Mike Foster’s IT Security & Best Practices Blog

If you are traveling on vacation, it will be tempting to use W-Fi wireless connections in airports, coffee shops, hotels, and in-flight Wi-Fi. Many people do not realize that using public Wi-Fi can be very dangerous. Use the data-sharing function of your phone. Most phones these days permit you to connect your laptop through the […]

Businesses sometimes have air conditioning systems, light controllers, music, VoIP phones, and similar devices connected to their network. If an attacker successfully breaks into any of those devices, the attacker can use them as a platform to launch attacks against your computers and servers. Last week we discussed the extreme importance of segmenting the VPN […]