IT News & Insights for Eugene & Springfield Businesses
Practical guidance, security tips, and technology updates to help Oregon businesses stay protected, productive, and prepared.
IT Insights for Oregon Businesses
Practical guidance on security, technology, and running a business in Eugene and Springfield, written in plain language by the team that does the work.
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Phishing Emails Have Gotten Good. Here’s What to Look for Now
The old advice was to watch for bad grammar and clumsy spelling. That advice is now actively dangerous, because the bad grammar is gone.
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Does Your Business Actually Need a Password Manager? (Yes)
Somewhere in your business there is a spreadsheet full of passwords. Whatever it is, it is the thing standing between an attacker and everything you own.
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Your Backups Are Only as Good as Your Last Restore Test
Everybody has backups until the day they need them. That is the day a lot of businesses discover the backups have been silently failing for months.
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What Actually Happens When You Offboard an Employee (And What Usually Gets Missed)
The employee’s last day was Friday. On Monday, their email still works, their laptop is sitting in a drawer, and nobody has touched their access to the file server.
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Co-Managed IT: When You Have an IT Person and Still Need Help
You hired someone to run your IT. They are good. They are also one person, and they cannot be in two places at once.
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An AI Acceptable Use Policy You Can Actually Write This Week
Your staff are already using AI at work. The only open question is whether they are doing it with any guidance from you.
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What a Cyber Insurance Renewal Looks Like Now (And Why You’ll Fail Without MFA)
The first cyber insurance application you filled out was a page long. The renewal sitting in front of you is not.
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Your Email Authentication Is Probably Misconfigured. Here’s How to Tell.
You set up SPF years ago and never thought about it again. That is the problem.
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You’re Paying for Microsoft 365. Are You Using It?
Most small businesses are paying for Microsoft 365 every month….
Have a Question We Haven’t Answered?
Our articles cover a lot, but every business is different. If something here raised a question about your own setup, or you would rather talk it through with a real person, we are here.