IT Security is a Mindset

Here is a picture of a lock, since everyone has one (the above is a picture of a hotel lock).  We don’t buy a house with a Door that has no lock.   The lock cost is not high compared to the other items in the house, including land, wood structure, electric lines, and more. … Read more

Test Your Firewall – Have You Firewalked?

All companies on the Internet have a firewall, even an older filtering firewall. here is a simplistic diagram of Internet – Modem – Firewall – Local Switch – Computers on network.   Do you know what your firewall looks like from the Internet? When a hacker looks at your network how does your firewall actually … Read more

We Depend On IT Competence & Reliability

If you are not in the IT field who would understand all the details of a potential hack-attack, here are some headlines in news today that may not create a full picture: http://www.darkreading.com/perimeter/ddos-attackers-exploiting-80s-era-routing-protocol/d/d-id/1321138? Which means the old RIPv1 or Routing Information Protocol  has abilities that can be exploited. If you have an old router, or … Read more