News + Resources: Our Blog
Information technology news, the latest cybersecurity developments, and more helpful insights.
News + Resources: Our Blog
Information technology news, the latest cybersecurity developments, and more helpful insights.
Why Year-End is the Perfect Time to Upgrade Your Office Equipment
Five reasons why a year-end office equipment upgrade can benefit your business in multiple ways, from your bottom line to your team’s productivity.
How to Shop Safely Online this Holiday Season
Although some significant advantages come with holiday shopping on your favorite websites, it's a good idea to develop a proactive cybersecurity strategy to ensure your protection from common scams. Keep your privacy, data, and finances secure by...
AI vs. Your Business: Strategies, Tools & Cyberinsurance
The tools used by cybercriminals have become more sophisticated, more accessible, and easier to use than ever before. What once required deep technical expertise is now available to anyone with internet access. For business owners, this means the threat landscape has...
The Rise of Deepfakes — Is Your Business Prepared?
Deepfake technology isn’t new; it actually started gaining attention just less than a decade ago. However, since then, rapid advancements in AI, coupled with the availability of open-source software and intuitive applications, have accelerated its spread and...
You’re not immune to a cyberattack!
If you’re underwhelmed with your current provider or OVERWHELMED with how little you know about your IT operations, then it’s time to explore your options.
Major Outage Caused by CrowdStrike Falcon Update
On July 19, 2024 at 04:09 UTC (12:09am EDT) Crowdstrike, a cybersecurity company, released a patch to their Falcon Sensor product that caused Windows based computers and servers to throw the dreaded Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) making them unusable. This...
How AI Cybersecurity Can Help Protect End Users
From malware to phishing attacks, ransomware, and data breaches, cyber threats are becoming more frequent and sophisticated. Traditional cybersecurity measures, while essential, often can’t keep up with the evolving tactics of cybercriminals. Leveraging artificial...
Zero Trust 101: A Complete Guide for Businesses
Zero Trust is a security concept that has transformed the way organizations view and implement cybersecurity measures. The notion of Zero Trust is founded on the belief that organizations should not automatically trust anything inside or outside their perimeters;...
Your Business Has Been Hacked — What Now?
Being aware of potential signs that your business has been hacked is crucial for early detection and response.
Green Business: Putting Real Sustainability Solutions to Work
Whether our clients are complying with mandatory regulations, or just looking for ways to save costs and go green, we’ve found solutions to help all kinds of business and organizations meet their sustainability goals.
Centriworks Dedication to Training Top Quality Service Techs
“This award confirms Centriworks’ commitment to excellence, which results in providing our clients the best experience possible,” says J. Mark DeNicola, Centriworks’ Chief Financial Officer and Chief Strategy Officer. Centriworks has once again been...
How Managed Services Providers are Using AI to Provide State-of-the-Art Solutions for Businesses
Managed Services providers have been using the power of artificial intelligence (AI) and automation in their solutions for years. However, the recent lightning-speed evolution of AI is leading to remarkable new capabilities for these providers with highly...
How Managed IT Services Can Help Your Business Stay HIPAA Compliant
Partnering with a trusted managed IT services provider can give you the expertise and resources you need to navigate the complexities of HIPAA compliance.
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of Technology in 2023
As we venture further into the 21st century, technology continues to be an integral part of our daily lives, shaping the way we work, communicate, and live. In 2023, the technological landscape has seen significant advancements and innovations. However, as...
7 Factors you MUST consider before taking the plunge into the cloud
The adoption of cloud technology has revolutionized the way businesses like yours operate, scale, and grow. The cloud offers unparalleled scalability, flexibility, and efficiency but there’s lot of details you need to know about before you choose to...
THE must-have tool in cybersecurity
Cybersecurity liability insurance is a must-have tool in defending, protecting, and securing your business against unforeseen cyber risks.
How to Shop Safely Online this Holiday Season
Although some significant advantages come with holiday shopping on your favorite websites, it’s a good idea to develop a proactive cybersecurity strategy to ensure your protection from common scams.
How technology roadblocks can hurt your small-to-medium-sized business
Remember the three little pigs? You’re sitting in the straw house right now, but you need the brick house to withstand the big bad wolf’s huff and puff. If you’re running the business, who’s supposed to be maintaining the tech and protecting your...
Protect Against Phishing Attacks
Phishing attacks are alarmingly common, contributing to 36% of data breaches in 2022. Picture this... You're a seasoned executive, diligently sifting through your inbox after a long day. You spot an email from an employee claiming you've requested an immediate...
Strengthen Your Digital Fortress: Protect Your Data
Fact Check: Only 34% of companies enforce their password policy. Don’t be a statistic, take action now!
Is Your Data Safe on Public Wi-Fi?
Public Wi-Fi is convenient… but risky. Your data is at stake!
Data Backup — Are you doing enough?
A Disaster Recovery Plan is a documented and well-defined process that determines how quickly your business can resume operations after data loss or an attack.
The Best Tactics for Protecting Your Most Valuable Asset: Your Data
Managed IT Services empower your business, keep you safe, and put productivity and security first.
