Game of Groans

Something as simple as running a supported operating system seems to escape the minds of I.T. departments in businesses large and small. But, before you snicker at their misfortunes, you may want to have a look at the ancient PC running in the corner of your office. Whether it’s laziness, lack of information, or high costs - the consequences of each leave your business wide open to attack. If it can happen to big companies like HBO and Sony - it can happen to you.

Many people believe that properly setting up devices upon installation is all you need to do for a secure, smooth running business. This is not the case. Technology of any kind has an annoying habit of becoming out of date rather quickly - especially backbone software like operating systems (Windows, macOS, Linux, etc) and network equipment (routers, switches, etc). If you run a newer Windows OS for example, you must be familiar with its constant security and functionality updates. Every time these updates occur, your operating system is attempting to catch up with the latest potential threats. If you are still running an older unsupported version of Windows, your system is no longer capable of educating itself on how to keep safe against the latest kinds of attack. It would be like having a military base in hostile territory suddenly cut off from all interaction with allies -. No new intel, supplies, reinforcements. Your old operating system is essentially blind, deaf, and dulled - easy pickin’s for hackers.

Computers running old, unsupported operating systems are the leading theory on why companies like HBO and Sony have been so susceptible to attack. Thiers, like so many other offices, have one of those ancient PCs silently running in the corner that no one either uses anymore or worse, their offices still use them regularly! These relicsIt just sits there running Windows XP leaving the entire network wide open to data theft, malicious software, and every other bad attack that could happen.

Constantly keeping your connected devices up to date is a tedious and time consuming task - trust us, we get that. But that’s what it takes to keep yourself safe! To take the strain of constant updates off you, BitFlip’s network security service addresses the problems proactively via updates to our network technology. We address threats at the network level before they have a chance to get to your computer. - Our system it never requires you to click a button or sit and stare at a blue screen when you need to reboot. We know it’s unreasonable to expect users to manually stay on top of the latest threats - they happen every day. BitFlip lets you get back to the important work of running your business while we worry about keeping you safe.