Once again, I have met a new client that suffered a data breach because they lost a laptop. The news is filled with examples of this information. First of all, why are customer names, Social Security numbers, addresses, and phone numbers allowed to be stored on...
An executive asks: I need to erase my old hard drive before I give my old PC to a friend. What is the best way to do this? Of course, the best way is to have a qualified IT security professional do this for you. Still, if you want to do it yourself, here is an answer:...
An executive asked me today for quick advice on setting up his new personal laptop. Below are 7 tips: 1) If you didn’t buy XP with the laptop, you may want to go buy a copy and install XP Pro instead of Vista but you may have some drive issues to deal with (or...
The keys to having a good audit experience are many. One of the biggest ones is to simply relax! Unless the audit state mandated following your failure to comply with some regulation, then the review can be enjoyable. Often, when I arrive at a company to perform their...
