Mortgage Software Solutions Blog

Your business can implement the most sound measures to prepare for every eventuality and still be sidelined by a disaster beyond anyone's control. Some of these are human in nature -  mistakes from your IT specialists, crashed systems, team miscommunication.

Business data is available at your fingertips, but is it protected?

If your mortgage company isn’t talking about advanced data governance, you’ve missed the memo.

What image comes to mind when someone mentions archives? Dusty file cabinets in a basement or buried and mislabeled folders on your desktop are two common ideas of what archiving is. There is much more involved with archiving than meets the eye. First of all, an archive is more than a backup. It has to meet three requirements to do its job:

Did you know that 98% of cyber attacks can be stopped simply by keeping your devices up-to-date?  Our lives seem to be moving faster as we advance our technologies. Sometimes, we don’t like to even stop for the most minor of tasks. For instance - that notification about the need to update your mobile device that you find a little annoying. And then you do what most people do - ignore it. You know it’s inevitable and has to be done, but you just keep swiping to delay it because now just isn’t a good time. Don’t let that one-day delay turn into an eternity or you might be in for an unpleasant surprise.

In the last 18 months, the world has seen a sharp rise in attacks on businesses, individuals and even government organizations by hackers using sophisticated malware. One of the most dangerous of all being Ransomware. If you've never heard of Ransomware, it basically hijacks your computer system and allows hackers to lock you out of your personal data until you pay a ransom. This may sound like something out of a movie, but unfortunately, it's not. Ransomware is very real, and it’s costing companies millions of dollars.