January 31st, 2023
Cyber attacks threaten every industry, and the threat of ransomware is on the rise in 2024. These statistics reveal an unfortunate reality: businesses cannot outrun a ransomware attack. While they aren’t necessarily inevitable, they are prevalent and can significantly damage a company’s infrastructure.
To help your business best defend against ransomware attacks, we’ve sourced the 61 best statistics that every IT professional should know in 2024.
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January 31st, 2023
Due to the growing cybercrime industry, cybersecurity techniques and trends are always evolving. A cyber attack can devastate any size business, so it is up to each company to set up the appropriate cyber security measures and protect their company and customer information.
Because the state of cybersecurity changes every year, we’ve provided the most up-to-date statistics for 2024.
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January 30th, 2023
Employee monitoring software gives employers a powerful tool for tracking employee behaviors on work computers. Employee monitoring software is a non-invasive software that protects company data, protects against time theft, and provides viable tracking data for performance purposes.
For some, the decision to get employee monitoring software is a tough one to make. On the one hand, some employers may believe in its power but don’t want to act like Big Brother watching over their employees. But, when you weigh the pros and cons of employee monitoring software, it’s clear that it is a smart option for small to large businesses.
If you’re considering getting employee monitoring software, this blog will help you decipher the advantages and disadvantages.
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January 27th, 2023
Given the increase in remote work because of technology and the pandemic, cybersecurity breaches are on the rise in 2024. One of the most prevalent and dangerous types of cybersecurity threats is spear phishing attacks.
Phishing attacks can affect anyone and infiltrate any size business and wreak havoc on a company’s network. To stay on top of these attacks, keep in mind these shocking phishing attack statistics in 2024.
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January 26th, 2023
Employee productivity stats can help businesses to understand ways of improving productivity in their workplace. After all, businesses of all sizes try to find ways to improve employee productivity to improve their bottom line.
Some tools can improve productivity visibility, such as employee monitoring software. Here are 50 mind-blowing productivity stats that could be affecting your employees:
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January 17th, 2023
SoftActivity is glad to announce the release of new version 13.0, a major update of its employee productivity monitoring software, SoftActivity Monitor and TS Monitor. Organizations also use this software for insider threat detection and time tracking for their employees.
Version 13.0 includes improved security features and fixes in the desktop app and the webapp. Upgrade is recommended to all users to keep their system even more secure.
What’s new in version 13.0
- improved security: switched to TLS 1.3 for network communications, upgraded to the most secure AES_256 cipher from the less secure ones. (Not applicable to TS Monitor).
- fixed security vulnerabilities found in older version of Python 3.8, by switching to Python 3.10.
- fix: support of the most resent versions of Firefox browser for recording web browsing history.
- webapp: automatically delete old computer names with no logs from the list.
- webapp: added seconds to timestamp in reports export.
- webapp server component now requires at least Windows 8.1 or Server 2012 R2. Desktop app still can run on older versions. See system requirements
- other fixes and improvements.
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January 16th, 2023
When running a business, management must do everything possible to cut down their bottom line. After all, high spending, time theft, and poor productivity can cost a company thousands of dollars.
This is exactly why all organizations should use productivity-tracking software. Productivity tracking software is used for tracking project status, organizing project resources, and calculating time spent on work.
For those on the fence, here are the benefits of employee tracking software and 11 ways productivity tracking software saves companies money.
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