by Mike Foster | Sep 13, 2016 | Cybersecurity, IT Professionals, Technology Safety, Technology Safety Tips, Technology Security, Technology Tips
Yesterday afternoon, I and some of the more than 100 other passengers on our jet were paying attention to the safety demo. Unexpectedly, the announcement included a statement that prohibited the use of a Samsung Galaxy Note 7 phone. Additionally, charging such a...
by Mike Foster | Aug 29, 2016 | Cyber Security, Cybersecurity, Data Loss Prevention, IT Pro Tips, IT Professionals, IT Settings, Technology Safety, Technology Safety Tips, two set logon, two step login
What if you’d like to know each and every time a consultant attempted to access your systems? And would you like the ability to approve or deny each attempt? At a client’s office this week, one of the IT Professionals had an interesting idea. He can configure two-step...
by Mike Foster | Aug 18, 2016 | Best Practices, Cybersecurity, Data Loss Prevention, Disaster Recovery, IT Best Practices, Preventative IT Mainenance
On August 8, Delta had to cancel 2,000 flights due to a major technology malfunction. It could have been prevented. Delta reports that the glitch was triggered by a 22 year old power control system device that failed in their datacenter. Back in June, Delta’s CIO...
by Mike Foster | Aug 5, 2016 | Alerts, Application Whitelisting, Best Practices, DEF CON, Ransomware
In 2015 alone, companies had to pay 325 Million in ransom to recover their data. There were 407,000 attempted ransomware attacks. These statistics confirm how organizations just don’t understand what to do to protect their company. Please spread the word… The most...
