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You Should Encrypt Your Important Emails

When it comes to choosing a platform for sharing sensitive information, email usually ranks pretty low on the list. Security experts tend to recommend platforms that are end-to-end encrypted by default if you want to make sure no one else...

June 30, 2025

Watch Out for These DMV Scam Texts

If you check your phone to find a text from the "DMV," it probably catches your attention. That text might assert that you have outstanding traffic tickets you haven't paid, and, unless you pay soon, your license could be revoked....

June 30, 2025

How Does Geofencing Protect Your Email?

The internet enables us to work on just about anything from just about anywhere. As long as you have a stable connection, you can check email, word on cloud-based documents, and meet with others over video calls. But the ubiquity...

June 24, 2025

Don’t Use These Common Passwords

A common refrain in cybersecurity advice is to use strong and unique passwords for each of your accounts. You don't want to use a password that's easy to crack, nor do you want to use those passwords on multiple accounts,...

June 24, 2025

How Graphus Helps MERIT Protect Our Customers

This spring, MERIT Solutions rolled out Graphus to our users. Graphus is an AI-powered phishing defense platform that protects your business from cyberattacks, specifically those that target victims via email. Here’s how it works. Graphus uses AI to block cyberattacks...

June 17, 2025

What Are Security Keys?

You've probably seen us highlight the importance of multi-factor authentication (MFA). MFA ensures that even after the right password is entered during the login process, a secondary authentication measure is required to gain access to your account. That way, even...

June 16, 2025

Summer Travel Tip: Work Safely From Public Wi-Fi

If you're working on the go this summer, you probably are relying on public Wi-Fi networks to stay connected. It makes sense: When working from a hotel, coffee shop, or airport, taking advantage of a free network is both frugal...

June 9, 2025

Three Multi-Factor Authentication Methods, Ranked

When it comes to protecting your accounts, a strong and unique password is a must. But it's not just about the password: Adding multi-factor authentication (MFA) protects your accounts even more. If someone cracks your strong password, or its exposed...

June 9, 2025

Summer Travel Reminder: Back Up Your Files

Summer is nearly here, which means many of us are about to hit the road for trips and vacations. If you plan on taking your work with you, there's something you should do before you leave the office: back up...

June 3, 2025

How DNSFilter Protects Your Business

Some call DNS the "phonebook of the internet." It takes the domain name you enter in the address bar of your browser (e.g. meritsolutions.net) and turns it into an IP address so your browser can load the proper resources. The...

June 3, 2025