Technology & Managed IT Stats That Your Business Needs to See
Some businesses love the idea of outsourcing their IT services to a technology partner, aka Managed Service Provider. Others only outsource pieces of it and manage the bulk of it internally. Whatever your philosophy, facts, and figures can help...
5 Types of Managed IT Services You Should Know About
Here’s a look at some of the most common types of IT services and how they can turn your businesses from struggling with IT to thriving with it instead.
Boost your business’s efficiency (& safety) with managed IT services
You’re probably tired of dealing with technology-related headaches that hinder your business's productivity and growth. We get it. We’ve been there. Technology-related challenges do the opposite of boosting your business, let alone helping it grow. For...
Quick and Easy Technology and Cybersecurity Safety Tips
Every 39 seconds, some unlucky business is successfully taken down by a cybersecurity attack. Small businesses, enterprises, you name it — crime doesn’t discriminate if there’s a quick way to make cash.
4 Reasons for Businesses to Adopt Cloud Backups
The business world continues to find bigger, better ways to embrace technology every day, and for good reason—with apps and work-from-home working models on the rise, organizations of all sizes have to be ready to meet the demand for more advanced IT...
The Dark Web: What Is It, and Why You Should Care?
The “Dark Web” refers to a part of the internet not indexed by traditional search engines, meaning you can’t just Google “Dark Web” and get in. If your data is currently floating around on the Dark Web now, you have no way of knowing… on your own, that is.
It’s World Backup Day—what’s your data protection strategy?
Okay, maybe you've never heard of this "holiday" before—but before you dismiss World Backup Day because it doesn't involve chocolate hearts or fireworks, keep in mind that it could be one of the most important days of the year for your business or...
How are Managed IT Services Priced?
Is your business considering partnering with an MSP (Managed Services Provider)? After all, you're a team that's accustomed to wearing any hat the situation calls for—why would you want to pay for outsiders coming into your space and touching your...
Watch Out For the Top 3 Phishing Schemes of 2023
Why is phishing continuously so effective on the general population? Social engineering, and the anonymity of the online world. By appealing to human emotions and dressing your email up with the “right” logos and credentials, people are accustomed to trust, even if it’s a trap.
5 Ways to Stay Cybersafe
Protecting yourself and your online presence isn’t as much of a monster as it might look.By incorporating cyber hygiene into your day-to-day, whether it be in-office or at home on the couch, you reduce the risk of data and identity theft. And no, doesn’t...
Centriworks Receives RICOH’s Service Excellence Award
Centriworks has again been recognized with one of our industry’s most prestigious awards — the RICOH Circle of Excellence. Fewer than 20% of Ricoh’s dealers nationwide have earned this award, and Centriworks is the only Tennessee company recognized. The...
2022 Tech Wrap-up: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
As we advance into 2023, we should take a moment to look back on what we did right, and what we did wrong. To commemorate 2022’s year in tech, we’ve curated a list of: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.
Centriworks Named 2022 Elite Dealer by ENX Magazine
Each year, ENX Magazine judges Elite Dealer applicants on a number of criteria, from technical service excellence to marketing proficiency, growth initiatives, technology leadership, industry accolades, and community philanthropic support. Those dealers chosen are profiled in the December issue of ENX Magazine.
What is a vCIO and How Should You Budget for Your IT Expenses?
A ”Virtual" Chief Information Officer (vCIO) provides recommendations on the best way to develop and implement an organization's IT strategy. A vCIO works with the CEO and other executives to ensure that the company's IT needs are being met and that its IT budget is...
Traveling Safely with a VPN
Traveling is a great way to experience other cultures, expand your horizons, and make everlasting memories with your loved ones. But for many other reasons, aside from the stress of your flights getting cancelled far away from home and risking the stay at...
4 Reasons Phishing Is Getting More Frequent
Phishing is a social engineering attack used to obtain sensitive information, such as login credentials and payment details, from users. It happens when an attacker, posing as a trusted source, dupes a victim into clicking on a malicious link or...
What is a Dark Web Scan (And How Do I Get One)?
When accessing Google, or Bing, or whatever website of your choosing, you’re actually only scratching the surface of the internet, or what we would call the “World Wide Web”. Once you’re past searching through indexes of web pages, you can encounter the “Deep Web,” where a variety of databases holding a multitude of random information are stored.
What You Need to Know When Shopping for Cybersecurity Insurance
Cyberinsurance reduces the financial damage from the many risks your business is prone to just by existing online, while you and your MSP work together to evolve and strengthen your business against those threats.
NEWS: Google Chrome & Microsoft Edge Hacked
Google has issued an alert warning billions of Chrome users that the browser has been successfully targeted by hackers. The same attack also affects Microsoft Edge. Here’s what you need to know.
4 Ways to Create (And Remember) Complex Passwords
You run a huge risk by using weak, easy-to-remember passwords. You use them because they’re convenient, short, and they expedite how long it takes for you to log into your accounts. But what if we told you that longer, more complex passwords didn’t have to be hard to remember?
