Security

Microsoft Workstation Logs – An Introduction

01/18/18 We’ve all heard the saying, “What you see is what you get.” Life isn’t quite so simple for those focused on security, as what you don’t see is more likely to be what you g…

Disaster Recovery – Focus on the Disaster First!

01/16/18 When organizations first take on the challenge of setting up a disaster recovery plan, it’s almost always based on the premise that a complete failure will occur. With tha…

From Financial to Federal: Three Hot Technologies Affecting Government IT

01/16/18 It’s the time of year when we look toward the future. Here’s an interesting article from my colleague, Joe Kim, where he provides a few predictions. Want a good idea of wh…

The Legacy IT Pro

01/04/18 In the fast-paced world of IT, can you afford to be a legacy IT pro? This is a concern for many, which makes it worth examining. IT functions have been clearly separated s…

Landing on a Secure File Sharing Solution

12/20/17 Back in October, I wrote about Shadow IT and how some users are turning to popular file sharing applications like Dropbox, OneDrive, and Google Drive to get their work don…

5 More Ways I Can Steal Your Data: Hire People Who Lack Empathy

12/06/17 In this last post of my 5 More Ways I Can Steal Your Data series, I focus on my belief that all data security comes down to empathy. Yes, that one trait that we in technol…

Non-IT File Sharing and HIPAA Implications

12/06/17 When I first considered writing this post about possible HIPAA violations, I could clearly imagine how non-IT compliant file sharing could cause issues with HIPAA complian…

The Business Challenges We See Today

11/28/17 Over the next few weeks, I will be releasing a series of articles covering the value of data analytics and insight, focusing on five of the key business drivers that I hav…

5 More Ways I Can Steal Your Data: Ask the Security Guard to Help Me Carry it Out

11/27/17 In my recent post 5 More Ways I Can Steal Your Data – Work for You & Stop Working for You I started telling the story of a security guard who helped a just fired contracto…

Needle In a Hay Stack or Sword in a Straw Pile?

11/21/17 I’ve spent countless hours trying to find the perfect tool for the job. In fact, I’ve spent more hours searching at times than I have doing the work. You’ve probably done …

Is Threat Intelligence For Me?

03/02/16 “Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.” –Stephen Hawking Search for the term “threat intelligence” and you’ll get 12.3 million hits. Not all of them are relevant…

Improving Data Privacy in 2016

01/26/16 January 28 is Data Privacy Day (DPD). Observed since 2008, DPD brings awareness to the importance of data privacy and protection. According to the Verizon 2015 Data Breach…