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Work With Your Secure Score and Improve Your Security
Microsoft Secure Score. “That again?” you say. Yes, that. We have written about Secure Score before. I recently worked...
Frequent Cybersecurity Training a Must!
According to a new report from cybersecurity company Fortinet, nearly 60% of organizational leadership thinks that...
Check Out These Valuable Extensions to Data Loss Prevention
Microsoft has been busy lately on the data loss prevention front. The bad news: they are forming new information...
Bookings App Evolving With Virtual Appointments
Later this month, Microsoft will begin updating their Bookings app. According to Microsoft, this move comes as a...
Get Started with This AI Primer
AI—artificial intelligence. Another landing spot for that NSFW joke. You know the one. The joke where Everyone is...
Microsoft Learn: Advance Your Skills…for Free!
Microsoft Learn is a platform that provides free training, videos, forums, certifications and documentation for...
Microsoft Build is All About AI
The Microsoft Build conference has been happening this week. Build is Microsoft’s conference for developers, meaning...
Share Office Files in Teams to Boost Collaboration
Did you know you can share Office files in Teams? Not just view them. You can actually co-edit them, right on the...
Top Phishing Subject Lines So Far in 2023
Every quarter, our partners at KnowBe4 report on the most-clicked phishing email subject lines. They look at what they...
Remember to Check Your Email Security
Sometimes we marvel at the amazing discoveries from the James Webb Space Telescope. Other times, we turn a pair of...
Are You Ready for Loop Components?
Microsoft Loop. Loop components. What gives? What are these thingies (a technical term my mother taught me) and should...
Coming Soon: Collaborative Meeting Notes in Teams
Last week I wrote about the Microsoft Loop App, now available in its public preview phase. Comprised of components,...
Is Your SaaS Provider Serious About Security?
My, how times change. It seems like only yesterday I was testing to see if my COVID was going away. Wait, that was...
Microsoft Loop App Now in Public Preview
It feels like a long time ago that I first wrote about Microsoft Loop, the dynamic collaboration app for Teams....
Get Ready for Microsoft Security Copilot
It is raining again here in Northern California (but we are not complaining!). And in the technology world, it...
How Nonprofits Can Use Copilot to Improve Their Impact
Last week my colleague Dan Callahan introduced you to Copilot, Microsoft’s AI assistant soon to be embedded in...
Are You Ready for Copilot?
The news cycle has been abuzz lately about Artificial Intelligence (AI). First there was ChatGPT, then BingGPT, then...
Unmanaged IT Assets: What You Don’t Know CAN Hurt You
When was the last time you took a look at all of your IT assets? And I mean, ALL of them? There are several reasons...
How to Get Your Project Unstuck
I did something unusual last week. I met a person for lunch and a meeting. In person. It was wonderful. I could talk...
Is ChatGPT a Threat to Your Organization’s Data Security?
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past few months (and if so, welcome back!), you’ve likely heard about...
Happy International Women’s Day
As I write this post, we are celebrating International Women’s Day (and did I mention Women’s History Month?). What...
Remote Workers and Cybersecurity: Some Important Reminders
Both hybrid and remote work have become extremely common - if not the norm - now that the world has entered a...
Here Are Some Travel Tips for the COVID Era
Something unusual happened to me last week. What happened? Travel. In-person meetings. A quick stroll down Olvera...
Is the New Microsoft Teams Premium Worth the Upgrade?
According to Microsoft, the new Teams Premium package takes the standard Teams offering to a new level, making “every...
How to Be Smart About Buying Cybersecurity Services
Say it with me: There is no single SKU for security services. (SKU=Stock-Keeping Unit) What does this mean? That there...
Use Azure Migrate to Move Your Applications to the Cloud
Jump in the Wayback Machine with me. We return to 2014. CGNET has just finished rolling out Office 365 for a global...
Steps to Surviving a Ransomware Attack
You’ve just been hit with a ransomware attack. Now what? Obviously, the easiest thing to do (for some) seems to be to...
Is Compliance the Next Cybersecurity Frontier?
I remember shopping for posters to decorate my college dormitory room. One poster proclaimed, “The job is not finished...
What Are You Doing to Manage Your MSP?
MSPs. Managed Service Providers. You have one, right? So, what are you doing to manage your MSP? “But wait!” I can...
Separate Your Regular and Administrative Accounts
I had a call today to answer questions about a security audit we recently finished. The customer had several questions...