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The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recently updated their Digital Identity Standards. I bet you haven’t read them, but the NIST guidelines affect how sites and apps create password requirements, and they affect the advice we share with you. And guess what? The new password guidelines are a lot more relaxed than before. […]

  Hello readers, This is the continuation of the mini-series The Top Five IT Security Threats of 2017 by Shawn Pate, Senior Technical Advisor. You can revisit part one here. Let us continue our journey through The Top Five IT Security Threats of 2017. Last time, we covered the number one threat to IT Security in 2017 – End Users, […]

Did you know that WorkSmart manages the IT solutions of almost 400 companies and just about 11k end users? And, every year we grow a little bit more – enough to land us on the INC 5000 list for the past 10 years straight. Fun fact: Many of our new clients find us through friends […]

Hello readers, We’d like to introduce you to our guest blogger – Shawn Pate, Senior Technical Advisor. He’s been a part of the WorkSmart team for over 6 years, and he is an absolute expert in IT security. Here is part one of his mini series on the Top Five Security Threats that businesses will face in […]

Cyber-security is getting tougher every day. Hackers are smarter. Technology is advancing faster. And the losses businesses experience as a result of cyber-crime are astronomical. A quick Google search shows that the cost of cyber-attacks in 2015 was estimated at $400 billion, and ransomware alone cost businesses $209 million in just the first 3 months […]

At the end of every year, we give out a few awards to recognize some of our top staff members. In addition to being excellent at their jobs, these people exemplify our Core Values: Do the Right Thing, Personal Connections, and Hunger for Growth. We’ve highlighted a few of these amazing folks below. Congratulations to our 2016 […]