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Cybersecurity for Law Firms: ETHICALLY NOT GUILTY! As more and more attorneys are focused on innovation as the industry becomes more and more competitive, many firms are differentiating themselves from the pack through technology.  Web portals, Apps, Zoom Litigations, these applications are allowing attorneys to support their clients in more ways than they have in the past.  As the scope of all industries and professional services shift during “the roaring 20s”, and more of their employees become connected remotely, they are faced with providing the burden of proof in minimizing risks to the client or sensitive information. Most firms in the Richmond Market identify themselves as small to medium firms, and in that capacity, you are able to focus more on overall processes and govern a lot of changes through standardization and overall need.  The most important piece of the puzzle to start with is understanding what the firms themselves need to be...

  Does your business have a network disaster recovery plan in place? In the event of a disaster, your plan can help restore your area network, computers, servers, and other network devices your company needs to continue operations. Unfortunately, many business owners don’t realize how a natural disaster can or will affect them until it’s too late. We’re going to tell you why you need a network disaster recovery plan and how we can help you create an effective disaster recovery plan for your business! Keep reading for more information! Budgeting for a Network Disaster Recovery Plan Preparing for a network disaster takes time and effort; maintaining that recovery plan will cost money. No, this isn’t what you want to hear, but there’s plenty of things you pay for in hope that you’ll never use—think about your car insurance. Because every business is different, the costs of your disaster recovery plan will vary. However, if you consider what a network disaster will c...

  If you’ve ever felt like there’s a missing link between your IT department and the rest of your company , it could be because you’re missing the services of a virtual CIO – or a Virtual Chief Information Officer .  You might be under the impression that hiring a full-time CIO is costly. And you’re right. However, hiring a CIO doesn’t have to come with the expense you’d normally assume. In fact, you can choose to outsource this role and use a virtual CIO . What’s so great about outsourced virtual CIO services ? We’re here to tell you! Keep reading to learn why virtual CIO services are trending and having a full-time CIO isn’t all it’s cracked up to be! First, What is a Virtual CIO & What Do They Do? A Chief Information Officer is hired to help manage a company’s IT staff and assets as well as set forth a technology strategy for the organization to use. A CIO has the responsibility of forecasting technology trends to ens...

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If you are reviewing this article, please note that this information is geared towards helping other System Administrators struggling with similar issues in their infrastructure and environment. I expanded the disk space allocated to a Server 2012 Standard virtual machine running on Hyper-V (Server 2016 Standard) and rebooted the VM. Everything appeared to be working fine until the next morning when clients began trying to query Active Directory for various services, none of which worked. Logging into the server I noticed the little popup in the bottom right corner saying that drive mappings were not successful. Having seen this any number of times, I had not paid any attention to it the previous night, but opening File Explorer, it became clear that none of the drive that map via GPO were present. Uh-oh. All auto start services were running, DNS looked to be working fine, and NIC setting were unchanged. Event Viewer showed very little, just that Group Policy failed to apply setti...

One initiative all businesses should maintain as a best practice is to maintain a clear set of cybersecurity policies and procedures. Today’s vast array of systems, both internally and on the cloud, are integral toward business growth, providing a wealth of user information and added flexibility and speed that businesses use to their benefit. But these systems expose threats and lead to security breaches that can cause havoc. Whether they come as cyber attacks, phishing, malware, or from people inside your organization, compromising data is a huge risk to your business. Developing solid management programs that boost safety makes all the difference. Here is a guide to formulating strong cybersecurity policies and procedures to ensure your internal and cloud systems stay safe and efficient. The Role of a CISO Due to the technical information you need to know and the time it takes to develop effective cybersecurity policies and procedures, many businesses enlist a CISO (Chief Informa...