Why an SMS code is no longer enough
Two-step authentication remains the most effective measure, but the methods are not equal. Why text messages fail, why a code from an app is not enough either, and what actually stops the intermediary-page attack.
Explanations in language management understands, about security and NIS2, Microsoft 365, infrastructure and hardware. No unnecessary jargon, only what matters for a company in Romania.
Thirty questions any manager can answer. You get a level, a score by area and your priorities in order. Everything runs in your browser, nothing leaves your computer.
Two-step authentication remains the most effective measure, but the methods are not equal. Why text messages fail, why a code from an app is not enough either, and what actually stops the intermediary-page attack.
NIS2 does not end with the notification. Next come the risk-level evaluation and the maturity self-assessment, with deadlines running from the DNSC decision. The first fine has already been issued, for an administrative delay.
Training on large datasets stays in the cloud. Daily prototyping and data that may not leave end up cheaper on a dedicated workstation. How to work out the break-even point and why memory matters more than speed.
The most expensive fraud for a small company breaks nothing, it convinces someone. How the attack works step by step, the signals that stop a payment, the procedure that blocks it and what to do if the money has gone.
The first year of extended updates expires on 13 October 2026, and year two cannot be bought without it. The full calendar, the licensing rules, what ESU does not include and the options for incompatible computers.
Copilot sees no more than the user does. The problem is that users already see more than they should. The technical conditions, access-rights clean-up, the limits of the business plans and where the data goes.
Business Basic, Standard or Premium: the difference is not the number of applications but security and device management. What Premium adds, how to choose per group of users, and the mistakes that cost most.
IT maintenance has no list price. The five pricing models, what moves the price, what a contract includes and what is billed separately, and the questions that change an offer the most.
A green report says the backup job ran, not that the data can be brought back. What a restore test checks, RTO and RPO, the 3-2-1-1-0 rule and six questions to put to your IT provider.
The question has no single answer for an entire company. E-mail belongs in the public cloud, heavy applications are often cheaper on your own servers, and most companies run a hybrid.
GEO 155/2024 applies to companies in the annex sectors with over 50 employees or EUR 10 million turnover. The deadlines run from the DNSC decision, not from the law, and fines start at 1,000 lei.
If you are wondering what any of this means for your company, tell us your situation and we will come back with an answer, not a standard quote.