Grassroots Blog

Why We Fell In Love with Teams

marketing@grassrootsit.com.au (MC Pascasio) — Wed, 12 Feb 2020 23:30:32 GMT

So many communications apps and collaboration tools are readily available these days, with more being developed daily. With an abundant amount of options to choose from, how do you pick out one that is perfect for your business needs? If you’re looking for the best option to choose as your organisation’s collaboration channel and wondering if Microsoft Teams is really worth the hype, here's the lowdown based on our experience with Teams.

5 Tips for Successfully Outsourcing IT Support

Ben@grassrootsit.com.au (Ben Love) — Sun, 24 Nov 2019 22:00:00 GMT

A Managed Service Provider (MSP) can help your business stay up-to-date with the latest technology and remain competitive in today’s challenging business environment. What's more, it can do all this while cutting your in-house IT support costs and freeing up your technical staff for mission critical tasks.

The Essential Eight Cybersecurity Framework

Ben@grassrootsit.com.au (Ben Love) — Mon, 04 Nov 2019 05:00:37 GMT

Cyber-security threats and data breaches are becoming increasingly rampant, sophisticated and difficult to mitigate. Statistics from recent studies show that instances of malware attacks, data breaches, and intrusion attempts are on the rise. The challenge of ensuring cybersecurity is a global issue affecting many industries and organisations.

What is Microsoft Enterprise Management and Security?

Ben@grassrootsit.com.au (Ben Love) — Mon, 04 Nov 2019 04:59:54 GMT

With so many Microsoft products out there, many small business owners are left wondering how to choose the best Microsoft package for their unique business needs. Office 365 and Microsoft 365 appear similar in many ways, but there are a few significant differences between them that may affect which product you choose for your organisation.

Top 9 Ways to Secure Office 365 and Microsoft 365

Ben@grassrootsit.com.au (Ben Love) — Mon, 04 Nov 2019 04:58:50 GMT

Microsoft Office 365 has many security features and capabilities built in, however with a few simple steps you can greatly increase your cyber-security stance with some easy changes to system configuration and business practices.

Human Error: The Weak Link in Your Cybersecurity

marketing@grassrootsit.com.au (MC Pascasio) — Sun, 20 Oct 2019 21:00:00 GMT

2019 is becoming a remarkably prominent year for data breaches. Recent reports by Risk Based Security shows a huge increase in data breach incidents of more than 50% compared to the same time last year. This could be blamed on more sophisticated cyberattacks or even on the ‘Internet of Things’ as we’re now all so connected within a huge web of network that we are more vulnerable to cyberattacks. But still, data suggests that the number one contributor to the rising number of data breach incidents is, of course – human error.

[Webinar Replay] 2019 Top 5 Cybersecurity Practices for your Business

marketing@grassrootsit.com.au (MC Pascasio) — Fri, 13 Sep 2019 00:54:08 GMT

Cybersecurity is a burning hot topic in the industry today. It is the practice of ensuring that your business is protected from malicious actors and criminal attempts of possible cyber breaches.

In a live webinar, Ben Love touches on this very important topic to list down and provide an in-depth discussion about some of the most effective ways to keep your business cybersecure. Here’s a little recap of the quick yet valuable webinar on the Top 5 Cybersecurity Practice for your Business.

CyberInsurance: Why You Need to Talk to Your Broker Today

marketing@grassrootsit.com.au (MC Pascasio) — Tue, 27 Aug 2019 04:48:27 GMT

In 2014, five hundred million user accounts perished under a massive cyber attack. Personal data such as the users’ full names, birth dates, phone numbers and passwords were breached. And in March 2018, 32 million accounts were affected after another hacking. All these huge figures of data breach attacks were aimed at one of the world’s biggest companies --Yahoo.

You know Yahoo, I know Yahoo, we all know Yahoo. It’s a huge name in the social media and email realm, so surely such a big enterprise is giving their all to protect their data (which is OUR data)? Yahoo probably spends billions of dollars on cybersecurity and yet, they are still vulnerable to cyber attacks. In late 2017, Yahoo admitted that all of their three billion user accounts had been hacked in previous years. This speaks volume about cyber insecurity today.

Why an Intelligent Firewall is Critical For Your Network Security

marketing@grassrootsit.com.au (MC Pascasio) — Thu, 08 Aug 2019 04:22:58 GMT

In years gone by, we may have thought the chance of experiencing a cybersecurity breach was pretty low but, these days, the more aware business leaders talk not about the possibility but ofwhen a cyberattack will happen. So let's talk about how can we take preventative action to defend our computer systems and keep the risk of an attack to a minimum.

How to Choose the Right Managed Service Provider for your Business

annie@grassrootsit.com.au (Annie Love) — Tue, 23 Jul 2019 04:54:01 GMT

Whether your business is growing and you’re ready to level up your IT to include a dedicated IT provider, or you’re looking for a new IT provider to partner with, you need to consider working with a Managed Service Provider (MSP) . So let's talk about what to look for in an MSP and how to find the right partner for your business.