Cybercrime Rule #1: Machines Are Hard People Are Soft

Business Solutions Newsletter | July 12, 2016 | View web version here.   In This Issue: Ransomware Villains Petya And Mischa Form Unbeatable Team! Onboard A Client Successfully With This 6-Step Process Cybercrime Rule #1: Machines Are Hard, People Are Soft The Truth About Crypto Ransomware Preparing For The Unexpected Winning The Backup Wars: 10 Key Features Every MSP Needs To Compete In The DR-As-A-Service Market 5 Ways IT Solutions Providers Can Attract And Retain Millennial Talent Unique And Original Ideas To Provide Value To Your Customers Turn BYOD Chaos Into Your Greatest Ally Sponsor Take our FREE training course and become a MAX Backup and Disaster Recovery Certified Specialist. Whether you are a backup veteran, a brand new user, or just evaluating MAX Backup & Disaster Recovery, this is the best place to learn if you have what it takes to become a Master of MAX Backup & Disaster Recovery. Learn more. Featured Articles Ransomware Villains Petya And Mischa Form Unbeatable Team! By now we know that ransomware operates by encrypting select files and demanding the victim pay a ransom to decrypt them. A pesky new strain called Petya takes a different approach to wreaking havoc. Instead of encrypting one file at a time, it locks down the whole machine by encrypting the master boot record, which contains all the data needed to load the operating system. Unable to launch the system, victims are forced to make some crucial decisions - fast! The ransom sum doubles after seven days. If you're thinking Petya sounds like a piece of work, you literally haven't heard the half of it. Onboard A Client Successfully With This 6-Step Process At some point in the marriage between you and your client, someone might drop the ball.  After this happens, the relationship will sour, and all anyone will want to do is to get away from each other - whether this happens two days before the contract is up or two days into a newly signed contract.  Cybercrime Rule #1: Machines Are Hard, People Are Soft MAXfocus' Ian Trump wonders why the predicted open season on Windows Server 2003 machines has failed to materialize. The Truth About Crypto Ransomware Crypto ransomware is making headlines, lurking in ads on popular websites, and shutting down hospitals. Where and when did crypto ransomware burst onto the scene, and what does the future hold? In this exclusive interview, Hal Lonas, chief technology officer at Webroot, looks at the evolution of crypto ransomware, what can be done to protect customers from it, and if the FBI is right in advising to pay ransoms. Winning The Backup Wars: 10 Key Features Every MSP Needs To Compete In The DR-As-A-Service Market The backup, recovery, and business continuity market is hot. Customers increasingly depend on their applications and data to run their businesses. 5 Ways IT Solutions Providers Can Attract And Retain Millennial Talent Millennials are transforming the workplace. Although often regarded as entitled and self-centered, this generation is actually more energetic, motivated, and goal-oriented than it gets credit for. It's just that millennials like to do things differently. Preparing For The Unexpected Dear? Is that a deer? "Legacy Planning - Preparing for the Unexpected." What to do now? Unique And Original Ideas To Provide Value To Your Customers A key part of any successful business that scales well is an ability to differentiate that enterprise from its competition. This is simple to do if you happen to be an early mover in a particular field. As the market matures, this becomes more difficult. Simply doing what everyone else is doing leads to competition based on price, which is not optimal. From The Magazine Turn BYOD Chaos Into Your Greatest Ally   By Jay McCall This IT solutions provider experienced its biggest revenue growth ever after finding a way to solve its customers' workflow and BYOD (bring your own device)-related challenges. 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