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- February 21, 2024
In today's digital era, cyber threats are constantly evolving, posing a significant challenge for businesses of all sizes. Protecting sensitive data, ensuring system uptime, and maintaining client trust are paramount, making cybersecurity a top priority. At MelroseINC, we understand these concerns and are committed to empowering our clients with the knowledge and tools they need to navigate the ever-changing cybersecurity landscape.
This article serves as a guide for MelroseINC customers, outlining the importance of cybersecurity and providing actionable steps to build a robust security roadmap.
Why is Cybersecurity Important?
Cyberattacks can have devastating consequences, leading to data breaches, financial losses, reputational damage, and operational disruptions. These attacks come in various forms, including:
- Data breaches: Sensitive information like customer data,
- February 08, 2024
In today's interconnected digital landscape, maintaining robust cybersecurity practices is imperative for organizations across all industries. As threats continue to evolve and become more sophisticated, ensuring compliance with security standards is paramount to safeguarding sensitive data, protecting against cyber threats, and maintaining trust among stakeholders.
1. Understanding PEN Testing and Vulnerability Scanning:
- PEN Testing (Penetration Testing): PEN testing is a proactive approach to identifying and exploiting vulnerabilities within an organization's systems, networks, and applications. It simulates real-world cyber-attacks to assess the effectiveness of existing security measures and uncover potential weaknesses that could be exploited by malicious actors.
- Vulnerability Scanning: Vulnerability scanning involves the systematic examination of IT systems and networks to identify known security vulnerabilities. It
- March 02, 2023
The Women Behind MelroseINC
Celebrate all the incredible women
- October 27, 2022
Today we’d like to introduce you to Sandy Nasseri.
Hi Sandy, can you start by introducing yourself? We’d love to learn more about how you got to where you are today?
In 2003, I opened our first MelroseMAC store in Hollywood where we partnered with Apple as an Apple Specialist. My educational background is a degree in Electronics and Electrical Engineering at ORT Technical Institute, and I wanted to meet the accelerating needs in the media technology sector. I understood the business challenges facing the entertainment marketplace and launched a company that would meet those needs. In less than one year, MelroseMAC’s second location was opened in Burbank to accommodate the immediate needs of nearby production studios. As our business grew, it was important to me to become an integral member of the Apple Reseller community, and I have served on the board for 9 of the last 15 years. - January 30, 2020
After waiting for over a year and a half from the initial announcement by Apple to the actual shipping of the new #MacPro professional workstations, there is a substantial amount of pent up demand in the #media and #entertainment industry for upgrading older editorial systems to this newest hardware platform.
- October 31, 2019
To say the digital age has revolutionized the way we do business would be an understatement. The marvels of high-speed Internet and cloud-based computing have given us the power to do business with anyone, anywhere—and from anywhere. The trade-off is that technology provides opportunities for bad actors to find new ways to do bad things. Cybersecurity remains one of the primary concerns for businesses of all sizes as hackers work tirelessly to invent new ways to infiltrate, disrupt and steal. Let’s take a look at some of the most pressing technology threats we’re facing in 2020 and what you can do now to protect your interests.
DDoS Attacks
Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks are nothing new, but they continue to be a danger to companies conducting business over the web. This attack involves hackers
- October 17, 2019
As the world becomes more digitized and more and more financial transactions happen electronically, we’ve seen a huge surge in popularity among cryptocurrencies in general, and bitcoin especially, as more people come to see it as a legitimate form of currency. An increasing number of vendors and merchantsnow accept bitcoin as payment (including known brands like Microsoft and Expedia), and bitcoin ATMs are even springing up in locations around the globe. This trend has raised speculation as to bitcoin it could one day supplant centralized banking as the primary form of finance. Could central banks one day become obsolete or unnecessary? Could we soon transact all business with digital currency? Let’s begin by exploring how we got here, then discuss some different aspects of this question.
A Bit of Context
- September 16, 2019
Missed the Apple product launch event last week? We got you covered. Apple announced three new products; the iPhone 11, the Apple Watch Series 5 and the upgraded 7th-Gen iPad. Here’s a look at the three products and their new features.
1. iPhone 11
Just like it does every year, Apple announced a new spin on its flagship product — the iPhone. Only this time around, there will be three separate models for tech fans to get their hands on: the iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, and iPhone 11 Pro Max. At first, this sounds a little confusing, but each model comes with innovative features that everyone expects from Apple.
All three phones feature the new A13 Bionic processor, which will optimize gameplay and web browsing. Then there are multiple rear cameras and brand-new video tools like Night Mode.
- July 31, 2019
More large corporations have incorporated the internet of things (IoT) into their operations. Laptops, smartphones, smart watches, you name it — more devices now connect to the internet and provide companies with solutions to everyday problems. Here are just some of the ways IoT is transforming business as we know it.
1. In-Depth Analytics
Before the internet, organizations had to collect feedback from customers and clients via paper questionnaires and conduct market research. This was time-consuming and expensive. Today, IoT provides business owners with the latest insights into their products and services with in-depth digital analytics.
- July 18, 2019
Companies have always needed to protect their internal records and other information. In our Information Age, protecting information means protecting data. This is because data is stored on computers and in the cloud. Without implementing a cybersecurity plan, data is left vulnerable to hacking and general data loss events such as hard drive failures.
Examples of a basic information security plan would include having a firewall, using secure email, and encrypting stored data. Let's talk about these three topics at greater length.
Firewalls are Barriers
A firewall is like a window screen. While air is able to move in and out of a home, bugs cannot get through the screen. Likewise, with a firewall, clean information