The Disaster Will Happen

Summer is upon us… Time for a stroll in the park…softball…fishing…a few rounds of golf… Yet how could you possibly relax if some random bit of malware, software glitch or cyber-attack catches you off guard just as you’re walking out the door? A...

YOU HAVE A VIRUS….

You are surfing along suddenly, you get this annoying alarm, a screen message like this appears and you can’t seem to do anything with your computer. I get at least a call a week from clients with this.  Don’t panic.  This a Scareware.  The real virus is what they...

Stop Cyber Criminals Cold

You’ve seen it. You’ve probably even experienced it. For what feels like forever now, just about everyone has been forced to modify priorities. As a business owner, you’ve probably been focused on shifting your business to accommodate this world crisis. You may even...

You’ve Got A Backup… Don’t You… Or Do You?

I will start by assuming if you have followed my column for a bit, you are now backing up. One question I’m asked all the time is what is the best device to back up to. If you are looking at personal backup devices like hard drives, flash drives, recordable CD’s /...

Identity Theft

Just like hard drive failure, your electronic identity will be stolen.  It’s not a question of IF, but simply a question of WHEN! By now you had to have heard of the Dark Web.  When hackers hack a network, the data is often downloaded and posted for sale to the Dark...

Death and Taxes

Two things in life are certain: Death and Taxes. Yes we are all going to die.  I hate to be melodramatic but it’s a simple fact. Now the part most people don’t think about is that digital information collection we have today that our successors might need access to. ...