Holiday Shopping Online? Watch Out for These Red Flags

Online shopping has simply become a way of life these days. Get whatever you want, whenever you want, without wandering from store to store. The Holiday season is a busy time of year for most, so the ability to check off your shopping checklist from the comfort of your couch

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Cyber security ransomware response and prevention

The Age of Ransomware: Response & Prevention

You’ve probably heard the phrase, “it’s not if, it’s when”. Unfortunately, the phrase has truth to it. As cybercrime develops and RaaS grows in popularity, the likelihood of your business being breached gets stronger. So what happens if you get hacked? What can you do to reduce your risk? Continue

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Celebrating 35 Years In Business

There were a lot of great things about 1986. The founding of Pixar, “Top Gun,” Halley’s Comet made its first appearance in 76 years, one of the first commercial laptops was put on the market (followed by the first computer virus), and finally… Network Center, Inc. opened its doors as

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Microsoft Teams: 7 Features You Should Know About

Everyone is familiar with the “biggies” in the Microsoft Office 365 suite:  Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneDrive.  However, one application often getting overlooked is Microsoft Teams (MS).  Many primarily see Teams as a chat or conference call program only, which leads it to be one of the most underutilized

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Workplace Collaboration: Past, Present, and Hybrid Future

Let’s face it.  Humans are social beings. We are happiest and most productive when we work together.  When the COVID-19 pandemic hit last year, many companies were forced to change their business to allow people to work from home. with that workplace collaboration tools become MUCH more prevalent for professionals

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Giving Back on Giving Hearts Day

Giving back to the communities we serve is something that NCI is passionate about. Giving Hearts Day is an amazing opportunity to show support for charities and nonprofits in our area. Giving Hearts Day is a 24-hour event for charities in North Dakota and Northwest Minnesota. It provides charities a platform

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5 Reasons For a Security Risk Assessment

No business, regardless of size, is immune to cyberthreats. The need to be proactive in protecting your business and its sensitive data has never been greater, and that’s essentially what a security risk assessment enables you to do.    A security risk assessment is the process of identifying, estimating, and

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5 Ways to Protect Against Cyberattacks

2020 saw a drastic increase in cybercrime, and unfortunately, 2021 looks similar. Attacks don’t just happen to large corporations, in fact 43% of cyberattacks target small businesses. Currently, 1 in 5 small businesses will suffer a security breach, costing them time and money. The worst part is 97% of these

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IT Self-Assessments for IT services and IT security

8 Proactive IT Self-Assessment Best Practices

In a world where new technology is introduced almost daily, you need to be proactive in your approach to your company’s IT environment design.  The “set it and forget it” approach only works with the As Seen on TV products.  In fact, your IT environment should take the complete opposite

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Why multi-factor authentication is crucial for security and other IT services for remote work

Remote Working: Why Multi-Factor Authentication is Crucial for Security

In this blog, I will discuss remote working and why multi-factor authentication is crucial for security. Due to current CDC regulations surrounding COVID-19, area employers are requiring employees to work remotely. Therefore, we’ve potentially opened ourselves to new vulnerabilities and threat actors just waiting to take advantage. One option to help

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Resources to help your business COVID-19

Resources to Help Your Business Through COVID-19

In this blog, we have compiled online tools, such as blogs and other resources to help your business COVID-19. As your technology partner, we want to ensure you have the resources to support your staff throughout this pandemic. With many businesses switching to an all-remote staff, it’s important now more than ever

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