SMALL OFFICE NETWORKS, LLC
SANFORD, FLORIDA

We are excited to announce that our office has moved! We moved into a larger suite in the same building we have been in for the last 2 years. We are still working on getting settled in and adding our own finishing touches to our new space. Please feel free to stop in and say hi if you are in the area! Even though most companies did not pay the ransom demanded for their data, the attackers sent a shock wave around the world. Large corporations, small to medium-sized businesses, government agencies, healthcare facilities, and all other internet users are vulnerable to attack. To help, we’ve compiled a short list of steps you can take to start guarding against ransomware attacks. 1. Provide Adequate Training for All Network Users Whitelisting applications can also help protect you, since the list will prevent other executable files from running or installing. You can also limit systems’ permissions so that software, including malware, can’t be installed without an administrator’s password. We all know that we should be using a reliable method to back up our data, but that doesn’t mean backups happen as they should. If your company isn’t presently set up to do consistent, reliable backups, you’re taking the risk that a ransomware attack could disable your business. Even reliable data backups don’t make ransomware attacks easy to handle, since restoring data can be very time-consuming, and being without access to essential data, even for a short while, can hamper business operations. If you’re like most people, you’d rather not think about the possibility of a natural disaster, hacking, or other type of attack affecting your business. However, common sense and experience tell us that it’s in your best interest to not only think about the possibility, but to plan for it. Your business depends on information technology working smoothly, so you need to be prepared to restore your hardware, applications and data should a disaster occur. Business and IT experts agree that having a plan to restore IT infrastructure, systems and data is essential for all businesses. However, we do not necessarily agree on how to develop or implement a and know that many small businesses simply do not have the resources for conducting the analyses, strategizing, and testing that typically go into developing a reliable plan. If this sounds like your business, we’d like to suggest some steps you can take right now to avoid IT crises that could threaten your business’s survival. begins with a complete inventory of the processes (including equipment, systems, applications, employees and suppliers) involved in your business’s key business activities. For each critical business process, determine how much downtime could be tolerated and how much time would be needed to restore it in case of a disaster. Then examine each process for vulnerabilities and develop plans to minimize risk. The disaster recovery plan should include detailed instructions for operating in an emergency situation, as well as procedures for restoring the equipment, systems and applications necessary to maintain your critical business processes. We recommend documentation and distribution of your disaster recovery plan in various formats. In addition, you should train an emergency response team and test your recovery procedures to make sure they work. If your organization’s disaster recovery plan never made it past the initial planning stages or if it hasn’t been reviewed or tested recently, partnering with IT experts to make sure your business is adequately protected is an option you should consider. Rather than draining your resources to develop and implement a plan to protect your business’s critical processes, you can rely on the experience and expertise of IT professionals who work every day with industry quality assurance standards and tools. to meet your needs. Our reliable data backup and recovery system captures and restores all data, giving you quick access to all files. Our offsite storage provides data protection if something happens to your office building; our built-in archiving provides a reliable, cost-effective back-up solution; and our 24/7 monitoring service gives you the security you need for peace of mind. Located in Lake Mary, Florida, we work with businesses across the U.S. and in Central Florida in Orlando, Altamonte Springs, Apopka, Casselberry, Lake Mary, Longwood, Maitland, Mount Dora, and Winter Park, to make sure their IT systems and disaster recovery plans are efficient, reliable, and cost effective. Contact us at 407-936-220 or online to make sure you have a reliable backup and disaster recovery plan to protect your business. Joe Grabowski has 30 years of experience in the Information Technology industry, serving the financial, commercial, education and government markets. Always striving for new levels professionally, Joe founded his own company, SON Technology in 2003. At SON, he took on the roles of CEO and Project Manager. As the driving force behind SON Technology, he delivers enterprise-wide solutions to organizations of any size, as well as to state and federal government agencies. Your business’ network is the core of your technology infrastructure. That’s why our networking process ensures its reliability. SON Technology will assess your business’ needs, identify any network problems, design a solution that supports your goals and resolves network problems, and deploy and support the approved technology solution. We will work with you as a team throughout the entire process to deliver a cost-effective solution that is tailored to your business. With an optimized network, you will experience greater network stability, reduced downtime, and lower IT support expenses. Your network is the backbone of your business. It allows you to connect with your clients and employees, keeps your data secure and your business functioning on a daily basis. The technology demands of today’s fast-paced world can hinder the performance of a weak network. To keep up with the rapidly changing world of technology, business owners are seeking more efficient, flexible networks that improve employee workflows. SON Technology has decades of experience optimizing business’ networks. Designing agile, robust network solutions for enterprises of all sizes is one of our areas of expertise.