Increase Your Microsoft Secure Score
Most companies using Office365 email are not focused on the Microsoft Secure Score. But if you knew there was money on the table to focus on increasing your score, would you take the time to improve it? Cyber insurance firms are becoming more strict with their questionnaires, and some actually reward you in policy discounts for achieving a higher score. And the best news is it takes just a few hours, and in most cases, the results are a positive for your organization’s email safety. Don’t know where to begin? Click here for more details or better yet call us to guide you.
Recycling Services at Staples
Every Staples store offers free recycling services for tech, ink and toner, batteries, and more.
The process to recycle at Staples is easy. First, gather your eligible items. Then, bring them in store and speak with an associate at checkout to recycle them. You can also earn rewards for recycling. This includes $10 back for recycling tech in store, $5 back when you recycle writing tools, batteries, ink and toner, or shred in store, or $2 back for recycled ink or toner cartridges. Tech recycling kits are also available making it easy to ship your unwanted tech back for recycling. Staples provides an extensive list of tech, printer cartridges, batteries, writing tools, and more that can be recycled, as well as a distinction of what is accepted when using the tech recycling kits. Alternatively, they also provide a list of items they are unable to accept and recycle in store. If you want, you can download the Staples Connect app to see your rewards, track your local community’s progress, and more.
Since 2012, 165,947,154 pounds of technology has been recycled in a Staples store. To learn more about how you can contribute to this impact, visit here.
Password-Killing Tech
Google is announcing a major effort to let personal account holders log in with a password replacement known as “passkeys”.
The feature has launched for the company’s billions of accounts; users can proactively seek is out and turn it on. Google will continue to promote passkeys in the coming months by nudging account holders to convert their traditional username and password login to a passkey. While password-based authentication has been standard across the internet and computing for decades, the system has security issues, like attackers stealing passwords and gaining access. Passkeys are specifically designed to address phishing attacks and rely on a model using cryptographic keys stored on your devices for account authentication. You can login using biometric sensors like fingerprints or face scanners, your smartphone’s device lock PIN, or physical authentication dongles.
Google, Microsoft, and Apple have all launched the necessary infrastructure to support passkeys. The next step toward passkey adoption among users is for services to actually offer passkeys as a login option. While some companies have already done so, having a company like Google enable this with so many people, it will likely accelerate other companies’ deployment plans, help them deploy better, and change the way users think about signing in by becoming more accustomed to the technology.
Passkeys can sync between devices through end-to-end encrypted services or by generating a QR code on a logged in device to use on another device you want to log in to. Google account passkeys will all be listed on the “PassKey Management Page” where they can be reviewed and revoked. To learn more about the new feature, and how to transition your Google account, visit here.
