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Technology Unwrapped

The most important technology concepts, strategies and actions uncovered for your business.

Protect Your Business from Hidden Threats with Dark Web Scanning Services

The dark web is a sales hub for stolen data, primarily account logins, personal information, credit card details, and email addresses. Stolen business data leads to targeted attacks, ransomware attacks, data breaches, financial losses, and reputational damage. While business owners and executives focus on innovation and growth, sensitive company information, from employee credentials and customer information to proprietary documents, could already be exposed and circulated undetected on the ...
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Topics: Security Threats, Data Breach, Cybersecurity

5 Essential IT Strategies to Scale Your Business Efficiently

Every growing business reaches a crossroads where internal IT systems that once ran smoothly begin to slow and buckle under the added resources and shrinking capacity. Maybe it's the fifth location coming online, the tenth new hire in a month, or a cybersecurity incident. Company leadership realizes that legacy tools and ad hoc fixes won't support continued business growth. Every successful business grows, but scaling to meet growth is about preparing your infrastructure, security, and ...
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Topics: Technology Planning, Outsourced IT, Cybersecurity

The Benefits of Cloud Solutions for Healthcare Providers

Does this sound familiar to Omaha and Lincoln healthcare providers? Patient intake is rising, and yet, the EHR system is outdated and not keeping up with care center needs. The in-house servers are aging, resulting in constant downtime. To top it all off, internal IT staff is stretched thin, and burnout is a growing concern. Compliance audits are looming, cybersecurity threats are ever-present, and expansion plans are stalled. You’re not alone. Local healthcare providers are being forced to ...
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Topics: Cloud, IT Support

AI-Powered Cyber Threats: The Rise of Autonomous Attacks

The growth of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has revealed its darker side, where malicious actors use AI-powered cyber threats, resulting in autonomous attacks on businesses across the globe. AI-powered cyber threats are self-learning, adaptive, and highly efficient. AI systems can bypass traditional cybersecurity safeguards and strategies, making businesses, especially SMBs, vulnerable to sophisticated breaches. Hence, organizations must use AI-powered cybersecurity tools to identify and protect ...
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Topics: Cybersecurity, Artificial Intelligence

The Benefits of Outsourcing IT for SMBs: Cost Savings, Effeciency, and Expertise

Imagine your internal IT lead just gave notice. You've already been stretching a two-person team to cover helpdesk tickets, vendor issues, cloud migration, and cybersecurity threats, and now there's an unfilled gap with no backup plan in place. If that sounds familiar ... you're not alone. Small and mid-sized businesses across Omaha and Lincoln face growing IT demands with shrinking resources. The result? Overworked teams, delayed projects, mounting security risks, and budgets that never seem ...
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Topics: Outsourced IT, IT Support, Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity for Nonprofits: Protecting Donor Data and Sensitive Information

Nonprofits, like any organization, rely on technology and data in order to operate. When you receive donations, you are required to collect and protect certain data elements in order to make the process function. But, collecting and using data comes with baggage. You’re responsible for properly securing that data, even to the point of criminal liability. At CoreTech, we work closely with nonprofit organizations to help them secure systems and simplify compliance. This guide will break down core ...
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Topics: Outsourced IT, IT Support, Cybersecurity

AI and Cybersecurity: How Does it Help My Business?

Today's news reports state modern threat actors are turning to AI-based automation solutions, enabling them to attack swiftly, precisely and faster than human defenses can comprehend or react. In fact, according to Accenture's Cost of Cybercrime Study, 43% of cyber attacks target small businesses, but only 14% of SMBs are adequately prepared to deal with them. Why are the attack numbers so high for SMBs? These organizations are pursued using artificial intelligence (AI), advanced threats, ...
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Topics: Cybersecurity, Artificial Intelligence

Get to Know Our Staff: Colin Theron

Meet Colin Theron, a key member of CoreTech’s IT Project Services team. His passion for IT started simultaneously with his gaming hobby at a young age. Read on, and find out more: Gaming One of my hobbies is gaming, and I became interested in it and IT at about the same time. My father was in IT, so we built computers to play certain games. And that is how my hobby and interest in IT began. Growing Up I grew up in Sarasota, Florida, with its white sand beaches and heat. Friends and I would play ...
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Topics: The Workplace

Disaster Recovery Planning: Why It’s Critical for Your Business

Every Omaha and Lincoln business needs IT support, which can take many forms, from help desk services to IT security to strategic planning. These days, significant events can take you completely offline, whether the event stems from weather, cyber attacks, or something as simple as internet interruption. You need a strong plan to anticipate, prevent, mitigate, and rapidly respond to such events. Disaster recovery planning is crucial for business leaders, and learning the essentials of disaster ...
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Topics: Outsourced IT, IT Support, Disaster Recovery

Why IT Support Should Be a Priority for Your Growing Business

You’ve put your growth strategy in place, the execution is happening, and you are beginning to reap the benefits. With growth comes challenges. A key element to improve and sustain your business growth is the technologies and structure you have in place. When it comes to technology, did you know that IT support provides the keys to overcoming many risks and challenges? A talented IT partner can help you with all of it, and when you understand how, you’ll see why prioritizing your search for the ...
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Topics: Outsourced IT, IT Support, Cybersecurity