You may have heard of the recent security incident reported by Mimecast. This particular compromise, while sophisticated and serious, does not affect any of the Mimecast services Polar Systems typically uses. There was a very small subset of Mimecast services affected, none of which are currently in use within our client base. Fortunately Mimecast was fairly quick to acknowledge the … Read More
Client Referral Program
We know 2020 was a difficult year for many of us, so we wanted to say…“THANK YOU” again for your continued support & business! One way we can show our appreciation is by now offering our clients aREFERRAL PROGRAM! The greatest compliment we can receive from our clients is a referral, and we wouldn’t want that to go unnoticed! Refer … Read More
Employee Referral Program
We know 2020 was a difficult year for many of us, so we wanted to say…“THANK YOU” again to our Polar Systems employees! One way we can show our appreciation is by now offering our employees aREFERRAL PROGRAM! We already have lots of good things to say about working here, but if you refer a potential client we wouldn’t want … Read More
Dell PowerStore with a side of Bourbon
Join Polar Systems and Dell for an exclusive PowerStore Whiskey tasting event. Patrick Langlois from Dell will present how PowerStore plus PowerEdge servers were designed for the data era. This presentation will include: How to match the right workloads with the right IT infrastructure to maximize your IT investment. How PowerStore Storage and PowerEdge Servers were designed to be data-centric, … Read More
Please be aware of Covid-19 Scams
Covid-19 is top of mind for most individuals these days. For many of us, life has changed dramatically. Unfortunately, this has opened a new window for cyber criminals to exploit users, by using this pandemic to get them to click, or download information. Here is a good article from one of our AV partners to help keep you and your … Read More
Polar Systems in the news!
Exciting news! In November Polar Systems was asked to be one of four thought leaders around Cyber Security in a round table discussion to be published in the Portland Business Journal. Our very own Kenny Franklin was one of the four expert panelists joining leaders from Comcast, Miller Nash Graham & Dunn, and Brown and Brown Insurance. Check out the Portland Business … Read More
Polar Systems Security Series 5: Keep your business running after a Ransom attack
Planning for When Ransomware Hits Even when you do everything right, things still can go wrong. Cyber-criminals will continue to evolve ahead of solutions on the market today, working to encrypt more data before detection and increase the likelihood that you will pay their ransom. The FBI’s advice is to have a business continuity plan and not pay the ransom. So how … Read More
Windows 7 hits EOL January 2020
Most likely you’ve heard that Windows 7 is hitting End of life January 2020, you might think there is plenty of time to upgrade to Windows 10 or replace old computers with Windows 10 PC’s. Don’t wait till the last minute, avoid the stress and get this taken care of now. What does this mean? No technical Support No software … Read More
Polar Systems 2019 Security Series- Managing Your Cyber Risk and Liabilities
If you are an executive, senior leader or business leader you won’t want to miss session 4 of our educational series around cyber liability. Of the $86T world economy, $6T of that is cybercrime and it’s growing rapidly. Criminals are investing back into the “trade” as any business would and trading skills to develop new tactics for attacking your business data. … Read More