DMARC reports reveal what’s missing. Without DMARC, some emails can fail authentication and soon start getting rejected.
Turn on multi-factor authentication right now
As work-from-anywhere becomes the norm, access to confidential information is no longer protected by physical access to an office or to a MFA is one of the most effective and easiest layers to add for preventing this kind of unauthorized access and improving your digital security.
Insurers play catch-up on cybersecurity policies
When you next try to renew your cybersecurity insurance, you might find the process for approval and the policies available are quite different from before.
Recognizing and avoiding phishing scams
Phishing emails and text messages attempt to trick you into clicking on a link, opening an attachment, or sending proprietary information. Often the return address is the name of a person or company you recognize, leading you to believe the message is legitimate. But there are many ways for you to recognize phishing and to avoid falling for scams.
Business phone services now require registration for text messaging
If you are using a mobile app for your business phone service (like RingCentral, Zoom, or Dialpad), you might be used to using SMS text messaging to connect with your contacts. But now, due to new regulations, SMS through business phone services will be restricted until your organization is approved to send business-related SMS.
Is a to-do list really the best to-do list?
Do you ever reach the end of your day and feel like you haven’t accomplished what you wanted to? You can fix that. At Macktez, our favorite to-do list is not a list at all — it’s a calendar. A calendar’s visual blocks of time show you exactly what you can and cannot get done in one day — it’s a to-do list with limits.
Electronics recycling
Macktez has partnered for over a decade with 4th Bin for e-waste recycling and certified data destruction. To help clients avoid the high minimums required to schedule a pick-up, we can hold equipment securely until we have a full load to turn over to 4th Bin.
A conversation is not a meeting
Good conversations can also be a part of your work — brainstorming, debriefing, decompressing, even goofing around. But don’t mistake a good conversation for a meeting. If you follow a few simple suggestions, you can have meetings that are productive and worthwhile every time.