October 10th, 2024 by admin
Leading MTSP Proactively
Conducts Website Audits to
Enhance Cybersecurity
INDIANAPOLIS, IN ‐ Van Ausdall & Farrar,
Inc., a leading Managed
Technology Services Provider
(MTSP), is taking proactive steps
to secure its customers' networks
by identifying...
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Tags: communication, firewalls, security
Posted in: Press Release
August 2nd, 2024 by admin
In today's digital age, cyber-attacks have become an inescapable reality for businesses of all sizes. The statistics paint a grim picture - businesses targeted by cyber criminals rose from 38% to 43% over just the past year alone.
As the corporate...
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Tags: data security, firewalls, networks, solutions
Posted in: Cybersecurity
April 19th, 2022 by Van Ausdall & Farrar
$3.9 Million.
That’s the answer to the following question… What was the average total cost of a single data breach in 2020? Cybersecurity is expensive, but the alternative is more than many companies can pay. I won’t take any more of your time...
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Tags: antivirus, firewalls, multifactor authentication (MFA), ransomware, virtual private networking (VPN)
Posted in: Insights from VAF Blog, Cybersecurity
March 26th, 2019 by Ashlee Colliver
There was a time when those who refused to utilize technology could still thrive in business. That time is certainly over. Small businesses of all shapes and sizes must now embrace technology to maintain operational efficiency and compete in today’s market....
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Tags: data backup and recovery, firewalls, mobile devices, networks, passwords, security, technology strength assessment
Posted in: Insights from VAF Blog, Data Security & Compliance Solutions
April 18th, 2018 by Kent Lemley
THE CONVERGED COMMUNICATIONS GROUP (CCG) OF VAN AUSDALL & FARRAR IS OFFICIALLY AN AUTHORIZED CHANNEL PARTNER FOR EXTREME NETWORKS.
Extreme Networks is a publicly traded company (NASDAQ: EXTR) headquartered in San Jose, California and founded in 1996....
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Tags: Avaya, firewalls, Fortinet, VAF partners
Posted in: Communications
January 25th, 2018 by admin
In February of 2017 an online hacker named ‘Stackoverflowin’ hacked over 150,000 printers just to prove a point…
Unsecured printers are a huge security risk. Each hacked device printed a message informing the end users of the security breach....
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Tags: firewalls, security, VAF partners
Posted in: Insights from VAF Blog, Print
May 3rd, 2017 by Guillermo Fernandez
In 2016, Ransomware attacks made alarming headlines, affecting every kind of business from hospitals to police stations. Last year, too, hacks of Internet of Things (IoT) devices -home appliances, toys, cars and more, were also making headlines. Many...
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Tags: Barracuda, firewalls, ransomware, VAF partners
Posted in: Insights from VAF Blog, Cybersecurity
October 10th, 2016 by Kent Lemley
Despite all of our investments in firewalls, universal threat appliances, anti-virus software, somewhere down the road a critical threat may find its way onto your internal network. Since internal network architecture is generally flat and un-secured,...
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Tags: firewalls, Fortinet, networks, VAF partners
Posted in: Communications, Cybersecurity