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May92011

When it Comes to Technology – Are You Proactive or Reactive?

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Many home users and businesses alike are using technology that is simply not designed for the way it’s being used on a daily basis, or even worse, don’t have a plan in place to prevent problems from occurring, including downtime and data loss. Too often, we are called on-site by frustrated clients who are unable to do their work or figure out a workaround because their technology suddenly isn’t working properly, or at all. Though we are happy to resolve such issues, we prefer to have a proactive plan in place that will greatly reduce the likelihood of problems from happening, and if they do, to have a “plan b” in place so the problem doesn’t affect their business operations, or cause nearly as much stress.

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May22011

Two Incredible Cases of Insecurity – A Basic Information Security Audit Would Have Prevented Both

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I am sure that by now, everyone has heard about the unbelievable fiasco at Sony. Surely Sony has security experts somewhere in the company. It does not even take much of an expert to know that storing passwords in plain text is, not to put too fine a point on it, STUPID. This was undoubtedly done many years ago and no one realized that it was STILL being done. A simple audit would have made this evident and prevented an awful lot of grief for a lot of Sony customers.

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Apr282011

Sony admits utter PSN failure: your personal data has been stolen

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Sony has finally come clean about the “external intrusion” that has caused the company to take down the PlayStation Network service, and the news is almost as bad as it can possibly get. The hackers have all your personal information, although Sony is still unsure about whether your credit card data is safe. Everything else on file when it comes to your account is in the hands of the hackers.

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Apr192011

Workstation Monitoring with Level Platforms – Why Businesses Need It

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Many businesses are reactive when it comes to their technology. If it breaks, they get it fixed. If something isn’t working properly, they spend the money to get it working again. Over time, this can get quite costly. Thankfully, we have the ability to remotely monitor hardware and software using Level Platforms. If your server is slow, we get an alert. If a virus infects a workstation, we get an alert. If the CPU (processor) is running hot, we get an alert.

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