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CoreTech has been serving the Bowling Green area since 2006, providing IT Support such as technical helpdesk support, computer support, and consulting to small and medium-sized businesses.

3 Common-Sense Security Measures You Can Implement Today

3 Common-Sense Security Measures You Can Implement Today

Running a business is already confusing enough without worrying about security at all times. Whether you’re a small business owner or a multi-level enterprise, security is just as important for all the same reasons. Today, we want to share a couple of security strategies you can implement today to feel better about the current state of your infrastructure moving forward.

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Why You Absolutely Need to Build a Solid DR Strategy

Why You Absolutely Need to Build a Solid DR Strategy

Imagine waking up one day to find your phone wiped clean with no contacts, no photos, and no messages. Now, picture this happening to an entire business, where all their files, data, and systems are gone. Scary, right? That’s why businesses need a Disaster Recovery (DR) system. It helps them bounce back when things go wrong. Here’s how to build one.

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Security Training is Increasingly Important

Security Training is Increasingly Important

Your company’s ability to keep its digital information safe depends largely on how well its technology performs. This is why it’s crucial to teach your employees how to protect your company’s data. To start, it’s important to understand your organization’s security posture. This refers to how actively you or your team work to protect your online presence. With the growing use of cloud applications and remote work becoming more common, every employee plays a role in keeping the company secure. This month we talk a little bit about creating a security culture designed to keep your data and information systems secure. 

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Three Reasons Why You’re Falling for the Phishing Schemes in Your Inbox

Three Reasons Why You’re Falling for the Phishing Schemes in Your Inbox

Phishing is the most common way hackers “get you,” so /to speak, but have you ever wondered why it’s so effective? Today, we want to explore the reasons why phishing schemes are so enticing to even the most security-conscious individuals out there. You might be surprised to know that even security professionals can fall prey to these types of attacks, and for very good reasons.

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Tip of the Week: Stop Location Data Collection on Your Mobile Device

Tip of the Week: Stop Location Data Collection on Your Mobile Device

At the beginning of this year, a massive data breach struck a location data broker called Gravy Analytics and took possession of a dataset with 30 million points from devices worldwide. This data could potentially be used to track individuals and their movements, tellingly, through healthcare, government, and military facilities. 

Unfortunately, nothing can be done about data that has already been breached, but preventative steps can and should be taken to protect your business. Let’s discuss how to prevent your applications from tracking your movements.

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Let’s Brush Up On Phishing Attack Responses

Let’s Brush Up On Phishing Attack Responses

Did you know that phishing is, by far, the most common security risk to your business? Just think, any of your employees could become the target of a phishing attack, and all it would take is downloading the wrong file or clicking on the wrong link to expose your organization to security threats. Today, we want to offer a refresher on the throwaway signs of a phishing attack and how to protect yourself and your team from harm.

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Four of the Best Practices to Secure Password-Protected Accounts

Four of the Best Practices to Secure Password-Protected Accounts

Passwords are the most important security tool used to secure digital assets. They are critical for small businesses, as weak or mishandled credentials can lead to serious security problems. Everyone must understand and follow the best practices for creating and managing passwords. This month, we will go through a few of them.

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The Ultimate Cybersecurity Checklist

The Ultimate Cybersecurity Checklist

Each year, cybersecurity threats increase and the risks get bigger and bigger for small and medium-sized businesses. We’ve seen a constant increase in the costs associated with cybercrime year after year, and it’s mostly small businesses that quietly pay the price.

Unfortunately, there is a stigma associated with cybersecurity; that comprehensive protections are a luxury that only larger companies can budget for. This just isn’t the case, and it’s dangerous for business owners to think this way.

Cybersecurity isn’t easy, and it does cost money to implement and maintain, but it is absolutely feasible for a small business to maintain even if budgets are restrictive. In fact, it’s probably more critical for businesses that don’t have a lot of wiggle room when it comes to their IT budget, as a lack of good cybersecurity protection almost guarantees unexpected expenses.

This guide will go through a lot of elements that decision-makers need to be thinking about when formulating a cybersecurity plan.

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Why Data Privacy is Important and How You Can Make It a Priority

Why Data Privacy is Important and How You Can Make It a Priority

Since so much of the world is now online, businesses and organizations interact with people online now more than ever. This means they also collect people’s information, a practice they do for various reasons. Individuals need to consider their own data privacy and how it might be affected by business practices.

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What Does the State of Cybersecurity Look Like for 2025?

What Does the State of Cybersecurity Look Like for 2025?

