by Bob Martin | Jan 28, 2015 | Data Backup, Data Protection, Data Security
“Most major U.S. law firms have been victims of security breaches, and the unwelcome threats likely operated covertly for up to nine months before they were discovered,” says the American Bar Association Journal. Sounds scary, doesn’t it? Let’s take a look at some of...
by Bob Martin | Jan 21, 2015 | Data Protection, Data Security, IT Support
Did you know hackers are not afraid to take control of your business’s equipment remotely? The US Department of Homeland Security, for example, recently investigated medical devices for exactly that flaw. In fact, a Russian hacking group, “Energetic...
by Bob Martin | Jan 7, 2015 | Data Protection, Data Security
Do you want your healthcare company to be like Jersey City Medical Center, which lost the private data, including social security numbers, of many of its patients? It happened because someone lost a CD with all this data on it. And the data was unencrypted, so cyber...
by Bob Martin | Jan 2, 2015 | Data Backup, Data Protection, Data Recovery
Happy new year from Great Lakes Computer! I am sure your minds are a little foggy from the past 2 weeks of holiday celebrations, so I am going to get right to the point and keep my blog this week simple about data backup. Here are 15 promises for 2015 you should...
by Bob Martin | Dec 30, 2014 | Data Protection, Data Security
Do you remember Heartbleed and all the chaos it caused? No one seems to have accurate estimates of the total damage it caused, but one cloud vendor found that it cost them around $400,000 in lost network bandwidth. It seems like you hear of a new virus that’s going to...
by Bob Martin | Dec 23, 2014 | Data Protection, IT Support
Viruses slip by anti-virus and anti-malware protection all the time. Your users often allow them through by clicking on something they shouldn’t. Sometimes, they’re so cleverly designed that they sneak right through, regardless of how good your protection is. And if a...