The Lone Star State reported that the personal identifiable information (PII) of 3.5 million of state residents was inadvertently placed on a publicly accessible server. “The data came from the Teacher Retirement System of Texas, the Texas Workforce Commission, and the Employees Retirement System of Texas, all of whom transferred the unencrypted data (against state policy) between January and May Continue Reading...
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A Boston-area restaurant company was fined $110,000 for failing to patch a security hole that resulted in the electronic theft of credit card information from tens of thousands of customers. It is the first penalty levied under the state’s new data privacy act. Click here for more. ]]>...
What differentiates a free versus a paid cloud storage solution? You can now get 25GB (up from 5GB) of online storage FREE with Microsoft’s SkyDrive service, so why would you spend hard earned dollars on another service? One Word – Security A quality online backup solution should be using very strong encryption (preferably 256-bit AES military-grade) through the entire process. Continue Reading...
Why is it that friends never follow the “friendly” advice you give them? A friend of mine, who shall remain nameless, called me this weekend about a problem he was having with his laptop....
Symantec reported back in early December that “62 percent of [survey]respondents do not simply plan to access confidential data on their smartphones, but expect they will need to access this sensitive data while away from the office during the holiday season.”...
remote support session a couple of days ago, the customer I was helping asked this question: What’s the big deal about this cloud? In true engineering speak, I explained the “cloud” concept and how it’s used, but later reflected that I didn’t really answer his question....
right way. Don’t go another year without having a solid and concise plan for your data backup needs. In this article we will look at some methods you may be using now and how you can improve them with MegaBackup Online Backup and Recovery Service....
We got some unexpected, yet welcomed feedback on our recent post about adding virtualization to a disaster recovery plan. Specifically, a blog follower asked what makes one colo more desirable than another? We hope this posting will answer your question. Colocation = Real Estate (for servers) Joining a colocation center is similar to a real estate transaction. That colo rack Continue Reading...
With the advent of multi-core CPUs, the deployment and use of virtual servers has become commonplace. One of the easiest places introduce this technology is within your DR/Business Continuity plan. Most DR plans include physical backup servers that are tediously kept in sync with the primaries. These backup servers are housed in off-site locations and represent a duplicate cost component Continue Reading...
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