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Phishing Happens and MFA May Not Save You
I wrote a blog article a while ago about how sh*t happens. Sh*tty things will happen no matter how hard you try to avoid them, so the important thing is how you deal with them when they become reality. Well, some cybersecurity sh*t happened recently and it was a great...
Security – Just Deal With It Already!
There are way too many stories about companies that discover a security breach and then find out that the actual breach happened months or even years ago. Yikes. No one ever wants to be in that position so why not try to avoid it? Krebs on Security wrote a good...
A Dark Web Story
I have written about the Dark Web in the past, and nothing has changed, but I did want to share a real life story. Now that we have access to the Dark Web to run reports on client data breaches, we have seen interesting results....
Take the Time to Turn on a Credit Freeze
The sad reality is that no one cares about your data so you need to. With the Equifax security breach, more than half of the adults in the US had all of their personal information leaked. It is inconceivable that something like this could happen. Even worse, everyone...
3 Security Vulnerabilities You Don’t Realize You Have
These days security is not something you "should be doing someday". Security is something that is critical to your company and needs to be managed every day and updated regularly. If you need a place to start (it is never too late) you can focus on the Top 5 Security...
Documentation – Your IT “Canary in a Coal Mine”
I consistently hear the same technology concerns from business owners and executives: they don’t know what they don’t know. Do they have the right IT team in place (internal or outsourced)? Do they have the optimal technology solutions for their business? How, they...
GDPR Guidance – A Business Perspective
Please join us for an interactive discussion about the new GDPR data protection rules that will be affecting most businesses in all countries. See how they will affect you and your business and get advice for what you can do now and need to do in the future. What is...
A GDPR Primer
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...
No IT Required – Top 3 Things to Increase Reliability
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...
Top 5 Security Things You Should Do Right Now
Dealing with security does not need to be daunting. Good security is really made up of 100 or more little things combined. Even doing a few basic ones can increase your security ten-fold. Here are some simple things you can do right now and you don't even need to hire...
Take the Documentation Challenge
I dare you to ask your IT for all of your documentation. It just takes 1.5 minutes of your time, so no excuses. Details below. Documentation is the cornerstone to everything. If your IT is really good, then they should be documenting EVERYTHING. For an easy and...
Risk According to John
John was interviewed by BizCast HQ and asked about Risk and his company. See Johns unique view on taking risks.
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