Is your Business Safe from Virtual Threats?

Did you know that 50% of small business owners think their businesses are too small to be targeted by the thieves of the virtual world? Contrary to popular belief, 72% of hacker attacks often happen to smaller firms – firms with less than 100 employees! So how prepared is your SMB? Here’s a checklist to
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Is That Email a Phishing Scheme?

Research has revealed that over half of all users end up opening fraudulent emails and often even fall for them. Phishing is done with the aim of gathering personal information about you, generally related to your finances. The most common reason for the large number of people falling for fraudulent emails is that the phishing
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How Much Does Downtime Really Cost Your Business?

  Many SMB owners think IT downtime only costs them a few productive hours, but there’s a lot more at stake when your systems go down. Customer satisfaction and loss of brand integrity are just two of the key losses apart from the more evident costs such as lost productivity and a temporary dip in
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Voted Best of Business 2018

For the past five years now, Worcester Business Journal has asked its readers for the best companies to do business with. And each year, since 2014, the end result is this WBJ Best of Business list. This year, the WBJ had a record 2,155 voters recommend their top companies in at least 10 of the categories.
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Five Things You Should Do Right Now to Preserve Your Network and Systems

  1. Backup Files Every Day – As catastrophic as data loss is, the number of businesses that still are not backing up their network is unbelievable. According to the Symantec Small to Medium Size Businesses (SMB) data, only 23% of SMBs are backing up their data on a daily basis and fewer than 50% are
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Data Loss Can Cause You to Shut Down

  Small and medium sized businesses today are relying more than ever on IT systems to efficiently run their business, support customers and optimize productivity. These systems house sensitive digital data ranging from employee and customer information, to internal emails, documents and financial records, sales orders and transaction histories. This is in addition to applications
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Can You Really Afford Not to Have a Backup Plan?

  According to Symantec SMB, 50% of SMBs admit to having no backup and disaster recovery plan in place. 41% of those surveyed confessed that they had never even given much thought to implementing a disaster recovery or business continuity plan. If you are one of them, then you really need to think about whether
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HIPAA – Avoiding Violations and Maintaining Compliance

Never in recent years has it been so vital to stay current on Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) regulations. 2016 brought 13 settlements and nearly tripled 2015’s total collected fines. Currently, the average settlement amount is continuing to surpass 2016, and nine actions have already been settled in 2017. How to Avoid a
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The End of Alzheimer’s Starts with YOU

  Thank you for supporting Cinch IT’s Alzheimer’s Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s fundraising efforts. Your generosity enabled Cinch IT to raise much-needed awareness and funds for the Alzheimer’s Association. Every dollar raised advances the Association’s care, support and research efforts — and the more we raise, the stronger our fight. To learn more about
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Thanks for an Outstanding Night Out

  Thank you to the BBB from all of us at Cinch IT. The BBB sponsored a Worcester Bravehearts night out and it was a fantastically fun night at the ballpark on Friday, July 31.   It was terrific to see so many other businesses there along with their families and friends.  
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