Written by HD Tech - Tom HermstadJanuary 23, 2019 Recently I went to a security conference and the FBI Agent there said there are two types of businesses: those that have been hacked and those that have been hacked but don’t know it. OUCH! Have you ever endured the tragedy of a breach? After a security breach one of the first things you do is implement your response plan (assuming
Written by HD Tech - Tom HermstadDecember 26, 2018 “It’s not paranoia if they are really after you.” – Tagline for the movie “Enemy of the State” Is your business as safe as it can be from cyber crime? Cyber crime is a real threat and the more digital our universe becomes, the larger the threat. One of the easiest ways for a business to protect its server from intruders
Written by HD Tech - Tom HermstadDecember 26, 2018 Password Protection – Prevent Identity Theft Starting with Black Friday and throughout December–before and after the religious holidays, there is a flurry of shopping. Sales and sprees both in real life and online can keep our credit cards charging ahead at a dizzying rate. We at HD Tech want to take this opportunity to give a gift of good advice. Go
Written by HD Tech - Tom HermstadNovember 21, 2018 The horror of hacks to businesses The scariest part of horror movies is the first scene that shows the fiendish slasher is in the same house or even as close as the same room with the hero or heroine. Many times, the perpetrator of the gruesome crimes turns out to be someone the victim knows. Guess what? This is true of
Written by HD Tech - Tom HermstadNovember 13, 2018 Backups are the single most important survival habit for your business. Period. Everything runs through your computer system. If that system is down-especially for an extended period, you run the risk of your business failing. Studies show that over 70% of small businesses go out of business within a year if they have a major, unrecoverable data loss. Running a computer backup is one
Written by HD Tech - Tom HermstadDecember 13, 2017 The scenario: We all do it, you’re creating a file and just want to save it as quickly as possible so you save it to the desktop! Don’t do it! Resist the urge! Those files that we save to the desktop are often times files we begin to use on a regular basis and because they’re not on the server they
Written by HD Tech - Tom HermstadNovember 8, 2017 Maybe Apple can use this for icloud! A Petabyte is the latest size hard disc for servers created by Intel. 1 petabyte (PB) = 1048576 gigabytes (GB). This is great news for your server room as it will greatly reduce the size of the box for business servers . The servers are being called a “Ruler” form factor because of their
Written by HD Tech - Tom HermstadAugust 22, 2017 We ran across this interesting article on passwords and it prompted us to write this review on password security for your business. The premise of the article is that a computer program can be created to crack the typical passwords we are all being prompted to create on most websites. You know the ones …. at least 8 characters, 2 of
Written by HD Tech - Tom HermstadJune 29, 2017 With all the cyber attacks in the recent media, it is great news that the Girl Scouts are now offering cyber security badges! Encouraging young people at an early age to participate in thwarting cyber criminals will certainly add to a safer future for computing. As cited in the USA today story girl scout computer security badges the requirements for achieving the
Written by HD Tech - Tom HermstadNovember 30, 2015 This is an operational update to all my friends in the MSP community but can also be useful to anyone that has small business based office 365 plans. As of December 1, 2015 Microsoft has begun to force all small business plan users to switch to or ‘renew’ into a new 365 plan structure. I won’t talk about the specifics of
