Password attacks against businesses happen all the time. You may find it interesting to see the list of usernames that attackers guess are on your system, and how many passwords they try for each username. Notice that, for the usernames most likely to exist on...
Earlier this year, we discovered that an angry ex-employee at one of our customer’s organization tried to guess the CEO’s password more than 300 times. The day he was fired, he went to work trying to crack the CEO’s password. What if he had been able to break in? It...
Executives: How could any responsible IT professional, who is devoted to you and very capable, fail to protect your network? Simple. Executives, please recognize that there are two categories of problems IT professionals need to solve. Problems that are visible, and...
Are You Paying IT Pros Too Much? IT Professionals have approached me to say they feel unhappy with their compensation. And some executives ask how much is enough pay. There are ways to know… Websites such as Pay Scale dot com, Career Builder dot com, and Salary Expert...
