Remote working no longer conjures images of someone wearing pajamas and sipping the world’s biggest cup of coffee while occasionally making phone calls. More and more employees are working remotely all or part of the time, taking advantage of the flexibility enabled by today’s technologies.

Relocation could very well be an essential step in the growth of your business. If you’ve gone as far as you can go in your current market, you’re struggling to find talent that can take you to the next level, or you’ve simply outgrown your space, the answers to these problems probably can’t be found in your current location.

Analysis of about 61 million passwords from more than 28 million users by Virginia Tech University and Dashlane found that 52 percent of users have identical or very similar passwords for multiple accounts. Even when a breach has been reported and users know their passwords have been compromised, more than 70 percent continue to use those passwords for up to a year.

Last fall, Microsoft announced that paid Windows 7 Extended Security Updates would be available on a per-device basis through January 2023. Essentially, these are the security patches Windows users receive for free while the operating system is supported.

Cost, security and performance issues can make public cloud usage tougher than expected.

It’s relatively easy to get started using public cloud platforms. Users with no special technology skills can move data in and out of the cloud or use cloud-based applications by doing hardly more than moving sliders and clicking a few buttons.

Long-awaited protocol updates boost security and simplify IoT connections.

When the first Wi-Fi protocol was released in 1997, it set the stage for a remarkable shift in the way people work and the devices they use for computing and communication. Wi-Fi now moves more than half of all Internet traffic, and it has helped make mobile the primary digital platform for business users in the U.S.

However, this shift has also introduced some risk.

There’s some good news about the use of unlicensed software, according to last year’s BSA Global Software Survey. The global software piracy rate dropped from 39 percent to 37 percent over the course of two years, and the commercial value of unlicensed software has also declined.

There is virtually universal recognition of the risk created by constantly evolving, increasingly dangerous cybersecurity threats. But even the most deep-pocketed organizations with the most talented security teams and advanced security tools continue to make headlines because their systems were compromised.

In addition to conjuring up images of dark alleys, scary forests and evil beings that you would see in a horror flick, the dark web implies that there are two “webs.” You have one that everyone accesses daily for personal and professional use, and one in a mysterious underworld that you should avoid at all costs.