Posts Tagged ‘protect’
Be sure to enable device tracking on your mobile devices
Someone stole my iPad. In November I realized my iPad was suddenly missing. Apple’s Find My iPhone showed the device to be in a parking lot just outside of a transportation company’s main office —I used the transportation service late the night before.
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A surprising way employees steal from you
Our CSI and physical security auditor knows that one of the most common ways employees steal from businesses is to throw something valuable in the trash.
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The importance of physical security audits
In addition to IT security audits, many organizations are also required to perform physical security audits as well.
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Should you block your employees from accessing social media?
In the past, I’ve been known to instruct companies to block all employees from social media. Times are changing.
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For traveling users, wireless 3G is better than hotels
From the standpoints of speed, cost, and security, you may find that providing a Sprint, AT&T, Verizon, or T-Mobile wireless connection will be much better than using hotel provided Internet services.
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A data backup strategy for your company
Backup problems continue to plague businesses. One of the biggest problems happens when you attempt to restore and find out your backup is no good. For the past few years, business continuity devices have emerged to ease the pain of backups.
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Follow these 7 steps when you buy a new computer
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Executives often want to know what steps to take when they purchase a new computer.
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Can you trust your IT professional’s answer?
I had the pleasure of performing an audit at a company recently where the lead IT professional was shocked to learn that his e-commerce system needed to be secure in order to keep credit card information secure as part of PCI-DSS compliance.
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Save money – protect your servers from heat
In a data center, the temperature should remain a constant temperature of 70-74 degrees Fahrenheit (21-23 degrees Centigrade) for the best system reliability and comfort levels. Many of the organizations I audit have servers running very hot—especially in the summer months.
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Is total IT security possible?
A participant at one of my presentations this year requested I tell them how to achieve, verbatim, “Total protection from employees able to reach or steal client data from work or home.”
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