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Are you consistently wasting money on credit card fees?
PremierePC was losing money on credit card fees every month. The client pays their invoice, credit card company takes a percentage for themselves, and PPC gets the rest.
We were faced with having to punish the client by raising costs or adding additional processing fees, or finding an alternative.
We found, with GoCardless, how to get easy-to-use, seamless ACH Direct Debit capabilities for our clients, at a MUCH lower fee per transaction. PremierePC is saving $1,200 in fees each month.
See our co-founder, Matthew Rydzfski, discuss the benefits to partnering with GoCardless.
– Matthew Rydzfski
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FAKE Ransomware? Really?!
Unfortunately, yes. There are legitimate AND fake ransomware attacks.
Good news is, the end-user needs to take the same precautions to mitigate risks of real or fake ransomware attacks; remaining educated on cyber security is an asset.
Better news, we offer solutions to layer on to protect your environment, as well as Security Awareness Training to educate your end users.
What is ransomware? Ransomware is a form of malware that encrypts files. The attacker then demands a ransom from the victim to restore their access to the data. This is especially dangerous because access to data on computer networks, mobile devices, and servers will all be locked until the victim pays the demanded ransom. For a business like yours, this can make or break you.
Attackers are aware that any sign of ransomware causes panic. Especially when using common attack methods – extortion, blackmail, threats, etc. – that are designed to generate fear in the reader. Attackers rely on this fear and panic to motivate the victim to give into demands regardless of how much money they are seeking.
These attacks have been so successful, the bad guys have realized they can simply create fake ransomware.
Fake ransomware is simply a message stating false information that is sent to an end-user, demanding ransom.
These are often delivered in the form of emails spoofing a known address or pop ups that take focus on your computer and are difficult to close out.
These messages may tell a user their data has been stolen and encrypted and they must ‘click here’ to unlock data, enter credentials to check their account, review what files have been encrypted, etc. Essentially, the attacker does not presently have access to your environment but counts on your panic causing you to click a link which then does provide them access.
These messages may also exploit or blackmail, telling the victim they have videos, pictures, or screen shots of them that do not exist. They will then ask for a payout to delete this sensitive data and keep quiet.
However, none of this is true. These are simply messages used to induce fear and hope the victim pays.
Your organization needs a strong cyber security solution stack, regular end-user education and testing, as well as a plan in the event of an attack. This protocol must prevail even in fear and panic.
Having an IT partner that values and focuses on cyber security in every area of business is crucial. Good thing you do.
Office Closing: Independence Day
PPC Strengthens Your Cyber Security with Vulnerability Scanning
Interested in strengthening your Cyber Security? YES?
How about strengthening security at no additional cost? Yes please?
PremierePC has now partnered with Intruder.io to provide External Vulnerability Scanning on your PremierePC owned Meraki Firewall at NO additional cost to you as a service plan client.
intruder.io is a $1958 value per year
Intruder.io helps organizations reduce cyber attack exposure by providing effortless cyber security. This solution uses the same engines as the gold standard for vulnerability scanning.
Hackers are constantly looking for security flaws they can use to compromise sensitive information or steal personal data for financial gain, or to cause havoc and disruption for businesses all over the globe. To do this, they make use of a wide range of tools and vulnerability scanners to automate their efforts and find new targets. So, external vulnerability scanning is an essential process of protecting your business, by finding your security weaknesses before the hackers do.
On average, 20 new vulnerabilities are discovered every day, many of which are in technologies which are designed to sit on your perimeter systems (those which are exposed to the internet). Intruder’s external vulnerability scanner allows you to neutralize threats to your business, by performing vulnerability scans that discover security holes in your most exposed systems.
Intruder’s external network vulnerability scanner checks your systems for vulnerabilities which include web-layer security problems (such as SQL injection and cross-site scripting), infrastructure weaknesses (such as remote code execution flaws), and other security misconfigurations (such as weak encryption configurations, and systems which are unnecessarily exposed).
Free 365 for 501(c)3 Clients
For service plan clients, PremierePC can help Nonprofit organizations get FREE and discounted Microsoft 365 Licenses. [Organizations must be a nonprofit or non-governmental organization with recognized legal status in their respective country (equal to 501(c)(3) status under the United States Internal Revenue Code).]
Microsoft 365 includes Office 365 and ensures an always up-to-date Windows operating system.
Share and collaborate with Microsoft 365: share, compose, edit, Word documents, PowerPoint presentations, Excel spreadsheets. Increase workplace efficiency with 365 collaboration tools.
Increase email and organization security when PremierePC Manages your 365.
We will review and layer on conditional access policies, preventing unauthorized access to your critical cloud systems.
Layering on 365 tenant branding gives your team a visual queue to identify a trusted 365 login portal.
Password rotation policies ensure complex, unique passwords are used and rotated every 90 days according to best security practices.
SPF / DKIM / DMARC will be validated to ensure your domain is using all possible methods to secure your online reputation.
Due to your organization’s non-profit status, you have 10 Business Premium licenses at no cost, and up to 300 Business Basic licenses at no cost.
Additional Premium licenses, over the 10 provided, will cost $5 each, as opposed to the market price of $20 each (will increase to $5.50 each in September 2022).
– Premium licenses include all cloud and desktop software, in addition to email. This also includes password writeback.
– Basic licenses include email only, with access to web and mobile apps.
PremierePC will hold your hand every step of the way, managing the process, migration, and transition, end to end.
First, register with TechSoup to verify eligibility.
Next, plan the migration with PPC to ensure a seamless transition, mitigate risk of loss of data, and ensure top security practices are in play.
Then, collaborate!
PremierePC will help answer questions, provide basic training, and ensure your team is maximizing their potential through technology. We provide regular 365 systems audits for our clients, making changes to bring your settings into alignment with industry best practices.
As the threat landscape changes, certain practices and polices need to evolve to keep pace.
With PremierePC on your side, we will take care of the heavy lifting, keeping your organization up-to-date and secure. Let’s maximize your potential, through technology.
Give us a call today to learn more!