Policies and Procedures

When I discuss network security with small businesses I always hear the same refrain, “We don’t have anything worth stealing, so why should we care about information security?”  Sometimes I think I audibly groan when they are halfway through that sentence. We are so secure in the idea that our mundane work is of...

Every couple of weeks we see a familiar news article “Website XYZ hacked, millions of accounts exposed”, but we seldom think about how that affects us.  So why should you change all of your passwords just because LinkedIn lost a few (117million, to be exact) accounts? Because, you use that password all the time, all...

Today’s headlines are full of security breaches and the penalties are steep. You can lock the doors to your office but how do you lock up your data? With mobile access and cloud computing your data can be available anywhere. Passwords are the only barrier to unauthorized access and should protect every workstation and...

There’s a lot of talk today about BYOD (Bring Your Own Device), the practice of employees bringing their own mobile technology into the workplace for work-related purposes.  This practice, using laptops, tablets and smartphones, is also known as the consumerization of IT.  It is increasingly prevalent in many businesses and can improve worker productivity...