Talia Brooks, Author at Plow Networks

How to work from home and look good doing it

Thought Leadership / Microsoft 365, Microsoft Teams

Be remote-work ready! In the last decade, the mobile workforce has increased by more than 100 percent, according to Global Workplace Analytics — not that surprising when we consider the abundant improvement in technology over that same time period. Telecommuting offers wonderful benefits to companies and workers alike, with an improved work-life balance topping the [...]

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Cyber criminals targeting small businesses during tax season

Thought Leadership / Security Posture

It’s tax season — this is how email scammers are trying to fool you It's tax season, so brace yourself for email scams. As the April 15 deadline for tax filings approaches, scammers are targeting businesses with tax-related phishing emails and fake websites. Small business owners are a hard-working and busy bunch—which makes them even

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Network infrastructure: key to a strong business backbone

Thought Leadership / Managed Services, Network

Why is network infrastructure important? A company’s productivity and efficiency depend on more than just capable, hardworking employees and high-functioning equipment like computers and phones. Most businesses rely on the network to process customer orders and maintain client records. Communication between your business and your customers is vital, and it depends significantly on your network

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Jana Speer, Director of Client Experience

Introducing Plow Networks’ first-ever Director of Client Experience

News / Culture, News

Bringing Teams Together to Create a Delightful Client Experience Brentwood, TN, January 31, 2020 – Today, Plow Networks announces they are welcoming Jana Speer as Plow’s first-ever Director of Client Experience. Jana has been with Plow Networks for seven years, previously holding roles as Project Manager, Operations Manager, Client Retention Manager, and Account Executive. She

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Cybersecurity jargon 101 for executives

Thought Leadership / Security Posture

Can You Talk the Talk? Has your CISO, CIO or CTO ever answered a question with technical double-talk and you didn’t know enough about the jargon to be sure they were just channeling their inner nerd self or trying to avoid answering your question? And did you stop and ask them for more clarification, or

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How hackable are you?

Thought Leadership / Security Posture

Four Ways to Improve Your Cyber Awareness We live in a world where sharing too much data – or the wrong data – is like asking to be hacked. It’s bad online security practice, particularly as phishing is on the rise. But data sharing, whether it’s with social media companies or engaging in unsafe behaviors

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The future of backup: from periodic to continuous

Thought Leadership / Data Backup

Maintain an always-on experience with continuous backup Backup has been an essential part of IT infrastructure since inception and it is unlikely that will ever change. But with the IT landscape changing and threats increasing, are we still able to rely on the backup technology we currently use? Backup requirements are changing and it's important

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What is Business Email Compromise?

Thought Leadership / Security Posture

What is BEC? BEC refers to an email scam that targets specific people in an organization to either steal money, data or other confidential employee information. These email impersonations rely heavily on social engineering tactics. How does BEC work? Email is today’s top threat vector, accounting for 90% of advanced threats, and the ever-growing threats are

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What is malware and how can it hurt your business?

Thought Leadership / Security Posture

Businesses are moving online and with terabytes of data It's 2019. Businesses are storing huge amounts of data. This has made cyber attacks an imminent event. And one of the most threatening pathways of a cyber attack is malware. Malware is a malicious software that affects businesses on a daily basis, and attacks are on

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Author name: Talia Brooks