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Voyage Technology has been serving the Beaver Dam area since 1999, providing IT Support such as technical helpdesk support, computer support, and consulting to small and medium-sized businesses.

3 AI-Driven Threats Creating Next-Gen Cybersecurity Challenges for SMBs

3 AI-Driven Threats Creating Next-Gen Cybersecurity Challenges for SMBs

Imagine one of your employees receives a phone call from someone who sounds exactly like you. They have your cadence, your "ums," and even that specific way you clear your throat before getting down to business. Would they be able to tell it’s a deepfake, or would they follow the instructions to urgently reset a password or move funds?

If you can’t answer that with an emphatic "yes," you’ve got some work to do. We’ve moved far beyond the era of the Nigerian Prince emails and obvious typos. We are now in the age of highly polished, AI-driven social engineering where the "bad guys" are using your own identity against your team.

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Defeating AI Phishing and Deepfake Fraud with Multi-Layered Security

Defeating AI Phishing and Deepfake Fraud with Multi-Layered Security

It might sound crazy, but sometimes I miss the Nigerian Prince. Back in the day, the threats were almost charming in their incompetence. You had the broken English, the bizarre formatting, and the royal promises that were so obviously fake they were almost funny. If you had even a shred of common sense, you were safe.

But those days are gone.

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How You Can Protect Your Business If a Mobile Device Disappears

How You Can Protect Your Business If a Mobile Device Disappears

The mobile device is deeply ingrained in modern life, society, and culture, so it will be present in the workplace. This can be a very useful thing… with the right preparations, your employees can become a lot more mobile in terms of their potential productivity.

However, mobile work isn’t without its dangers. Perhaps the most obvious risk is that a device will be lost, whether it's left behind in a rideshare or pilfered as a latte is retrieved from the barista. Either way, your business will have suffered a data breach.

Let’s talk about how this outcome can be avoided with some proactive planning, thanks to mobile device management. 

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It Pays to Have a Backup that Hackers Can’t Mess With

It Pays to Have a Backup that Hackers Can’t Mess With

Let’s say that today was the day a cyberattack successfully infiltrated your business network. Not good, but if you have a proper data backup, you should be safe… unless the party responsible prioritizes deleting your backup files.

While we would never recommend a business skip the data backup process, it is important to recognize that traditional backups have this critical vulnerability. To remedy this, we do recommend implementing immutable backups.

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Why Password Length is More Important Than Complexity

Why Password Length is More Important Than Complexity

With automated threats on the rise and taking over the cyberthreat landscape, you need as many ways to stay safe online as possible. Naturally, one of the most talked about topics is login security. There’s a lot of good password advice out there, but the most helpful piece isn’t repeated often enough: just make it longer.

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