There are different types of business software, but many are designed for big companies and might seem overwhelming for small businesses. But even small businesses can benefit from using what’s called enterprise software.

What is Enterprise Software?

Enterprise software is made to help businesses, not just individual people. It includes tools for things like managing customer information, tracking money, keeping up with supplies, and organizing employees. You can usually customize these tools to work the way your business needs.

In the past, only big companies could afford enterprise software. But now, there are more affordable options that can help small businesses by automating boring tasks, reducing mistakes, and improving teamwork.

Enterprise software can help new businesses or those that have been around for a while. It saves time, saves money, and helps businesses keep up in a fast-changing world.

How Enterprise Software Can Help Small Businesses

Here are some ways that enterprise software can benefit a small business:

• Boosting productivity - Enterprise software can speed up tasks that usually take a lot of time. This way, employees can focus on more important things, which helps the whole business get more done.
• Better team collaboration - Enterprise software makes it easier for teams to share information and work together. This can improve communication, reduce mistakes, and help the team make decisions faster.
• Improved data management - Organizing data can be tricky for small businesses. Enterprise software can store and analyze data, giving businesses useful insights to make smarter choices.
• Saving money - Even though some enterprise software might seem pricey, it can actually save small businesses money in the long run. By automating tasks and reducing errors, businesses can cut costs and improve their profits.

Misconceptions About Enterprise Software

Some small businesses think enterprise software isn’t right for them because:

• It’s too expensive - While some software is pricey, there are options that fit small business budgets.
• It’s too complicated - Many types of enterprise software are designed to be user-friendly, even for people without technical skills.
• It’s only for big companies - Small businesses can also benefit from things like automation, data analysis, and better collaboration.
• It can’t be customized - Many enterprise software tools let you adjust features and workflows to match your business.

Do you think that you could benefit from integrating enterprise software rather than the budget software you currently use? Give the IT professionals at Patriot Tech Services Inc. a call today at 877-874-4629 to learn more.

More specifically, as an agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation put it in the official complaint:

“The threat actor manipulated the allergen information on menus by adding information to some allergen notifications that indicated certain menu items were safe for individuals with peanut allergies, when in fact they could be deadly to those with peanut allergies.”

There’s nothing quite like lethal anaphylaxis to make a family vacation memorable, right?

Fortunately, Disney caught the issue before any altered menus were distributed to their restaurants, and investigators have found no evidence that a customer ever saw them.

Furthermore, there is no indication that these events are in any way related to the October 2023 death in a Disney-owned restaurant after allergens were ingested.

How Did These Changes Happen?

Simply put, someone had permissions that they shouldn’t have.

According to the FBI complaint, the accused—former Disney employee and menu production manager Michael Schuer—allegedly used his existing Disney credentials to access the menu-planning app and make the above changes while using other old logins to access the app developer’s server.

However, once the Wingdings appeared, other Disney employees caught the issue and took the app offline… but not before many employee accounts had been locked due to the accused allegedly utilizing scripts to automate logins, meaning that over a dozen employee accounts exceeded their acceptable number of login attempts.

The complete criminal complaint offers more details about this event and the inciting attacks.

The Moral of the Story: Pay Closer Attention to User Permissions

This entire situation could have been avoided if the alleged perpetrator’s access had been appropriately removed once his employment was terminated. However, that one oversight allowed this potentially very dangerous attack to progress as much as it did.

While we don’t ask this to frighten you, it needs to be asked: when was the last time you checked who can access what in your business?

You may be surprised by what you find. It can be too easy to overlook deleting a user’s profile if they leave the company, and it can be even easier for these profiles to have more access than they need. This is precisely why the Principle of Least Privilege—restricting everything to only those who require it for their day-to-day responsibilities—is so critical.

After all, once someone leaves your company, they no longer need any of your data and should not be able to access it.

Patriot Tech Services Inc. can help you evaluate and audit your business’ permissions, making it more secure by reducing the number of ways a cybercriminal could use to get in… and yes, a former employee with an ax to grind counts. Give us a call at 877-874-4629 to learn more.

Today, we’ll explore why the NSA recommends this practice and some of the many ways it can contribute to a better-operating device.

The Popularity of Mobile Devices Makes Them a Critical Target

Mobile devices make modern life more convenient and manageable—no ifs, ands, or buts about it–but when everyone has a mobile device, it becomes a potential vector for cyberattacks.

Since mobile devices are everywhere, hackers and scammers can safely assume their victims have these devices, giving them more opportunities to strike. Furthermore, since mobile devices are used by everyone—including those who might have limited technological knowledge—their security measures are designed with simplicity and straightforwardness in mind.

In 2020, the NSA released a guide to mobile device security best practices.

Here’s What the Guide Recommends

Sure enough, there’s a recommendation from the NSA that you should power the device off and on every week.

“Recommended” and “necessary” are two different terms, though. Rebooting a device helps to protect it from non-persistent malware, which cannot survive a device restart. Reboots will not solve all of your problems, but they can solve several of them and reduce your vulnerability to a certain extent.

It doesn’t hurt that a reboot can improve device performance, too!

Restart Your Device Every So Often

For more tips and best practices to keep your devices running smoothly, be sure to contact us at 877-874-4629.