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Cybersecurity for Small to Medium-Sized Businesses

Helping Small to Medium-Sized Businesses Understand Cybersecurity Threats As a cybersecurity company that works with companies of all sizes, we know that Small to Medium-Sized Businesses (SMBs) wear many hats including the IT hat. Unfortunately, there are many challenges facing SMBs today; Cyber threats are…

Cybersecurity Grinches and Holiday Scammers Present: The 12 Scams of Christmas

‘Tis the season of holiday scams! It’s a sad reality that every year crooks take advantage of the holiday season with their holiday scams. They do this by using fake websites, emails, and other scams to steal your personal information. And with more and…

Local Cyber Expert Wins 2016 Sharkfest Packet Challenge Competition

Colorado Springs, Colo. (July 14, 2016) – Jonathon Ford, longtime Colorado Springs resident and penetration tester, competed against 100 other entrants to win the title at the 2016 Sharkfest Wireshark Developer and User Conference. Ford was able to complete and win this challenge laid down…

EU Recognizes and Acts on Cybersecurity Needs with $1.8 Billion Plan

In an effort to meet today’s ever-evolving cybersecurity needs, the European Union (EU) announced the launch of a new cybersecurity-industry partnership on July 5 with an expected investment of $1.8 billion by 2020. According to the EU’s press release, the partnership “is part of a…

Technology CEOs and the Apple Critical Data Unlock

Unlike many technology CEOs, I have NOT been on the fence regarding the request by the federal government for Apple to unlock its phone for them to access critical data regarding the atrocious crimes committed by the Jihadists in California. I have always felt that…

Protect your Business from Cybercrime this Holiday Season

You are a small business owner and the holidays are usually your “make it or break it” time of year. Everything rides on your ability to get as much revenue as you can over the season to float through the cashless fog of January and…

The Reason Behind Tom Brady’s Smashed Phone

You are a 4-time world champion, accused of acknowledging a scheme to tamper with footballs to win football games, with a world-class beautiful wife and kids, tons of famous friends and, to support a one-sided biased investigation, you are asked for your cellphone and the…

Cyber Security Assessments for the Small Business Owner – How is your IT shop functioning?

Today’s Topic: Vulnerability Scans So you are a business owner, the backbone of America and wrestling with the daily issues of running operations – payroll, HR, contracts, vendor payments, technology – and your annual budget for IT is up for consideration. You know how to…

Hacking Your Car… Should you be worried?

There has been a lot of conversation about the dangers of your car being hacked since two researchers revealed the fact that they could hack into and take over a car while it was actually moving on a highway. The hack, which required the injection…

OPM Hack: Can it get any worse?

Last night I was asked on Fox News what I thought the impact of the OPM hack would be and I commented on the incredulous amount of information that has been stolen and the potential impact on over 21 million Americans. In my opinion, no…