Posts Tagged ‘Keep Your Network Safe’

How much should IT security cost in 2010?

Often, after a company has an IT security breach, IT professionals blame the breach on their limited IT budget. They cannot replace a 12 year old desktop, much less focus on upgrading their old corporate anti-virus package from the 2006 version.

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Posted by Mike Foster in Best Practices, IT Security on February 17th, 2010.

Tags: IT Security, Keep Your Network Safe, Relating to IT Professionals

Do we need more government regulation?

I was giving a presentation in 2009, and a CEO of a successful corporation talked about how he received one of those letters saying, “Your data may have been obtained by hackers due to a data breach.” He asked, “What can we do to get the other businesses in the world to keep our data safe?”

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Posted by Mike Foster in IT Security on February 3rd, 2010.

Tags: computer security, IT Security, Keep Your Network Safe, network security

When the economy is slow, stay secure!

Some organizations decide to cut IT security spending when the economy slows down. Unfortunately, when the economy slows down, more people are likely to turn to identity theft and other cybercrime.

Think about it, look in the news at the latest breaches, and make sure to get secure ASAP!

Posted by Mike Foster in Best Practices, IT Security on November 4th, 2009.

Tags: IT network safety, IT Security, Keep Your Network Safe, protect

A simple way to learn to increase your personal internet safety

When I speak, the audience is always very interested in “How can I make my home computer safer?” Find free short videos in plain English about being safe online at www.LearnToBeSafeOnline.com. Please go check out the site and give me feedback about making it better. I need your help – the goal is for us to make the internet a safe place by 10/10/10! Please tell your friends and work associates!

Posted by Mike Foster in Best Practices, IT Security on October 21st, 2009.

Tags: computer security, Internet, Keep Your Network Safe, protect, recommendations

Sometimes the CEO infects the network

The CEO, President, or owner is often one of the most dangerous users on a company network! Read on to learn why and what to do about it…

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Posted by Mike Foster in Best Practices, IT Security on October 14th, 2009.

Tags: IT network safety, IT network security, Keep Your Network Safe, professionals

Prepare for users working from home during Swine Flu

There is concern about the Swine Flu causing problems this fall. Will your workers be able to work from home? The government web site about the Swine Flu is http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/

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Posted by Mike Foster in Best Practices, IT Security on September 16th, 2009.

Tags: computer security, IT Security, Keep Your Network Safe, network security, news

Beware of sites that say you need the latest Flash player

One of the most common scams criminals use is to tell you to “click here to download the latest flash player” using the real flash logo and everything. Only get the flash player and updates from www.adobe.com – never a link on some other web site. Stay safe!

Posted by Mike Foster in Best Practices, IT Security on August 26th, 2009.

Tags: computer security, IT network safety, IT network security, Keep Your Network Safe, recommendations

How Twitter was hacked

What happened to Twitter can happen at any company. The attacker exploited common problems in many corporate networks.

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Posted by Mike Foster in Best Practices, IT Security on August 12th, 2009.

Tags: computer security, danger, IT network safety, IT network security, IT security procedures, Keep Your Network Safe, recommendations

Easily steal the information from a computer

I am in the business of helping you keep your computers safe. You need to know how easy it is for someone to take your data from you. Here is a video.

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Posted by Mike Foster in Best Practices, IT Security on August 5th, 2009.

Tags: computer security, danger, IT network safety, IT network security, Keep Your Network Safe, Preventing IT network theft

Short useful Forbes article about CEO’s and cybersecurity

What CEOs Don’t Know About Cybersecurity by Andy Greenberg. A new study hints at how often cyberthreats aren’t communicated to the boss.

http://www.forbes.com/2009/07/13/poneman-cybersecurity-breaches-technology-security-poneman.html?partner=email

Many thanks to don@soundtraining.net for passing this along – he provides excellent IT training.

Posted by Mike Foster in Best Practices, IT Security on July 15th, 2009.

Tags: computer security, Internet, IT Security, Keep Your Network Safe, protect