One of the things we warn our clients about is “social engineering.” With the array of anti-virus, anti-spam, and anti-malware programs on the market, the bad guys have been forced to get sneakier. Social engineering is all about getting you, the user, to perform some action which provides the bad guys with what they want…
Category: Business & Technology
Starbucks is now offering free public WiFi – Using public WiFi hotspots securely (part 2)
A few months ago I wrote about some of the dangers in using public WiFi hotspots (http://mavidea.com/media/mavlog/10-07-01/Using_public_WiFi_hotspots_securely_part_1.aspx) The article was received well and customers asked me questions, which is exactly what I wanted. Security is an ongoing discussion that never ends. A few weeks ago, Starbucks made WiFi free in all of their stores (http://www.starbucks.com/coffeehouse/wireless-internet). …
Weird Stuff Happens…
Mavidea customers have learned over the years that we are paranoid about backups and disaster recovery. We are constantly pushing to improve backup processes and technology. I was listening to a computer security podcast last week (Security Now with Steve Gibson – it’s geeky but you’ll learn a ton if you listen) and they were…
When to Consider a Server
I spend a lot of my time at Mavidea searching for solutions that solve problems. Sometimes the problems are focused on security – protecting data from outside and inside misuse; sometimes they are focused are increasing worker efficiency – how can I make the computer network so stable that users can keep working and be…
Using public WiFi hotspots securely (part 1)
I have a laptop, just like a lot of business people. 99% of the time I use it at my office or at home. It is the other 1% of the time that is my focus today – using public WiFi hotspots (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotspot_(Wi-Fi)) securely. Wireless Internet connectivity has become ingrained into the way that people…
