Raj Goel, CISSP CTO Brainlink International, Inc. raj@brainlink.com 917-685-7731 Raj’s LinkedIn profile This article was published in the July/August 2014 issue of InfoSecurity Professional Magazine We’ve Created A Generation Of At-Risk Youth TECHNOLOGY HAS ALWAYS existed at the intersection of hope and fear. At the dawn of the Internet age, we dreamt of a world […]
Life Of A Child (2014 version)
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The Lighter Side: Silly Summer Stories
How to Grow Strawberries: Farmer Evans was driving his John Deere tractor along the road with a trailer load of fertilizer. Tim, a little boy of 8, was playing in his yard when he saw the farmer and asked, “What’ve you got in your trailer?”“Manure,” Farmer Evans replied. “What are you going to do with […]
Could The Dog Days Of Summer Be A Threat To Your Business?
(How To Ensure The Heat Doesn’t Fry Your Server and Your Profits!) With the “dog days” of summer upon us, most business owners are looking for ways to keep their company’s sales and profits HOT, while keeping their IT expenses COOL. But if proper attention is not given to your server and network equipment during […]
What are the Biggest Mistakes Companies Make in Migrating to the Cloud?
Most companies make these 7 critical mistakes when migrating to the cloud. MISTAKE #1 They do NOT conduct a regulatory compliance analysis. Do local laws allow me to store this data in the cloud? Do my existing contracts allow me to use the cloud? A high-profile example: LA County signed a contract to move LA’s […]
Refer someone you know to us and receive a FREE Date Night!
With the new school year starting and everyone’s schedules filling up, take a breather with a FREE Date Night on us! Like most businesses, we depend on loyal clients like you for referrals. To show our appreciation for all of the kind words and new business you provide we want to give you a little […]
THE LIGHTER SIDE: A Summer Roast
Q: What did the pig say at the beach on a hot summer’s day? A: I’m bacon! Q: What do you call six weeks of rain in Scotland? A: Summer! Q: How do you prevent a summer cold? A: Catch it in the winter! Q: What do you call a French guy in sandals? A: […]
US Hit Hardest By Banking Malware
According to a recent SC Magazine article, While the United States, Japan and India were hit hardest by online banking malware in the first quarter of this year, Malaysia also showed up among the top 10 countries plagued by the malware, according to a Trend Micro report. The overall number of online banking malware detected […]
Beware of CryptoWall
The CryptoWall ransomware virus infiltrates users’ operating systems. After successful infiltration, this malicious program encrypts files stored on users’ computers and demands payment to decrypt them. The majority of this traffic is coming through trusted free file share programs masked as voicemail messages or faxes. Our IT security experts are successfully blocking many of the […]
The Architecture Of Global Surveillance
Do civil liberties still exist? Or is privacy dead? How do you raise children in the era of Snapchat, smartphones and Google Glass? Abstract: Snowden, Anonymous, NSA, FBI, GCHQ, Boeing, China, Cisco, ATT, Verizon, Google, Facebook, GM, Ford, Apple, Amazon, Your doctor, Spouse, Grocer, iPhone, android, your child’s school. What do they have in common? […]
Android is the NEW Windows—PROTECT YOURSELF!
According to leading security researchers, malware on the Google Android platform has increased 600% – and now has over 650,000 viruses and Trojans. In more ways than one, Google is aping Microsoft. Windows became the global desktop leader due to it’s low cost and compatibility with a wide range of manufacturers. Security wasn’t even an […]