Happy New Year!   Unfortunately, there is no rest for the weary fighting the battle to keep everyone safe.

Today I read a couple of scary articles:

"Couple says their Smart Home was hacked"

Most of you are installing all of these IoT, IP enabled devices throughout your network.

Our Tech Talk free knowledge transfer session is Tuesday, January 14th at 8:00 AM. This session is designed for technical staff responsible for technical support in your organization. Attendees at our previous meetings have given us the highest ratings for the quality of our presentations.

Did you know that in some industries the biggest cybersecurity threats come from inside a breached organization? Sometimes it’s motivated by financial gain and sometimes it’s plain-old ignorance. So how can you protect your organization from insider threats? #1 Educate You must teach your team to recognize personally identifiable information (PII) and understand the financial […]

Happy Holidays.

As we go through the last full school week before the holiday break, I have a couple of quick professional and personal thoughts:

 You should use the holiday break to re-calibrate your UPSes.  Remember Smart UPSes need periodic re-calibration.

The Cybersecurity news has been pretty depressing over the last week.

I read an article that a Cybersecurity insurance company is refusing to pay for a Merck breach incident because it is NotPetya and that is from Russia and was designed as a cyber warfare tool.

Security audits are an excellent way to set the benchmark for your company’s data integrity. It is also a reliable way of identifying gaps in your system before they can be exploited by hackers. Auditing and the security strategy Audits are necessary to maintain system integrity and uphold quality. These system checks help identify security […]

Note:  The response to our CyberSecurity Event has been overwhelming.  To accommodate everyone who wants to attend we have moved it to a much large conference room. 
We do have a few seats still available.  This is your last chance to sign up for this event.

Bob and are now multiple years in discussing the same thing - how to improve your district's security footprint.   For most of that time many ignored our warnings as too hard, too expensive, or "on my list".  But when a member of the family dies, everything  becomes very real and suddenly what is impossible becomes absolutely necessary.

Most of can easily agree that our IT universe has been dominated over the past several months by cybersecurity discussions as we daily (sometimes it feels like hourly) see reports of the next cybersecurity event that has occurred in our nation, state, or sometimes with our peers.

Mobile technology has drastically changed the way we live. And just as many people have “cut the cord” in their homes and now rely on their smart devices, businesses are now adopting the bring your own device (BYOD) trend culture. But BYOD also opens your organization up to cybersecurity risks. Here’s how you can improve […]