Employees now have the ability to work from anywhere with a solid internet connection, and from a myriad of devices. A typical employee can work from their company issued computer, as well as their own personal devices such as tablets and phones. With so many devices, how can companies ensure their company data isn’t being insecurely stored on … [Read more...]
What We Learned During the HITEC Leadership Conference
By - Paula Euse On April 21 and 22, our CIO, Charles Grau, was invited to speak and attend HITEC’s Americas IT Summit and HITEC 50 Luncheon. HITEC (Hispanic IT Executive Council) is a premier global executive leadership organization of senior business and IT executives who have built outstanding careers in information technology throughout the … [Read more...]
Lessons Learned from Companies That Have Been Hacked
Over the course of the past few years, company data breaches and cyber security attacks seem almost commonplace. It seems like the list of companies that have been hacked keeps growing — and many of these companies are household names. But anyone can be the target of destructive technologies. So when we look at what went wrong, there are often … [Read more...]
Making a Case for Doing Business in a Private Cloud
In 2014, two Hollywood actors, Cameron Diaz and Jason Segel, co-starred in a movie about a married couple who inadvertently uploaded a very sensitive video to the cloud. The stars bumbled about in a panic at losing the recording; first, they tried using their iPhones to access their (public) cloud storage. When that failed, they went to … [Read more...]
The Network Security Basics You Need to Know
When is a computer completely safe from potential threats? When it’s completely disconnected and unplugged from the world. That’s today’s reality and it isn’t practical for anyone. That’s why all of the network security basics on this list were created — to prevent a computer attack from happening and to keep them from becoming a much bigger … [Read more...]