Abraham Lincoln once said, “Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the ax”. Was President Lincoln trying to tell us that we should have a plan to avoid failure when executing a task? If we interpret this as meaning that every...
Cloud Computing: Good, Bad & Ugly
When a network of IT gadgets like routers, DVR machines and closed-circuit TVs can take down hardened, well-provisioned Internet giants like Twitter, Spotify and Amazon – as happened last October – you’ve got to think twice before moving your data to the cloud. Yes, a...
5 Common Workarounds For Remembering Passwords, And Why You Should Stop Doing Them Immediately
With everything we do online, it’s impossible to remember all the passwords you need for a web site. So what do most people do? They use one of the following five “workarounds” that make them an easy target for cybercriminals and hackers. Here’s what they are: Using...
Winter 2017: Disaster For Your Data?
With winter just around the corner, everyone around you may be getting “all wrapped up” in the upcoming holiday season… But you’ve got a business to run, customers to keep happy and mission-critical data to keep safe, even if a major blizzard, lightning strike,...
Spooked About Your Network’s Security?
You should be, unless somebody’s keeping a vigilant eye on it for you… Not too long ago, in a place not so far away…when ancient hordes attacked your city, a single breach in the wall could mean certain death – or at least the end of life as you know it. Yet...
