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Vendor management and looking beyond SMB firewalls, anti-virus, and data backups

IT Toolbox

I just had lunch with a long-time business colleague who specializes in IT consulting and network systems integration for small and medium-sized businesses. From servers to PBXs and everything in between, his company sells, installs, and manages entire network environments for its customers.

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SeanDaniel.com [tech]: Introducing a new line of Network Storage.

Sean Daniel

Introducing a new line of Network Storage Servers for SMB. This is a great solution if you want to add client backup to 25 clients on any SBS 2008 or SBS 2011 Standard networks, or just a standard server network. Labels: Backup , NAS , SBS 2011 Essentials , Storage Server Essentials , Training and Awareness. Online Backup. (5).

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SeanDaniel.com [tech]: How to Stay Safe on Public Wi-Fi Networks

Sean Daniel

I’ll copy the Windows ones here Turn off File & Printer Sharing Enable Your Firewall Use SSL Where Possible Consider using VPN Turn it off when you’re done Change to the Public Profile Some other things I’d recommend above and beyond are: Make sure you have an Anti-Virus/Anti-Malware solution installed. Online Backup. (5).

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SeanDaniel.com [tech]: How to use your Home Server as an AirPrint.

Sean Daniel

To do this I simply: Logged into the Home Server Clicked Start , then Run , and ran the wf.msc firewall configuration utility I clicked on New Rule In the wizard that opened, I selected Port , and clicked Next. Online Backup. (5). Online Backup. Latest SMB Community Posts. SMB Nation. US SMB TS2 Blog.

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Outbound Traffic Filtering | Roadmap to Securing Your Infrastructure

Linux Academy

This is filtering provided at the network edge by a firewall with rules (ACLs) restricting what internal users are allowed to access. Some firewalls have the ability to filter by an application (layer 7 firewalls), but we’re going to concentrate on standard packet-filtering firewalls and their capabilities.

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MSP cybersecurity: What you should know

Dataconomy

Networks separation Like any SMB or enterprise organization, an MSP should care about internal network security not less than about the external perimeter. Additionally, even if internal firewalls fail to stop a hacker at once, early threat detection can give an organization more time to react and successfully counter a cyberattack.

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SeanDaniel.com [tech]: The Basics of Local DNS for Small Business.

Sean Daniel

Clients on the network also still need to use the SBS DNS Server in order for Active Directory to work, or to resolve the server and other services on the network (for example, client backup doesn’t work unless DNS is operating correctly). If I did, could I get access to Backup and Dashboard another way? Online Backup. (5).