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…
Modern technology is one of the greatest advances in human history. It allows us to stay in contact with friends and family while allowing virtually anyone to start a business. There’s only one problem with modern technology: most businesses don’t know how to use it to its full potential. When starting a small business, the…
Recently business and their customers have been losing money to invoice schemes. Thieves send seemingly legitimate invoices through email to trick you into paying for something you did not purchase. This may sound daunting, but there are specific measures you can take to protect yourself and your customers, including filtering all phone numbers and email…
Network security is one of the most important tools you can have as a business owner. It helps keep both you and your clients’ personal information safe. But oftentimes it is seen as a luxury expense. There has been a dramatic increase of people who store their information online which makes network security that much…