The Ole Clickaroo Switcharoo
As she packed up after a long day debugging hundreds of lines of code, Lorraine was readyfor some down time. She grabbed her backpack, trusty Android phone, and umbrella, andheaded home. She hopped on the SunRail…
The Haunting Reality of Running a Small Business Without ASSI
WARNING. What we’re about to share with you will make your skin crawl. It’s going to be terrifying, it’s going to be straight-up haunting. These bone-chilling tales of devious data breaches and misguided menacing IT software…
Cybersecurity Lessons Learned Thanks To Carly At Cyberputz
Once upon a time, in the bustling city of TechieVille, there was a fictitious company named CyberPutz. CyberPutz took immense pride in itself on being at the forefront of cutting-edge technology solutions. With a highly skilled…
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Fourteen Phrases Everyone Should Know
In appreciation of Cybersecurity Awareness month, here are fourteen areas of interest that everyone should be aware of: RansomwareRansomware is malware that denies access to files by encrypting them with a password. Typically, cybercriminals demand a…
Racing to Disconnect from a Connected World
I had a great conversation today with some colleagues and as we were solving the problems of the world it struck me how much the game has changed over the last few years. Four years ago,…
How to Stay Ahead of Ransomware
In the ongoing fight to keep your data safe, here is some advice on how to keep your data safe from Ransomware. Even if you have encrypted your files they can be encrypted again by ransomware…
How To Create A Human Firewall
You might recall my story at the end of 2018 of the company that was hit with ransomware. My biggest takeaway from the incident was that several people in the organization were unaware of ransomware and…
The #1 Reason to Update Your Systems.
We are noticing that people are dragging their feet moving to replace Windows 7 and Server 2008. According to really boring desktop OS statistics from April, Windows 10's share only grew a small amount while Windows…
Our 50th Blog Post, It’d Better Be Gold!
After our last post, something told me to count how many articles we had written, and I was shocked to see the number was 49. Wow, I thought to myself, #50 had better be good! So,…
Hover Before You Click
When business owners ask me what the best tip is for keeping their organization safe, I say it is keeping your employees on their toes. Simply starting the conversation of security within your organization greatly increases…