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Cyber Security Alert: Identifying Phishing Emails
Discover expert tips for recognizing and thwarting phishing emails in this comprehensive cyber security guide. Learn to identify common red flags, such as urgent and threatening language, generic addressing, typos, and suspicious links. Arm yourself with practical steps to verify suspicious emails, report phishing attempts, and safeguard your online accounts. Strengthen your defense against cyber threats and stay informed to protect your digital identity.
What is CPNI?
CPNI refers to valuable data about customers' phone calls collected by telecommunications companies, including the call duration, time, destination number, network type, and account details such as the number of lines used, primarily focusing on identifiable data. To protect customers' privacy, customer service agents follow strict procedures requiring verification of customer authentication and explicit consent before using CPNI data for any changes, such as service or account changes.
The Advantages of Using an Internet Broker for Your Business
Discover how businesses can improve their internet service while saving costs with an internet broker. Simplify your search for the right internet service provider by leveraging the power of internet brokering. Our experts can tailor internet service solutions based on factors like location, budget, speed, and desired features. With us, say goodbye to time-consuming research and comparisons, as we quickly narrow down the options that meet your needs. Take advantage of our bundled services to consolidate your internet and tech solutions.
The Indispensable Importance of Cybersecurity for Every Organization
In today's digital landscape, cybersecurity is more crucial than ever in safeguarding against rising cyber threats. This is particularly true for organizations, regardless of their size or industry. Effective cybersecurity measures protect sensitive data, intellectual property, and customer information from unauthorized access and theft, while also ensuring compliance with industry-specific regulations. Robust cybersecurity solutions enable uninterrupted business continuity, enhance customer trust, and mitigate the impact of cyberattacks.
Do I still need a landline for my business?
Has the landline telephone gone extinct? Not entirely. But landlines can be costly to maintain. So if you’re wondering whether or not it’s worth keeping your business’ landline telephone, we’ll run you through the pros and cons, and your options for switiching.
Ensure Safety in the Workplace: 15 Employee Theft Statistics
Employees and business owners are always working towards ensuring their office or facility are not broken into, but employees are actually 5.5 times more likely to steal from their workplace than an outsider or customer. This could be anything from supplies to time or even money and products. It is important to promote a workplace where employees are encouraged to be honest. Here are 15 employee theft statistics and how to create more workplace honesty.
Finally Have Work Life Balance on Your Cell Phones - For Entrepreneurs and Business Owners
Entrepreneurs and business owners everywhere struggle with the work to life balance when it comes to their cell phone. It can feel like you never really have downtime when a customer could call or text at any point. The convenience of using your cellphone can sometimes be too good to not pass up.
What is a Hosted Phone System
Hosted Phone solutions are what we do, but we often get asked “What is a hosted phone?” A hosted phone essentially means that your phone’s server is being hosted off site rather than on premise. A hosted phone system is a phone setup that works through an internet connection.
Protect Your Equipment from the Heat
Summer time can be one of the best times of the year. It is filled with fun in the sun, cookouts, swimming, and time with friends. Summertime can also be a nightmare for your equipment. Overheating can end up being a death sentence for any piece of technology. If you don’t take care of your equipment to prevent possible overheating, this could cost you a pretty penny. Here are some ways to protect your equipment from the heat.
What is Structured Cabling?
A structured cabling system is a complete system of cabling that supports multiple pieces of hardware in turn providing a comprehensive telecommunications infrastructure. Structured cabling is a type of network cabling. This infrastructure serves a wide range of uses, such as to provide telephone service or transmit data through a computer network.
5 Ways to Improve Voicemail Recording
Be honest, when was the last time you listened to or updated your voicemail? Your voicemail is one of the most important parts of your phone. It can often go forgotten about for months or even years after probably a one-time, quickly done set up. It is the first thing a caller will hear when they go to leave a message, so it is important that you provide a clear message.
Spam Callers Might Be Using Your Phone Number. What to Do about Illegal Spoofing
How many times have you received a call regarding “your car’s extended warranty” this year alone? 46% Americans have reported receiving multiple spam calls every day as surveyed by Insider February 2021. You could always block the number, but the unfortunate thing is many of these companies are spoofing existing phone numbers. One of the most common practices of spoofing is when a spammer uses an existing caller ID or phone number to fake outgoing calls in hopes it will increase their chance of vulnerable Americans answering the phone.
6 Industries the Internet Has Destroyed
The internet is a part of our life in almost any aspect. It has completely taken over the world forcing industries to conform to meet its standards. The internet has drastically shifted consumer demand forcing traditional industries to transform and invest in new technologies to meet these demands. Not all industries were able to keep up, however. Here are 6 industries the internet has completely ruined.
8 Ways to Improve Posture at Work & Why It’s Important
Less than 20% of the job force is made up of physically active jobs. If you are a part of the other whopping 80%, you may be facing health issues due to bad posture and lack of movement that comes with desk jobs and their lack of activity. The work force has dramatically shifted to more sedentary jobs, which have now increased by 83% since 1950 as reported by the American Heart Association.
Are Offices a Thing of the Past?
A massive shift took place during the 2020 pandemic, and even now many employees aren’t returning back to the workplace, but are instead opting to work from home.
Why Won’t My Calls Go Through? Change in Dialing for Oklahoma
Oklahoman’s in the 405 area code must now use the full 10 digit dialing when making calls. This change was initiated April 24th to make way for the new area code coming May 24th. The area code 572 is now being added in addition to our beloved 405.
6 Ways to Improve Efficiency when Working from Home
The work from home trend has skyrocketed in the last few years, especially during 2020. We have seen a drastic shift in the work culture due to the Covid-19 pandemic. While some companies used to offer the ability to work from home as a perk, it has now become the norm for several businesses. Despite lockdown restrictions being lifted for several months now, we are still seeing a continuous trend for telework.
How MaX UC is Changing the Game
Office life can be hectic, to say the absolute least. Sometimes, it seems like we’re falling down a never-ending rabbit hole of desk phones, tablets, laptops, desk computers, and personal smart phones, constantly switching back and forth between various devices from clock-in to clock-out.
New Area Code for Oklahoma - How This Will Affect Dialing
As Oklahoma’s population grows yearly, the state will be getting a new area code for the Oklahoma City Metro Area April 24th. In addition to the 405 area code, 572 will now be added for this region to ensure a continuous supply of phone numbers for this fast growing region. While this is not a huge change, there will be a few adjustments Oklahomans must begin making.
How to Ensure Your Business Isn’t Labeled as Spam Calls
The number of spam calls American’s receive present day have increased significantly. To help combat this, cellular companies have begun marking suspicious numbers as “SpamRisk” on user’s cell phones to avoid answering an unwanted call. According to a survey done by Google, 50% of people received at least one spam call per day, and one third received two or more per day.