by Mike Foster | Feb 15, 2017 | Alerts, Bitcoin, Cyber Security, Cyber Security Breach, Cybersecurity, Ransomware
It is day four of the massive RSA security conference, and it is incredibly enjoyable to be gathering the latest security information. Was visiting over lunch with a gentleman from London, and he made the comment that Ransomware would no longer exist, were it not for...
by Mike Foster | Feb 9, 2017 | Cybersecurity, Executive Tips, Executives and IT, IT Best Practices, Patch Release, Patch Updates, Patches, Ransomware
Security patches are so important to security, but they are difficult to manage and you always stand the risk of a patch interrupting productivity. And there are some new patches your IT team needs to know about… Microsoft has released a series of patches...
by Mike Foster | Jan 19, 2017 | Airport Safety, Cybersecurity, Spam
Spam isn’t just for email anymore. I just landed at Kansas City International airport. They don’t have a taxi line; passengers go to a special taxi phone, lift the handset, and the taxi dispatcher said, “Taxi 1515 will be there in 2 minutes.” Less than a minute later,...
by Mike Foster | Jan 3, 2017 | Best Practices, Cyber Security, Cyber Security Training, Cybersecurity, Executive Tips, IT Best Practices, IT Discussions, Technology Distractions
My 7-year-old daughter has been very ill since Thanksgiving. She has been under the careful care of her pediatricians at the medical system to which we belong. They have more than 10 million health plan members across the US, so they can be trusted, right? Even with...
