Author - Brie Gordon-Krueger

Securing Digital Identity: Enabling Passwordless MFA

In our continuous effort to enhance the security and convenience of connecting to your account, we would like to introduce a useful feature that allows for a faster and simpler, and more secure login experience, password-less multi-factor authentication. You can begin using this method immediately, by following the instructions below. Before changing to this method, you'll need...

Alliance Business Technologies receives the Ingram Micro GCIS 2023 Growth Partner of the Year Award

Ingram Micro honors Alliance Business Technologies for its ability to deliver powerful solutions and drive end-user digital transformation Alliance Business Technologies announced today it received the Ingram Micro 2023 GCIS 30 Award in the 'Growth Partner of the Year' category. Alliance Business Technologies will be recognized at this year’s Ingram Micro annual conference, Global Cloud &...

Transforming Customer Support: The Benefits and Considerations of Using ChatGPT in a Business Environment

ChatGPT is a powerful natural language processing tool that has the potential to transform the way businesses communicate with their customers. With the ability to understand and respond to natural language queries, ChatGPT can be integrated into a business environment to provide a more personalized and efficient customer experience. One of the key benefits of using...

Why You Need to Think Twice Before Using Lensa AI & Other Self-Portrait Apps

It’s a common theme. You begin seeing these amazing CGI images of your friends on Facebook or Instagram. You think, “How can I make one?” Filters and self-portrait apps have come a long way. You can now make yourself look like Hollywood’s version of a character in the next hit animated film. It still kind of...

4 Proven Ways to Mitigate the Costs of a Data Breach

No business wants to suffer a data breach. But unfortunately, in today’s environment, it’s difficult to completely avoid them. Approximately 83% of organisations have experienced more than one data breach. (IBM Security 2022 Cost of a Data Breach Report) These breaches hurt businesses in many ways. First, there is the immediate cost of remediating the breach....

Don’t Set Yourself Up to Fail: Tips for Safer Home Security Setups

The global home security market has been growing by leaps and bounds. By 2026, experts expect the market to expand at a rate of 20.1%. This is on top of an expected increase of 21.6% from 2021 to 2022. From Ring doorbell cams to entire home security systems, consumers want these solutions. Watching your front door...

5 Ways to Balance User Productivity with Solid Authentication Protocols

One constant struggle in offices is the balance between productivity and security. If you give users too much freedom in your network, risk increases. But add too many security gates, and productivity can dwindle. It’s a fine balance between the two, but one you can achieve. Organisations need to recognize the importance of both. And not...

Microsoft Secure Score: Overview

Secure Score has been around for several years, serving as an immensely useful measurement tool when reviewing our client’s security posture. As such, we have decided to focus on using Secure score as the benchmark to make improvements in our clients' Microsoft product security configuration.   What is Secure Score? Microsoft Secure Score is a measurement of...

What’s Changing in the Cybersecurity Insurance Market?

Cybersecurity insurance is still a pretty new concept for many SMBs. It was initially introduced in the 1990s to provide coverage for large enterprises, and usually covered items like data processing errors and online media. Since that time, the policies for this type of liability coverage have changed. Today’s cyber insurance policies cover the typical costs...

What Cybersecurity Attack Trends Should You Watch Out for in 2023?

The new year has just begun and it’s a time of renewal as we plan for the possibilities to come in 2023. It’s also a time when you need to plan for resiliency in the face of ever-present cyberattacks. Sixty-eight percent of surveyed business leaders feel that cybersecurity risks are getting worse. They have a good...