The Waident Blog

You have probably heard about GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) recently and/or have gotten a slew of emails from different 3rd parties updating their security or information sharing policies. All of this is promoted by the new GDPR rules being rolled out and enforced in Europe. So what does it all mean and why do I care? What is GDPR? GDPR, at its core, gives …

When it comes to your business and your technology, we all want systems that are reliable. No one likes a problem when they need to get something done. You do not need to have a high end IT consultant to come in and help make your systems more reliable. You can focus on these 3 simple things and they will greatly help with your reliability. …

Date/Time Date(s) – 06/28/2017 9:30 am – 10:30 am Location 20 North Wacker – 15th Floor Gallery Monthly Technology Business Review Meetings – Last Wednesday of every month ──── Backup and Disaster Recovery Are You Prepared? Do I have good backup data and procedures in place? If my data is in The Cloud, do I still need backups? Why do I need a Disaster Recovery (DR) …

It seems like every month or so a new virus, spyware, or ransomware infection spreads so wildly that it is all over the news. Security should not just be something your IT offers, it should be something they do every day as a normal part of their business. If it is not, then you should hold your IT to a higher standard or fire them …

Got an older phone that has been misbehaving but you are not ready to buy a new one? This was the situation I was faced with recently. I like my Note 4 and am not super excited about any new devices to replace it, so I wanted to wait until upgrading. The phone is over 2 years old which, by today’s standards, can seem ancient. …