by wwarren | Jun 29, 2015 | Cloud Computing, General, Security, Security Alerts
Folks are wondering if the gov’t cannot secure our data who can? Frankly the gov’t in terms of security has always been horrid. I have done contract work for the gov’t more than once and the level of network security outside of the military is...
by wwarren | Jun 13, 2015 | Cloud Computing, General, Internet
If you are residential user gmail, hotmail, yahoo. Anything but your isp is. If you are a business get a domain on the internet then pay the 50/year extra for your own e-mail addy at that domain so you can look professional AND you aren’t beholden to your isp....
by wwarren | Jun 12, 2015 | Cloud Computing, General, Hardware, Security, Security Alerts, Windows, Windows 8
*UPDATE* 06/23/2017 Windows 10 works much the same as is susceptible to this same exact situation. When you setup any Windows machine 8.x or newer the way to prevent this is to NOT allow it to connect to any network during the initial setup. Windows will not then be...
by wwarren | Jun 6, 2015 | Cloud Computing, General, Security, Security Alerts
The results from the survey showed that smaller companies are only about half as likely as larger firms to test their own data security, to hire new data security staff or to require data security training for employees.“This is not just the U.S.,” Graham added. “In...
by wwarren | Apr 29, 2015 | Cloud Computing, Security
Online advertising is crucial for many sites BUT it exposes them to becoming unwitting attack carriers for visitor’s computers. I have maintained this stance for many years. This is why when I deploy a firewall that has some way to block ads I immediately...
by wwarren | Apr 8, 2015 | Cloud Computing, Microsoft, Office 365, Windows, Windows 10, Windows365
With this Windows as a service push Microsoft is making AND the fact they have trademarked the name Windows365, I see no reason to believe anyone who says Microsoft is NOT going to make windows a subscription like Office365. Maybe not at first. For those technically...