How will you send & receive faxes when AT&T retires all copper lines on August 2, 2022?
The end of copper lines is a problem for offices, schools, and clinics that use faxes every day as part of their communication and work processes. Centriworks is offering our clients a simple, effective solution to this upcoming problem.
Prioritizing Compliance To Limit Liabilities
Are you trying to deploy the most affordable technology solution? Chances are it won’t be compliant. Using solutions that do not meet security, encryption and reporting measures outlined by regulations that you are trying to meet (HIPAA, PCI-DSS & GDPR) will make your business non-compliant and violate compliance insurance requirements.
Is Your Small Business Protected?
The threats to businesses of every type today are so numerous that it can seem like a cyberattack is inevitable. With so many thieves out to steal company data, having as many layers of protection as possible between the data and the thieves is the best...
Cybersecurity Guidelines for Your Small Business
You may think it’s not worth their time, but cybercriminals love to target small businesses. These nefarious characters often use small businesses as a gateway to bigger targets. Knowing some cybersecurity basics and putting them in practice will help you protect your business and reduce the risk of a devastating cyber attack.
Year-End Review: Is Your Business Protected?
To ensure you’re implementing the critical protections for your business, contact the security professionals at Centriworks for a consultation as 2022 begins.
Centriworks Named 2021 Elite Dealer by ENX Magazine
ENX Magazine, a leading business technology industry magazine has named Centriworks one of its 2021 Elite Dealers. Many factors are considered in choosing the dealers who set themselves apart from the crowd. Our company is honored to be included with the...
Prioritizing Compliance Commitment Across All Work Environments
Building and maintaining a secure and compliant work environment can be a long and tedious process, especially given the additional complexities brought about by the ‘new normal’. Remember, compliance includes your remote work environment, too. Therefore, it is only wise to seek help from a partner who has already helped businesses prioritize and achieve undeterred commitment towards compliance.
Tips for Choosing the Right VoIP Phones for Your Team
You may realize that a VoIP phone would be an excellent asset for your company, but you're not sure how to choose the right one. Most of the time, you probably select equipment based on features like price, warranty, and company reputation. But there are a...
How a ‘Compliance First’ Mindset Limits Liabilities
Are you trying to deploy the most affordable technology solution? Chances are it won’t be compliant. Using solutions that do not meet security, encryption and reporting measures outlined by regulations that you are trying to meet (HIPAA, PCI-DSS &...
15 Ways To Protect Your Business From A Cyberattack!
COLONIAL PIPELINE PAYS $5 MILLION TO HACKERS! M.T.A. BREACHED BY HACKERS AS CYBERATTACKS SURGE! RANSOMWARE ATTACK ON JBS PLANTS! These recent headlines are about big companies and organizations, but did you know that 81% of all breaches happen to...
Top 10 Cybersecurity Misconceptions for Small and Medium-Sized Businesses
Cybercriminals love hacking small and medium-sized businesses to steal valuable customer and employee data and to use you as a gateway to larger companies. Protect your business now with an effective, proactive cybersecurity strategy. Centriworks can help....
Centriworks Named RICOH RFG Circle of Excellence Certified Dealership for 2021
Our service is ranked #1 in the Southeast and Centriworks is the only RICOH Circle of Excellence dealer in Tennessee.
Trust East Tennessee’s Only CompTIA Security Trustmark+ Certified Provider
Did you know that Centriworks, East Tennessee’s oldest and largest business technology company, is the only provider in our area that has earned the CompTIA Security Trustmark+ from CompTIA?
How our clients rated us for 2020
Centriworks is proud to be included in the top 10% of all dealers tracked in North America in our industry. We’ve been honored with CEO Juice’s “Top Ten Service” Award for our service excellence.
Strengthen Your Cybersecurity Strategy for the New Year
Let’s take a look at one tool that can help make your data and network more secure — Managed IT Services. We all know there’s no “shortcut” to a strong data and network security policy, but there are some very simple solutions that can make a big difference without a lot of fuss. Managed IT Services can be a huge help — and here’s why.
Opening Safely in 2021
Everyone is hoping to get back to normal in 2021. There are many factors that need to fall into place to help get everyone back to work and school safely during the current pandemic environment. One tool that can help is SENTRYSCAN. This piece of...
Centriworks Named A 2020 ENX Magazine Elite Dealer
ENX Magazine, a leading business technology industry magazine has named Centriworks one of its 2020 Elite Dealers.
Why Year-End is the Perfect Time to Upgrade Your Office Equipment
Five reasons why a year-end office equipment upgrade can benefit your business in multiple ways, from your bottom line to your team’s productivity.
How to Shop Safely Online this Holiday Season
Although some significant advantages come with holiday shopping on your favorite websites, it's a good idea to develop a proactive cybersecurity strategy to ensure your protection from common scams. Keep your privacy, data, and finances secure by...
AI vs. Your Business: Strategies, Tools & Cyberinsurance
The tools used by cybercriminals have become more sophisticated, more accessible, and easier to use than ever before. What once required deep technical expertise is now available to anyone with internet access. For business owners, this means the threat landscape has...