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Attn: There is a Serious Mac Virus Circulating Right Now

by Mike Foster | Feb 18, 2014 | Best Practices, Cybersecurity, Technology Tips

There is a virus attacking Mac users that infects your computer and steals copies of your data files including .pdf documents. The virus has been named OSX/LaoShu-A. The way to protect yourself is to not click on any links in email messages that you don’t recognize....

The Bank Tells Us To Disable Security!

by Mike Foster | Feb 13, 2014 | Best Practices, Cybersecurity

Ask your IT Professionals, “Has any vendor, even the bank, asked us to reduce security levels on any of our machines or the network?” Counterintuitively, the bank often tells your IT professionals to disable important security protection. This happens when your bank...

Stop giving Outside Vendors Permission to Access your Most Sensitive Customer Files!

by Mike Foster | Feb 4, 2014 | Cybersecurity, Security Breach

Question to ask your IT Professional: “Who outside of our company can log in as an administrator?” What happened at Target is that Target provided at least one of their vendors with username and password credentials to log in to Target’s corporate network. Attackers...

My Professionals Are Too Busy to be Proactive

by Mike Foster | Jan 30, 2014 | Best Practices, IT Professionals

This segment of the ongoing series “What to ask your IT Professionals” addresses an almost universal problem: Proactivity in the IT department Ask IT: “How do you prioritize your day?” Every time an IT Professional wants to be proactive, they take into consideration...
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