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In this day and age, nearly every SMB has several team members working remotely – full or part-time. Although this trend was set in motion by the pandemic, it will continue long after covid is a dusty memory. Why? It just makes sense… and employees love it.   With gas prices

After 12 years in business, and seeing countless cyber security threats, you would think that nothing would alarm us. But, something that we read today raised the hair on Adaptive’s hackles. In excerpts from an article by the Guardian,  they wrote, “Five allied countries have warned that ‘evolving intelligence’ indicates Russia

As you know, Adaptive Office Solutions is passionate about cyber security. We’ve written countless articles that include topics, such as: Cyber Security Best Practices, The Importance of Security Assessments, Tips for Remote and Hybrid Employees, and even The Effects and Threats of Technology on Children. But, what we haven’t written

In the late summer of 2019, Adaptive Office Solutions published a press release about the damaging effects of Electronic Screen Syndrome (ESS) on children. At the time, little was known about the subject, so the publication went viral… as viral as a press release in the sleepy town of Miramichi,

Did you know that March 31st was World Backup Day? No… that’s okay. Better late than never. The annual event is designed to remind people to “back up their data before they lose it, by accident or malice.” There’s nothing more traumatizing than losing your phone or having your hard drive

The cyber security challenge faced by SMBs is multi-faceted: they’re under-resourced, there’s a cyber-skills shortage, and they have an increasingly distributed workforce that is complicating the digital infrastructure. The problems can seem overwhelming to many SMBs. Like any alarming situation, two things inevitably happen… fight or flight. And for many

In the past, we’ve written about the dramatic increase in cyber attacks, since the spring of 2020,  that spread as quickly and mercilessly as Covid. How bad has it been? A recent study by McAfee – a worldwide leader in online protection – found that cyber attacks have increased 81% since the global pandemic

Volunteers from all over the world are headed to the front lines to fight shoulder-to-shoulder with Ukrainian soldiers. As we write this, 16,000 people: Former soldiers, emergency responders and civilians from countries including the UK, US, Canada and Europe are preparing to put their lives on the line in the largest ground

On March 14th New Brunswick will become the latest Maritime province in Canada to announce plans to remove all COVID-19 restrictions and guidelines. At that time, all mandatory orders will be lifted, which means masks won’t be required indoors or out, capacity limits will be eliminated and physical distancing requirements

Ransomware is the most common cyber threat that Canadians face and it is on the rise. During a ransomware attack, cybercriminals use malicious software to encrypt, steal, or delete data, then demand a ransom payment to restore it. Ransomware can have severe impacts including core business downtime, permanent data loss,