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Wordpress web site developers and Web Sites developed with Wordpress. You might want to read this attack warning from wordfense.

The Wordfence Threat Intelligence Team has just published details of a critical vulnerability in Google Site Kit, a plugin used by 300,000 WordPress sites. This vulnerability allows attackers to access Google Search Console.

The impact of a compromise in Search Console is profound. We cover the full story and how to protect your site on the official Wordfence blog.

Every Small Business needs to think about this, its critical:

According to Symantec SMB, 50% of SMBs (small-medium sized businesses) admit to having no backup and disaster recovery plan in place. 41% of those surveyed confessed that they had never even given much thought to implementing a disaster recovery or business continuity plan. If you are one of them, then you really need to think about whether you can afford the downtime . Answering these questions will help you decide.
1. How often is employee productivity and customer accessibility or service stalled each day from a downed network or system?
2. How much downtime can your business truly afford and what kind of backup or recovery solutions are in effect when systems are unavailable?
3. What level of IT support can be accessed? Can it be accessed quickly enough to minimize damage? Are you confident that your business can either be back online or be able to access lost data with minimal disruption, no matter what?
4. Is your most critical data frequently backed up? Are all backups stored in a location off-site and quickly accessible in the event of theft, fire or flooding? Are you using any custom installed software and is the supplier still in business should this software need to be re-installed or updated? Are account details, licensing agreements, and security settings somewhere on record, and is it duplicated off-site?
5. Are your systems truly protected from theft, hackers, and viruses? Are passwords to sensitive data changed whenever employees leave the company or business unit?
6. When was the last time you tested backup processes to ensure they are working properly? How quick were your back-ups?
Answering these questions will help you understand if you are needlessly spending money every day by subjecting your business to the high hourly rates, service charges, trip fees and wait times of on-call IT support. If you are an SMB, you don’t have to fear technology failure. A trusted MSP can help you resolve these challenges in a more effective and efficient manner.

So finally the next generation of wireless security has arrived. Is this important. YES!
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Greater Wi-Fi Adoption brings the need of higher security What is WPA3 and what are the driving factors for its evolution?

As technology continues to move to cloud based computing the concerns regarding security continues to grow as well. How secure are these hosted systems? Where is are data being stored? Is our data secure? Is our data backed up? All of these questions are real concerns and need to be answered prior to a business turning over then keys (sort of speak) to some hosted service. So how to decide whether to host or not host my systems. You should get written documentation answering all the above questions prior to signing with a hosted solution provider no matter who there are. If you don’t get the answers to your concerns then simply don’t switch to a hosted solution. Find a business that answers your questions and has great customer references. Do your due diligence and don’t accept answers you do not feel comfortable with. You business may depend on it.