Tag Archives: security

Computer Monitoring

Do you have a computer network? How is the health of each piece of hardware in your network? The answer for most small businesses is surprised uncomfortable silence.

A screen capture of the network scanner
Not much hard drive space left here…

A friend first contacted me because one of their servers ran out of hard drive space and no one noticed for weeks. Continue reading Computer Monitoring

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Fake Tweets!?

ARRRRGH!! (Yes, that was the sound I made when I read this.. )

Today there are reports from several news wires that someone hacked into a twitter feed of a major news corporation and sent several false tweets about potential terror attacks.  Continue reading Fake Tweets!?

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Internal Threats

We talk a lot about external threats. In our minds we see them; in a dark warehouse, the air filled with blue smoke from their cigarettes, thick foreign accents punctuate the frenzied clicking of keyboards as streams of highly secret data are lifted from your business. Now we flash stateside, an office building, inside there is panic as computers crash and network lights flash frantically calling for help as the President of the company collapses to the floor sobbing into his hands. Okay so maybe it’s not quite that dramatic, but we all know that fear – it’s why we spend millions of dollars each year on anti-virus, anti-malware, firewalls and security audits.. to keep THEM out of OUR networks, and to keep OUR data secure.

A USB stick being tucked into someone's pocket.
Who is taking your data?

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