Businesses have seen an increase in cyberattacks, and this trend is not slowing down in 2025. Today, we want to explore what the future could hold so you can take these insights and apply them to your cybersecurity initiatives in the coming year.

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The Importance of Passwords Cannot Be Ignored

The Importance of Passwords Cannot Be Ignored

Passwords protect nearly all of your accounts; or at least you hope that they do. Unfortunately, making a super-secure password that’s easy to remember can be harder than people expect. Oftentimes, it feels like you are constantly solving a puzzle. So then, how do you create passwords that keep hackers out without driving yourself crazy? In this month’s newsletter, we discuss this very problem.

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Cybercrime has Come to Nashville, Small Businesses are the Target

Cybercrime has Come to Nashville, Small Businesses are the Target

By now, everyone is pretty aware of how cyberthreats can disrupt day-to-day life and cause a lot of trouble for businesses. This is especially true here in Nashville, as the last few years have seen multiple high-level attacks against local healthcare providers. 

A major problem with successful cyberattacks is that they tend to encourage more attacks in perpetuity. Healthcare providers have seen a staggering 264 percent increase in ransomware attacks over the last five years.

If we zoom out and look at small businesses in general, an overwhelming 85 percent of ransomware attacks target small businesses. These attacks tend to go unnoticed by the general population of Nashville, as they don’t affect as many customers or end up getting covered on the news. Still, cyberthreats can cause major disruptions to businesses and lead to extremely costly consequences.

It's time to buckle up and get serious about cybersecurity.

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5 Simple Mistakes That Hurt Your Cybersecurity

5 Simple Mistakes That Hurt Your Cybersecurity

Technology is a big part of how businesses run today, but that also makes them prime targets for cyberattacks. These attacks can shut down operations and steal sensitive data. Let’s look at five common cybersecurity issues businesses deal with:

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Help! My Business Insurance Provider is Asking Questions About My Cybersecurity!

Help! My Business Insurance Provider is Asking Questions About My Cybersecurity!

We’ve been getting this question a lot over the last few weeks, so we thought it would be a good idea to post a blog about it. As businesses renew their business insurance coverage, they’ve been getting asked more and more questions about their cybersecurity. Let’s talk about why this is, and how your organization can navigate this without losing coverage or having your insurance premiums increase.

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How to Prioritize Individual Data Privacy in a World Where It’s Not Respected

How to Prioritize Individual Data Privacy in a World Where It’s Not Respected

How seriously does your business take data privacy? Can you back up your answer with concrete examples of what you do to prioritize that notion? Today, we face a serious threat to both individual and consumer data privacy, so we want to take the time to cover how you can make data privacy a priority in your own life.

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Why Do Businesses Have Such a Hard Time Identifying Threats?

Why Do Businesses Have Such a Hard Time Identifying Threats?

Cybersecurity is intensely important, so a business owner would think implementing every security feature and defense would be a good idea. However, as research has shown, this can be counterproductive, as only 67% of surveyed security leaders know what led to cybersecurity incidents in their businesses over the past year. 

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The Latest Moral We Can Learn from Disney: Manage Permissions Better

The Latest Moral We Can Learn from Disney: Manage Permissions Better

The Disney brand has long cultivated an image of magic and wonder. However, this image has yet to materialize any magical effects in reality. For example, people still suffer from food allergies while visiting Disney’s various parks.

This makes it especially dangerous that a former Disney employee was allegedly still able to access a specialized menu-planning app and make alterations, like changing prices, adding language that Disney certainly would not approve of, switching text to the unintelligible “Wingdings” font, and worst of all… changing menu information.

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Even the NSA Recommends Rebooting Your Devices, But Not for the Reason You Suspect

Even the NSA Recommends Rebooting Your Devices, But Not for the Reason You Suspect

Rebooting your device presents several benefits. If you ever experience an issue with your device, rebooting it will likely improve it. Heck, even the National Security Agency (NSA) recommends you do this… but why?

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Update Your Computers’ OS to Keep Your Business Humming Along

Update Your Computers’ OS to Keep Your Business Humming Along

An operating system is the main program on any device, like a computer, phone, or tablet, that helps it work. It's what lets you open apps, go online, and get stuff done! For businesses, keeping their OS updated is super important. Here’s why:

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Tip of the Month: Using Email While Prioritizing Safety and Security

Tip of the Month: Using Email While Prioritizing Safety and Security

You probably use your email every day without even thinking about it. Email is, however, one of the main places hackers go when they want to steal personal information. Here are three easy steps you can take to keep your email secure.

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