Before the year wraps up, it’s the perfect time to reflect on the last 12 months and assess how technology is helping – or holding back – your business productivity. Keeping your tech fresh and efficient has become essential for any business that wants to stay competitive, meet productivity goals and make employees’ day-to-day tasks easier.

Cyberthreats have evolved so quickly that what once seemed like science fiction is now reality. From AI-driven cyber-attacks to the power of quantum computing, the cybersecurity challenges of 2025 are shaping up to be both innovative and unnerving. Here’s a look at some of the biggest threats on the horizon and what small and medium-sized businesses can do now to prepare.

In 2024, cyberthreats are no longer just a big-business problem. In fact, large corporations with deep pockets are not the primary target for most cybercriminals. Less well-defended small and medium-sized businesses are increasingly at risk, with the average cost of a data breach now totaling over $4 million (IBM). For many smaller businesses, an incident like this could be devastating.

Architectural firms, especially those in New York, Long Island, and the Tri-State Area, face unique disaster recovery (DR) challenges. They must protect large project files and sensitive client information, but typical DR planning is simply not up to the task.

In the demanding world of law, staying competitive often means relying on technology that can keep up. But managing the technology your law firm needs can be challenging and expensive. Hardware-as-a-Service (HaaS) offers a practical solution, providing access to up-to-date hardware without high upfront costs.

October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, making it the ideal time for small businesses in New York, Long Island, and the Tri-State Area to focus on improving their digital security. Here are a few strategies to boost cybersecurity that your small business can implement without breaking the bank.

Any successful partnership with a managed IT services provider (MSP) requires a detailed service level agreement (SLA). An SLA sets the expectations for both your company and the MSP and defines the scope, quality, and performance metrics of the services they provide.

The regulations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) apply to all healthcare practitioners in the United States, including dental practices. But while digital protections for protected health information (PHI) often take the spotlight, it's important not to forget that HIPAA also mandates the implementation of physical data security measures.

The last thing you want in the midst of an emergency is to find your data security compromised and your business suffering the one-two punch of a disaster and a data breach. Unfortunately, a crisis is usually when you are at your most vulnerable.

Having a detailed response plan that includes effective cybersecurity strategies prepares you so that, when disaster strikes, your business can avoid the nightmare scenario and quickly recover and continue operating.

Health insurance is designed to provide access to necessary treatments, preventive services and emergency care to individuals and families in need, and, apparently, now it’s also used to hand out paydays to scammers.

In February of this year, Change Healthcare fell victim to a cyber-attack that impacted thousands of health care providers, insurers and policyholders nationwide.