April 2024
Recent Trends in Disaster Planning
By Guy Robertson
After the Covid-19 pandemic, disaster planners in many organizations are blowing the dust off old three-ring binders that contain material compiled in preparation for Y2K. Remember Y2K? Perhaps not. But suffice it to say that this risk prevailed before January 01, 2000. Fortunately, for most organizations it turned out to be a false alarm. A lot of risks have changed since then.
How to Find a Trusted Advisor
By Ellen Koskinen-Dodgson
If you already have developed one or more relationships with trusted advisors, you are either lucky or have foresight. A trusted advisor has a breadth of knowledge and a range of experience that makes them the perfect sounding board for new ideas and ‘what if’ explorations. Also, if you put them in charge of a project, you can feel confident that it is in good hands. If you’ve not yet developed any trusted advisor relationships, maybe it’s time to look.
When IoT Fails
By Peter Aggus
Much of our hardware, such as vehicles, can last more than 15 years while cellphones and computers last 5 years or less. What happens when long-life devices embed shorter-life components? You may, as some users are finding out to their cost, be left up the proverbial creek without a paddle. Network support for embedded old-tech cellphone modems have been or are being shut down. You need to figure out what may stop working and what its impact might be. You need a risk mitigation plan – before you need that paddle.
Why Employees Need Cybersecurity Training
By Kristin Kiewitz
The biggest threat to your company’s cyber integrity comes from what your employees don’t know. They need to navigate the internet and handle incoming email to do their job yet many don’t know the basics about what is safe. When it comes to cybersecurity safety there are three types of employees and each type benefits from training in different ways.