The recent attack on Colonial Pipeline's systems brought ransomware to the forefront of the news, and many Americans learned about it for the first time as they experienced the impact via higher gas prices and shortages due to panic buying....

You have all gotten spam before. Emails from dying millionaires who want to give you their money, or an official from a deposed government trying to sneak money out of the country, etc. You've all done the right thing and deleted the emails. I hope.

What is Cybersecurity? Cybersecurity includes techniques and technologies that help in securing various digital components, data, networks, programs, and computers from unauthorized digital access. When you think of the term cybersecurity, it can be...

Congratulations! You have finally migrated all your data into cloud storage, and no longer have to worry about outgrowing your storage solution or the possibility of losing information because of hardware failure. While this is a great relief to...

It may be easy and understandable to look at these two terms and think “computers” and “security” and with that come to the conclusion that both are very similar or even the same thing! These two items do share a common element – security – but both...

A couple of recent events bring to light the true costs of running an on-premises IT infrastructure.The widespread, and long-lasting power disruption in Texas, and the 0-Day Microsoft Exchange vulnerability that is still being actively exploited at...

The field of Information Technology is in always in flux. New software and hardware are released regularly - the only constant is change. As an IT Consultant it's important to stay up to date on what's out there and what's happening in the world of...

What is Single sign-on? 

How many passwords can you remember?  As an IT professional the number of passwords I can remember is in the double digits, and I use password managers to help. Managing many sets of credentials gets tough, and that's where...

Everyone is familiar with, or has heard of, ransomware. It has been around in some fashion since 1989, with notable resurgence in 2005 and 2013. The original idea was to extort money from the victims by gaining access to their systems and encrypting...