Recently, at the invitation of a partner, we conducted a security audit for a mid-size law firm and frankly, what I saw shocked me. The firm has been paying a well-known IT firm to manage their network and security for years. And yet, The firm had no documentation of backups being tested The IT provider […]

Raj shared the secrets of his success recently in an interview with Owen McGab Enaohwo, co-founder ofwww.SweetProcess.com. In this Episode You will Discover: How Raj was able to create systems for his business despite the fact that the work his employees do for his clients changes frequently! How Raj overcame communication challenges with his employees […]

NEW YORK (PIX11) – A Russian hacking group is suspected of breaking into thousands of surveillance cameras around the world and posting live feeds online. The cameras range from those in private homes to businesses, all tapped without the owners’ approval. A side panel on the Insecam homepage gives a breakdown of where each camera […]

December is known around the world as a family time of celebration honoring cultures, religions and tradi-tions that have been with humanity for hundreds of years. See below for a mix of the weird and wonderful facts about this magical month! An almanac prediction states that if snow falls on Christmas Day, Easter will be […]

Last Wednesday morning, our security system detected that a new hire had downloaded a pirated version of Adobe software. The software came with a “cracker” to use the software for free. The cracker was a trojan horse carrying 15 different banking viruses. By 10 am, I was on the phone with the CFO and the […]

Going forward, as we surf the edge of chaos and embrace disruptive technologies while relishing the management of paradox and ambiguity in our adaptive enterprises, my intention is to wish you a Merry Christmas and/or Happy Chanukah and/or Happy Kwanzaa. You may not know that Christmas and/or Channukah and/or Kwanzaa are approaching, so I wanted […]

Windows Server 2003 expires on July 14, 2015. Failure to upgrade your operating system dramatically increases any company’s cyber-security risks. With server migrations taking on average 200 days from planning to completion (industry average), if you still have a server running this software active on your network, now is the time to start planning. End […]

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 […]