While the news has been buzzing with the Garmin Ransomware debacle (a huge issue that we’ll tackle in a later, more thoughtful analysis), two other unrelated breaches have come to light that people need to be aware of and understand: FAMILY TREE MAKER- The geneology software maker had an unsecured database server exposed to the …
Read more Data on the Loose: Recent Data Thefts Stealing Your History
Whew. The last user has logged off, we’ve finished our post-meeting sprint to the bathroom, and now its time to get our notes together and think about what worked, what didn’t, and to get our actionable items documented and working, etc. Lets review the tips that got us here: PART 1: LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION Lighting …
Read more The Eleven Critical Tips for Successful Videoconferencing: That’s a Wrap!
OK! You’ve got your home studio set up (NBC ain’t got nothin’ on you!), you’ve staged your background, pressed your suit. Now it’s finally time to moderate your online meeting. It’s time to pay attention to how you look, what you say, and what you do – be engaged and in the moment. Please don’t …
Read more The Eleven Critical Tips for Successful Videoconferencing: Part 3- In the Moment
Whatever your profession or video conference need, apply discipline to your online contacts. Don't try to skate by but rather "Be Prepared".
Read more The Eleven Critical Tips for Successful Videoconferencing: Part 2- Be Prepared
The start of any good meeting (in person or virtual) always begins with your meeting preparation. And just like any good realtor will tell you, it’s all about “location, location, location.” LIGHTS: Your computer should be positioned so there is no bright light behind you. Keep your light in front of you, and at no …
Videoconferencing: A wonderful, almost magical technology that lets us stay home in our pajamas drinking rum coladas and playing with dogs during business meetings. There is a dark side, however, and that is the home, pajamas, rum, and dogs among a list of other no-no’s when conducting or participating in virtual meetings from your personal castle. These …
Read more The Eleven Critical Tips for Successful Videoconferencing: An Introduction
This morning being The Dawning of the Age of GDPR (the European Union’s new regulations regarding privacy and data retention by businesses) I was glad to get an early start into all of the emails requiring my assent for them to keep sending me “stuff”, (I hope that about 80% take me off their email …
Read more Is it Bad When Security Companies Leak Data? You Betcha…
A second wave of the Locky ransomware variant called IKARUSdilapidated has been identified by security experts. The source of the ransomware is a botnet of zombie computers coordinated to launch phishing attacks that send emails and attachments appearing to come from a targeted recipient’s trusted business-class multifunction printer. This is the second wave of IKARUSdilapidated …
[EDITORS NOTE: This manufacturer is the same firm that makes the voting equipment used in Lee County, Florida] Voter registration data belonging to the entirety of Chicago’s electoral roll—1.8 million records—was found a week ago in an unsecured cloud “data bucket” configured for public access. The data was a backup stored in the cloud by …
Read more Election Equipment Vendor Exposes Voter Data Online
A lawyer representing Wells Fargo in a lawsuit subpoena request has explained how she inadvertently turned over confidential information about thousands of bank clients. Lawyer Angela Turiano of Bressler, Amery & Ross had overseen the e-discovery conducted by a vendor and turned over the documents to a lawyer for a defamation plaintiff without realizing she …
Read more Lawyers E-Discovery Error Leads to Release of Confidential Client Information
