Good Advice A lady pulled into a crowded parking lot and rolled down the car windows to make sure her golden retriever had fresh air. The dog was stretched out on the back seat, and she wanted to make sure the dog stayed there. She walked backward toward the store, pointing her finger at the […]

The short answer is yes, if you are properly prepared. Let’s review a case whereby a computer system was infected with the CryptoLocker or CryptoWall ( a common file-encrypting ransomware program). This type of infection has reportedly infected over 800,000 computers in the last 10 months resulting in over 6 billion ‘hostaged’ files and millions […]

When we talk to business owners about disasters, they usually imagine Hurricane Sandy in October of 2012. Clearly, that qualifies as a disaster. However, there are plenty of disasters that don’t involve Mother Nature. Disaster can be as simple as theft or disaster can be a corrupted database without a backup. Most data disasters can […]

It’s been 2 years since Sandy ravaged NYC. What have we learned? Disasters happen. They always have, and they always will. Some disasters are natural (Sandy, snowstorms, Ebola), others are man-made – Target, Fazio Mechanical, Patco, TEC, etc. You need to be prepared. To Prepare for Natural Disasters Ensure you have a written disaster recovery […]