When Massachusetts passed its groundbreaking data security law last year, the IT world had mixed responses. Some said its too tough for most businesses to get into compliance, some said it was a case of too little, too late in light of some highly publicized breaches (ahem, TJX anyone?), some wondered how enforceable the law [...]

We recently had a partner, Ryan Hickey from NSK and Associates, out at a client site to perform a presentation on the dangers of spyware, viruses, and other malware due to unchecked Internet usage. A lot of small businesses have no active Internet browsing policies, leaving a lot of ambiguity on what users can or [...]

There’s been a report making the rounds recently about an anonymous person posting over 10,000 user names and passwords to Hotmail, MSN, and Windows Live accounts on a public internet forum. http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/10/10000-passwords/ This is obviously a pretty big deal, and brings the importance of Internet security into the limelight. Its speculated that the person was [...]

Change is a stressful thing – just ask any kindergartner on their first day of school. Or perhaps it would be better to ask the parent of the kindergartner as they watch their child head to school for the first time. A few weeks ago I saw a new class of kindergartners get dropped off [...]

by Greg Williamson | www.everonit.com As of July 1, 2008 the three major PC and laptop manufacturers (HP, Dell, and Lenovo) will have programs in place to offer Windows XP to businesses that are not yet ready to move to Vista. In accordance with Microsoft’s “Downgrade Rights,” computers purchased with a license for Windows Vista [...]