Dena Rissman

When you run a business, compliance and security are two essential factors. Both are equally important for the seamless operation of your business. While compliance helps your business stay within the limits of industry or government regulations, security protects the integrity of your business and sensitive data. It is worth noting that although security is…

The internet is an ever-changing, multifaceted place. The parts you use and see daily are far from the web’s entirety — there are endless ways to access, collect, and use information, including the dark web. Once a hacker breaches your system and steals your data, whether it is PII or intellectual property, there are a few…

Cybersecurity should be on every business’ front burner. Hackers aren’t letting up and we’ve seen some high profile and very serious attacks recently. Attacks on SolarWinds, Microsoft Exchange and Colonial Pipeline garnered headlines around the world. If criminals can breach those large enterprises, how does an SMB stand a chance? Cybersecurity Essentials Start with these essential…

Returning for their 12th year, the HFM US Services Awards celebrate providers of services and solutions to the US hedge fund industry that have demonstrated exceptional innovation, customer service and business performance over the past 12 months. The announcement of the nomination for Best IT Managed Service Provider follows a successful year for ACE IT Solutions and emphasizes the company’s…

Annual MSP 501 Identifies Industry’s Best-in-Class Businesses  ACE IT Solutions has been named as one of the world’s premier managed service providers in the prestigious 2021 Channel Futures MSP 501 rankings. We are honored to have been selected as one of the technology industry’s top-performing providers of managed services by the editors of Channel Futures.…

Organizations that pay ransom to hackers are 80% more likely to experience a repeat attack. Unless your business has bottomless financial reserves, continuously paying hackers to give you back your data is NOT a viable cybersecurity strategy. Research by Cybereason shows that not only did many companies face repeated attacks after paying ransomware, 50% of…

Human error is a common cause of data loss. It is estimated that as must as 90% of data beaches are due to human error. The errors aren’t always intentional, sometime accidents happen (actually, they happen a lot). Cloud-based SaaS (software as a service) applications, like Microsoft 365 and G Suite, feature auto-save and reduce…

The recent high-profile ransomware attacks, like the attack on Colonial Pipeline, sparked a nationwide discussion of whether or not to pay ransomware. There are certainly valid aguments on both sides. Some experts have argued companies should refuse to pay ransoms because doing so only encourages cybercriminals and puts a target on your back or the…

Cybersecurity experts are still investigating the Colonial Pipeline hack. It’s likely that a compromised password allowed the attackers into the affected network. There are several ways this could have happened: a successful phishing attempt, poor password management, un-patched systems. Regardless, Colonial Pipeline ended up paying roughly $5 million in ransom to the hacking group DarkSide…