Alexis IT

Safe to say, not every job we do is glorious!

We were recently asked to shoot over to Tauranga to tidy up some data cabling in an Office space that the previous tenants had vacated and add a new AP to the centre of the room. Clearly there was a bit more to the job than that, but needless to say the client was stoked with the outcome as were we.

The team are STILL under the pump with a ever-growing list of work ahead which, it must be said, is just awesome. Even Wayne and Jayson have been on the tools so what does that tell you?!!

We are looking at stocking some seriously cool new product shortly which we we will be introducing once we've had it through rigorous testing and are 100% sure that it's the action.

Apologies for the lack of updates recently, time has well & truly been against us! Stay with us team... we'll be back with you again soon. Be safe out there, especially while the the wet stuff is upon us. Again.

2FA (more commonly know as Two Factor Authentication) is becoming increasingly prominent in the world of IT, more often it's now become compulsary. For some 2FA is a "must have" while to others it's a pain in the neck! The reality is however, that it's there to protect you, your data, and most importantly your credentials.

Why 2FA?
Multi-level authentication is necessary to increase/improve security for your accounts and online services. Passwords alone provide weak protection because they can be guessed and phished and, once stolen, tried against a range of accounts in the hope of securing a hit. Unfortunately, our own behavior makes a lot of this possible.

People typically have many online accounts. To make it possible to remember all their passwords they choose simple ones which, in the worst-case scenario, can be easily guessed. What’s more they reuse the same password, so much so that recent research revealed 54 per cent of employees use the same passwords across multiple work accounts (this all sound a bit too familiar?).

A password is something someone knows and so therefore it can be shared. Passwords can also be tricked out of people through phishing. Even more sophisticated, and now another danger to password-only protection, are "man-in-the-middle" (MiTM) attacks.

These come about when a cyberattacker is in the middle of communications between a service user and provider, both of whom believe they are communicating with each other. Make no mistake, the danger is very real and present!

2FA strengthens authentication because it adds another factor – something the user has (such as a one-time passcode or security key) or something they are (a unique physical attribute such as a fingerprint) – to the something they know (usually a username and password).

The humble password, our primary line of online defense for so long, is simply ill-equipped to deal with the range of threats it now faces. Only through a wider understanding and implementation of stronger forms of authentication, will business and consumer accounts, services and applications realize the higher levels of protection they deserve.

Still think 2FA is a pain?? Ask yourself this question. Is there anything more important than your identity and credentials?

Got cabling skills? Know anyone that does? Send them our way, we're looking for ANOTHER good, reliable cabler... Follow the link for more details. https://www.seek.co.nz/job/58376293?tracking=TMC-SNZ-eDM-SharedJob-13248 ...

As we officially start the second half of 2022, we thought we'd offer up something just a little different for a change...

Contacting a Helpdesk for support is typically the final straw and is usually seen as the last great act of defeat. Well.... here's a few stories that'll (hopefully) put a smile on your face as you realise you're probably a lot smarter than most!... Enjoy!

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