The Importance of Network Security for Small Businesses In today’s digital age, small businesses are increasingly reliant on technology to operate efficiently, reach customers, and compete in the marketplace. However, this dependence also makes them vulnerable to cyber threats. Traditionally, business owners have had to fear the physical intruder: the shoplifter, the smash-and-grab thief, the…
Essential Cybersecurity Measures Every Small Business Must Adopt If you’re a small business owner, you may eventually come under siege from hackers trying to breach your network security. You know that such a breach could be a crippling event that could cost you the entire business you’ve struggled so long and hard to build. It’s…
Advantages and Challenges of Wireless Networking for Small Businesses When to know if you’re ready to cut the cord Doing business today without a computer network is nearly impossible. You might as well go back to quill pens and ink wells. But if you’re running a small business, and you’ve got your site wired for…
The Solid Six: Best Practices for Remotely Managing Your Small Business Network Remote access to your small business network is no longer the luxury it was a decade ago. It’s no longer a cutting-edge tool that delivers a competitive advantage. Remote access is now a necessity. Your customers expect it, and so do your workers.…
Choosing the Right Networking Hardware for Your Small Business There are several reasons your small business might be in the market for new computer networking hardware. You might be expanding your operations, opening a new location, or your present equipment might have reached the end of its life cycle. Whatever the reason, you’re about to…
What Small Business Owners Should Know About Network Segmentation Our clients often ask us what IT specialists mean by “network segmentation.” Well, if you’ve ever watched a submarine movie, there’s usually a scene where ships on the surface are dropping depth charges on the sub. Inevitably there’s a hull breach somewhere that threatens the whole…
Onboarding Employees for the Remote-Work Era If your company is like most, you have more employees working remotely than ever before, and you are hiring new workers specifically for remote work. There are many concerns connected to this trend, which we discuss, below, but since we are an IT consulting firm, we’re most attuned to…
Have you calculated how much a data breach could cost your company? According to Microsoft, the average loss from a data breach is $4.2 million, but many breaches are far more expensive. Given those risks, you’ve got to implement the most up-to-date safeguards available. And at the moment, that means Multi-Factor Authentication, or MFA. MFA…
Disaster has struck – you login to your businesses network and everything is gone. What do you do now? What should have you done to prevent this from happening? Luckily, losing your information in today’s world doesn’t mean losing it forever. Sometimes your equipment malfunctions and wipes everything clean but that doesn’t mean we can’t…
IT issues hindering your work and business activities but you don’t know what to do? Now you can toss all your worries out of the window because, at KMF, we offer everything you need to run your business smoothly. We specialize in services like network monitoring, network security, server virtualization, and more. If you are…