Does An Outdated OS Make Your Business a Sitting Duck?

Don’t let the fact that your Windows 7 workstations are still working lull you into a false sense of security. While an outdated OS might seem like a non-issue to you, look at it from a hacker’s perspective. To cyber criminals, an unprotected system looks like a great opportunity! If a regularly updated and supported operating system is a moving target for hackers, that makes an unsupported OS a sitting duck. 

The longer Windows 7 remains in use while unsupported, the greater the chances that someone will discover a vulnerability and exploit it for criminal reasons. In fact, the potential for abuse is serious enough that the FBI recently sent an alert to private industry partners encouraging them to upgrade to Windows 10 to avoid security issues with Windows 7.

Contact NSG for help securing your network!

Still Using Windows 7? Unsupported Software Leaves Your System Vulnerable to Cyber-Attack

In January, Microsoft ended support for Windows 7, a part of the Windows NT family originally released in 2009. Although Microsoft gave plenty of advance notice, one expert estimates that more than 20% of Windows installations will still be running Windows 7 at the end of the year. 

Is your business one of them? 

Unsupported software can leave your company vulnerable to cyber-attack. If you don’t have an IT support specialist for your Ann Arbor business, NSG can help. Our goal is to keep your critical data safe and your computer systems running optimally. 

For more information about updating your systems and protecting your network, visit our website!

Cyber Security is Everybody's Business

Hackers, scammers, and criminals never tire of finding new ways to obtain personal information like passwords and account numbers. They use fear and exploit security weaknesses, targeting both individuals and businesses to reach their objective: profiting from your mistakes. 

That’s why, in your business, security must be everybody’s business. At Network Services Group, security is always our business. Visit our website for more information, including our free Internet Security Guide.

Setting You Up For Success

The safety of our team and customers remains of the utmost importance to us at Network Services Group.  We are adjusting to this new normal as Covid-19 restrictions in Michigan have started to ease. We are continuing to do our best to offer our customers the technical support they need to effectively run their businesses.

New Updated COVID-19 Policies

Over the past couple of months, we have been working with our customers to set them up to work from home. We were getting everyone setup with VPN’s, remote desktops, terminal servers, and cloud solutions. We made sure that they could get into the files and the data that they need in order to run their business.

Many of our customers experienced a big shift as many, if not all of their employees had to work remotely. As a result of this, many companies have been beginning to realize that they should invest in laptops and printers for their employees so that they can work productively from home.

Keep reading on our website for more!

Support for Small Businesses

As a small business, you need support for all of that stuff (desktops, servers, and networking), and you don’t want to have to go out and hire 3 different people to get it.   

Worse, a lot of inexperienced IT support people have only a limited understanding of network and computer security and disaster recovery.  In this day and age that is a huge liability, not only for them, but for any business that hires them.  

Cybersecurity is and will be one of the biggest issues in the years to come.  Companies that don’t have their security dialed in face the prospect of losing valuable time, data, and money.  

As a small business, hiring an in-house IT support person with limited experience and knowledge of security could be a huge mistake.  By outsourcing with the right company, you save money and gain access to a team with a broader arrange of knowledge and experience.

For more information on IT outsourcing, check out our website!

IT Outsourcing: An Affordable Solution

At Network Services Group, we work with a lot of small businesses, helping them with their computer and network support needs.  For most of them, it makes more sense to bring us in for IT outsourcing in Ann Arbor and SE Michigan rather than hire their own in-house IT person.

 The benefits of outsourcing your IT support include:

• More resources (access to the entire NSG team versus just one person)
• More knowledge and experience (20 years supporting small business networks and computers)
• Remote monitoring and maintenance
• Less expensive as compared to the cost of hiring a fulltime employee
• You control costs (select pay as you go or full managed services)

Our customers find that it is surprisingly affordable to outsource their IT support versus hiring someone directly.  In addition to controlling costs, you also get accessed to a more diversified skillset, and more experience with supporting the various systems that small businesses rely on to for their business needs.

Check out our website for more information!