Tag: Ping Systems

2025 Password Guidelines

๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐Ÿต๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€? ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—บ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ. The world of Cybersecurity moves fast, and our understanding of what makes a strong password has evolved significantly. NIST has released an updated Password Guidelines for 2025. Let’s ditch the old rules and embrace what actually works.…
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October 13, 2025 0
Seperate Guest WiFi

๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—œ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ช๐—ถ-๐—™๐—ถ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ?

A guest visits your office and asks, “Can I get your Wi-Fi password please?” What do you do?If your answer is handing over the same password your employees use, you might be creating a major security risk. A shared Wi-Fi network can expose your business’s sensitive files, servers, and private data to anyone who connects.The…
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October 11, 2025 0

Windows 10 – EOL on Oct 14th, 2025

๐Ÿšจ ๐—ช๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐˜„๐˜€ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—˜๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—ข๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฐ, ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ ๐ŸšจThis means no more security updates, no more patches, and no more protection from new threats. For small offices and clinics in Ottawa, running a business on unsupported software isn’t just a riskโ€”it’s a direct threat to your operational security and entrusted client data. Hereโ€™s what that…
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September 16, 2025 0

Windows 7 Support Ending

Microsoft announced last month that it is retiring support for itโ€™s Windows 7 Operating System on January 14th, 2020. Originally launched on October 22nd, 2009 and dubbed as one of the most successful OS, Microsoft will stop providing any technical assistance and security updates for the users of Windows 7. What should you do? Even…
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January 8, 2020 0