Hiring Internal IT Staff - Resume Vs Experience

Hey, this is Tom Hermstad with HD Technologies. This is the hiring internal IT staff series. And this first one is on the resume versus experience and how the two rarely meet. The big problem comes when most companies go ...

10 IT Security Terms Everybody Should Know

If you want to become acquainted with a particular subject, you must first learn the basic terminology. IT security has its own special terms that are important to the understanding of cyber threats and how to deal with them. In ...

The Importance of Proactive IT Maintenance

“Be prepared” is a good motto to live by, especially when it comes to managing IT environments.  Every element in your IT architecture is subject to failure. It would be foolhardy to think that everything will continue as is without ...

Where Do Security Threats Come From? The Small Business Cyber Threat Landscape

If you think IT security problems are only caused by teenage hackers in their basements, you’re underestimating the scope of possible threats. While guarding against intrusion by curious geeks, every company needs to be on the lookout for security issues ...

Four Major Types of Cyber Threat

When assessing the risks of a security breach, it helps to know what you are up against. Cyber threats can come in many different forms.  Understanding the nature of these threats will help us to be more prepared to defend ...

Cybersecurity Training for Employees

Your company’s mission is to provide products and services -- but there’s a lot more to it. You can make all the widgets that you want, but if you don’t protect them you can lose everything. Ignoring potential  threats and ...

What Is Security Compliance?

If you are intelligent and creative, you can very often find a way to accomplish things that others can’t. Some talented people become trailblazers in their field, consistently meeting goals that they have set for themselves. But left to ourselves, ...

The Cybersecurity Risks of Working from Home

When it comes to cybersecurity, there is not much room for error. Those who fail to adequately secure their IT environment, including remote access employees, may regret their neglect. As more people are working from home rather than at the ...

Password Vault - Internet Security Strategy

Everyone knows the importance of passwords. From ancient days, secret passwords have been used to authorize entry for those who know them. Those who could not accurately state the password were restricted access and may even have been considered enemies. ...

Why You Need Network Documentation

You may be bored enough to read the cereal box some morning when you’re eating breakfast, but it’s not particularly exciting literature. Neither is network documentation. But like the cereal ingredients’ description on the box, good documentation will tell you ...