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From fast food to farming, Covid-19 has accelerated the rise of the worker robots. This in turn will put more jobs at risk and makes the need to reframe society ever more urgent. As the coronavirus pandemic enveloped the world last year, businesses increasingly turned to automation in order to address rapidly changing conditions. Floor-cleaning and microbe-zapping disinfecting robots were introduced in hospitals, supermarkets and other environments. Some enterprises found that, given the new emphasis on hygiene and social distancing, robotic operations offered a marketing advantage. The American fast food chain White Castle began using hamburger-cooking robots in an effort to create “an avenue for reduced human contact with food during the cooking process”. To learn more: Robots: stealing our jobs or solving labour shortages? | Robots | The Guardian
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October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month

The Secret History of Cybersecurity Awareness Month
(And its Not-So-Secret Future)
Have you ever wondered where all those weird holidays come from? Like, who got to decide that April 23rd was National Talk Like Shakespeare Day? Or that Squirrel Appreciation Day would fall on January 21st? Or that the last Friday of every April would be National Hairball Awareness Day? An entire day to make sure that your feline friends aren’t spewing wet clumps of hair on to the floor seems like a waste of time, but do you know what isn’t? An entire month dedicated to cybersecurity. Now that’s a topic worthy of a holiday!

Cybersecurity Awareness Month was created by the Department of Homeland Security and the National Cyber Security Alliance in October of 2004. It was launched in an effort to help Americans to be safe in the rapidly growing Internet. Since its inception, the month has only grown more important as our lives become increasingly digitized. Many high-ranking US officials have been a part of the event including former DHS Secretaries and former Presidents. We are only one of many industry participants who are taking this month to educate our community on the importance of cybersecurity. College campuses, non-profits, and other organizations frequently join in on the fun as well.

This October, we will be participating in Cybersecurity Awareness Month in a big way. Make sure that you’re following us on social media (AT technology Inc. | Facebook or AT technology Inc.: My Company | LinkedIn so you don’t miss out on any of the cybersecurity goodness we have in October.

Will you become a victim of a DATA BREACH?
28% of small businesses in the US became victims of a data breach last year. That figure will be bigger this year thanks to the pandemic and increase in remote working.
A huge 52% of the data that’s compromised in small businesses is login information. This can then be used to access other accounts and steal even more data. Take a moment to think about the type of data that could be stolen if your business suffered a breach today. Horrifying, isn’t it?
The good news is there are several things you can do to make sure your data stays as safe as it can be.
• The first is to continually monitor for vulnerabilities. And though that sounds like a job in itself, if you’re working with a reliable IT support partner, they should be doing this as standard.
• Next, you should secure your systems.
• Use: A password manager to generate random passwords and remember them for you
• Multi-factor authentication where you generate a code on another device to login
• Firewalls and network monitoring to limit access to your sensitive data to those who need it It’s also a good idea to keep all your employees – from the top to the bottom – up to date on security awareness with regular training.
I know it sounds like a lot of work to keep your data safe, but it’s worth it. This is what we do every day, and we’re really good at it. If you think we can help keep your data safe and secure, let’s talk. Email me at [email protected] or go to www.attechnology.com

Have you selected a Managed Service Provider?
Today it’s a fight between reactive and proactive IT.
Who do you think will win?
IN THE RED CORNER… reactive IT. It used to be the case that when something broke, you’d call IT support and they’d come rushing in to fix the problem. And that was great. You could judge a company based on its reaction times. But the problem was, every time an issue occurred, the business would grind to a halt until it was repaired. And nobody ever took the time to look at the bigger picture to work out a better solution.

Today, we do things differently…

IN THE BLUE CORNER… proactive IT. These days, a good IT partner will spend more of its time working away in the background, making updates, maintaining your system, and managing everything so that problems are less likely to occur in the first place. The less you see your IT partner, the better service you’re getting. Because in the background they’re spotting and resolving problems before they affect you. They’re looking ahead at how your system needs to grow with your business, and they’re planning for what comes next. And the result of this?
• Business is easier for you
• Your people stay productive
• You save money on downtime and big fixes
• And you don’t have to call your IT support often because something has gone wrong… again

AND THE WINNER IS… It’s got to be proactive IT support, hands down. Could you benefit from a more proactive IT support partner? Give me a call to find out more regarding our MSP and let’s talk. [email protected] or www.attechnology.com

Have you changed your PASSWORD today?

When was the last time you changed your password? If you were like me, and even though you know better, you tend to ignore the all the automated “Notifications, Alerts and Warnings” thinking to yourself, I don’t have time to do this now why anyone would ever hack into my accounts.

The simple fact is everyone is a target. Big or small… Change your password today!!!

If for some reason you feel for some reason you feel your password may have been compromised contact [email protected] or www.attechnology.com

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