Blog / Managed Services vs Staff Augmentation: Choosing the Right Fit for Your Business Staff Augmentation vs Managed Services Businesses face ongoing challenges in scaling operations, handling IT needs, and filling talent gaps. Many organizations struggle to decide whether to build an in-house team, augment their staff, or outsource through managed services or staff augmentation. 80% of organizations report that their IT skills gap impacts at least one business area, with 41% indicating it […] May 14, 2025
Blog / How IT Problems Can Stall Your Business and What to Do About Them IT Problems IT problems bring productivity to a halt. 95% of companies report that technology issues have negatively impacted productivity. These common IT problems cause frustration, delays, and unnecessary costs. The right solutions, however, can lead to smoother operations and a more efficient workforce. Kevin White, CEO of TRINUS, says, “IT challenges don’t just slow down your […] April 30, 2025
Blog / Cybersecurity Training Header image of note asking about cybersecurity training Keeping User’s Cybersecurity Training Current is Critical One of the most common reasons for an organization to invest in cybersecurity training is to meet insurance requirements. Unfortunately it’s also often the only reason, as outside of legislated compliance most organizations’ attitudes towards cybersecurity training seems to be that it’s not worth their time. But there’s […] November 26, 2024
Blog / Dealing With Problematic Password Security Practices Feature image for article about password security Password security can be a persistent problem. Passwords have been central to cybersecurity and user authentication since the dawn of the modern computing era, and the logic behind using them has remained the same; people can prove they are who they claim to be by providing information only the appropriate user would know. That’s why […] November 19, 2024
Blog / Why is Application Whitelisting the King of Cybersecurity? Header image of a white chess king over multiple black pieces demonstrating the article topic of application whitelisting A Brief History of Application Whitelisting. To understand the real value of application whitelisting, it’s important to remember the context of this lesser known but powerful cybersecurity defense tool. As you’ve likely already heard or know by now, the computers NASA used during the original Apollo missions were incredibly advanced for their time. But of […] November 05, 2024
Blog / When should you perform a cost-benefit analysis? Cost-benefit analysis graph as header image A cost-benefit analysis is important for every project no matter how small. One tool often invoked to help keep organizations from making poor choices is the cost-benefit analysis, also know as a risk analysis. The idea is simple; instead of focusing mostly (or even sometimes exclusively) on the benefits of a proposed change, as we […] October 29, 2024
Blog / Multi-Factor Authentication Methods Are Important Tools Image of user being challenged by different multi-factor authentication methods Let’s talk about different multi-factor authentication methods When it comes to computers, user authentication is nothing new. It’s existed in one form or another since the beginnings of computer sciences. Back then things like storage space, memory, and CPU power had to be closely managed, so the many different multi-factor authentication methods we take for […] October 15, 2024
Blog / Let’s Talk About PCI-DSS Compliance PCI-DSS Compliance lettering for header image PCI-DSS Compliance Impacts Almost Every Organization. I’ve been writing for TRINUS for seven years now. Early in 2017, before articles about PCI-DSS compliance and when our newsletter topics were more broadly focused on all things information technology, I wrote about the realities of cyberbullying, and while researching it I discovered some surprising facts about Alberta […] October 01, 2024
Blog / Cyberinsurance Claims Are On The Rise cyberinsurance clients making cyberinsurance claims A new report on cyberinsurance claims could cost you. Although protecting people and their property is supposedly part of their operating mandate,  it’s vitally important to remember that insurance providers only offer “protection” against liability, hacking, fires, floods, and the like, because doing so is how they make money. This is most obvious when looking […] September 24, 2024
Blog / Monitoring Network Activity For Hidden Hackers Image of a searchlight symbolizing monitoring network activity for hackers Complacency is a risk when it comes to monitoring network activity. While an excellent cybersecurity program includes plenty of technical defenses like email filtering, firewalls, and the timely application of software security updates, most of the day-to-day work involves monitoring network activity and watching IT infrastructure for abnormal behaviour. However, monitoring isn’t so much a […] September 17, 2024

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