VIDEOS & BLOG
Stay cyber-safe while working remotely
The past week has seen a huge increase in the number of business employees working from home. Unfortunately this presents opportunities for hostile actors to exploit more relaxed security measures associated with remote working. There are a number of things all...
Raising the Bar for Reliability:
When a system goes down, getting that system back up and running quickly is the goal of every managed service provider (MSP). All too often however, a backup will fail, causing the MSP to lose confidence in the backup and recovery process. Lack of consistency in...
Minimizing Business Downtime with a Complete Restore Toolkit:
When disaster strikes and operations go down, businesses panic. That anxiety is warranted. According to Datto’s 2019 State of the Channel Ransomware Report, 85% of managed service providers (MSPs) reported ransomware attacks against small-and-medium-sized businesses...
Understanding Privileged Identity Theft
In today's security landscape, almost all major security breaches come compromised privileged credentials. There are an increasingly large number of well resourced external actors, some with the backing of nation states going to a great deal of effort to obtain user...
The Silicon Guide: Social Engineering Attacks & How to Avoid Them!
Over the holiday break we have seen an increase in the number of social engineering attacks (also known as phishing, spear-phishing, whaling or scareware) across both our client base, and the wider business community. These attacks differ from typical virus or malware...
What Businesses Need To Know About RansomCloud
Ransomware continues to grow as the method of choice for cybercriminals to extort funds from their victims. Cybercriminals who carry out these attacks are incentivised to continually look for new ways to stay ahead of the curve to capitalise on vulnerable computer...
Notifiable Data Breaches
Data breaches are occurring at an alarming rate and can be disastrously damaging for both an organisation and its customers. Have a read here - Notifiable Data Breaches: https://www.silicon.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Notifiable-Data-Breaches.pdf
Datto’s 2019 Global Ransomware Report
With 2019 well and truly behind us now's the perfect time to analyze the year that was to help guide us moving forward into a prosperous 2020. Some scary facts and figures but well worth a look! Check out the Datto Global Ransomware Report here:...
Say Goodbye to Windows 7….
Windows 7 End-of-Life January 2020! Yes that's correct, you now have until January 14th, Tuesday next week! We've got our clients covered, but if you or someone you work with are still on Windows 7, here's some info you need to read, check out the...
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year from the Silicon Team - we hope you had a great holiday period and are ready for the new year! After a refreshing break on our end, the batteries are charged, the front doors are open again and the coffee's nice and hot! Bring on 2020 💪🤓💻...
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas - Joyeux Noël - Frohe Weihnachten - Feliz Navidad - Buon Natale - Feliz Natal - Vrolijk kerstfeest - Meri Kirihimete! How ever you say it, from the entire team at Silicon Systems, we wish it to you. Have a very Merry Christmas and a happy new year! ...
Making the Case for Cloud-to-Cloud Backup
Making the Case for Cloud-to-Cloud Backup! Are you already asking yourself things like: 1) But isnt the cloud already backed up? 2) How can I lose data? 3) How common is Data loss? We've got all your answers here:...