The summer of 2021 is upon us and everyone is excited to get back out and enjoy national parks, oceanfront beaches, amusement parks, campgrounds and so much more. With a large number of employees still working from home and taking time off this summer, it is still critical to protect your organization’s data as it…
As you may have heard, the latest high-profile case of cybercrime hit the headlines recently — and the results have not been pretty. On Friday, May 7, Colonial Pipeline Co., which operates the 5,500-mile network of pipes responsible for roughly 45 percent of the gasoline and diesel fuel consumed on the East Coast, was…
Let’s start someplace you might not expect: At the “Doors of Durin.” For those who lack this level of nerd knowledge, the Doors of Durin were the western entrance to the great Dwarven kingdom of Khazad-dûm in Lord of the Rings. If you saw The Fellowship of the Ring, you might remember that the Doors,…
2020 was a difficult year all around. Many organizations are still adjusting to the new landscape while trying to plan for the future. Cybercrime was at its prime in 2020 with global costs climbing as high as $1 trillion, according to CSIS research. Unfortunately, with the pandemic dragging on and an extremely drained remote workforce…
Last month Hannah Murphy wrote a story in the Financial Times about how organizations are having to learn “how to negotiate with hackers.” The article was fascinating in a number of ways but especially in how ransomware attacks have become so common that we’re actually having conversations about how to talk to hackers. Murphy’s article…
As we acclimate to 2019 I can’t help but look back at the course of my IT career, from serial cable connections and Windows NT 3.5 (ugh) all the way to virtualization and cloud. It’s exciting to prognosticate and predict how technology will evolve—so hold the hyperbole and get ready for my dish of IT…
