If your organization accepts credit cards, you are required to comply with PCI-DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards). This can seem ominous, so here are some tips to help you. First of all, do your best not to handle any credit card numbers if you can...
In a data center, the temperature should remain a constant temperature of 70-74 degrees Fahrenheit (21-23 degrees Centigrade) for the best system reliability and comfort levels. Many of the organizations I audit have servers running very hot—especially in the summer...
A participant at one of my presentations this year requested I tell them how to achieve, verbatim, “Total protection from employees able to reach or steal client data from work or home.” Let’s see—the only way I can think of is to never share any client data with your...
Let’s face it—Providing adequate IT security needs does indeed stifle innovation. How could anyone argue with that? IT security is frustrating and gets in the way of productivity. IT security can be expensive—but less now thanks to all of the competition in the...
In this economy, data service providers are dropping prices rapidly. It is beneficial, every year or so, to have someone in your organization shop around for data service rates for your business. Most of my clients report findings such as, “We now have twice the data...
