password expiration or change the days […]
Why Reliable POS Systems Are Critical for Restaurants and Retail Businesses at the Jersey Shore
Running a restaurant or retail business at the Jersey Shore comes with unique opportunities and challenges. Seasonal tourism, weekend crowds, and summer rushes can turn a quiet weekday into a high-volume sales day in minutes. In these moments, technology is not just a convenience. A reliable point-of-sale system becomes essential to keeping operations smooth, customers […]