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Password Tip and Weekly Tips on Smart Business Practices
David Berkus writes a very good weekly blog on “cutting edge business success tips.” The series of blogs is called Berkonomics and it is worth your time to go there and register to receive the weekly e-mails. Here is an example of his writing on the topic of “Switching Costs.” You can sign-up HERE. Dave’s series of blogs is also available in three Berkonomics books.
While I love reading Dave’s blogs and I am therefore sharing the information above, my main reason for writing this blog today is to share another piece of the endless wisdom that comes from Dave. This week his blog e-mail started with this paragraph:
First, let me PLEAD with you to take care with your email and strengthen your email password. A clever hacker invaded....
Purpose, Mastery and Autonomy in Managing IT Infrastructure
I love Daniel Pink’s writings. I thought I would share this article from SmartCompany.com. The message about Purpose, Mastery and Autonomy I reread from time to time. The message is short, but it rings so [...]
Alvaka’s Kevin McDonald Writes for CAPG on 15 Ways to Safeguard PHI
Alvaka Networks COO/CISO Kevin McDonald is a featured author in this month’s CAPG Health magazine. He writes about the obligations under HIPAA and HITECH to protect health information and how failure to do so can [...]
Beware – There is a New Ransomware Variant Running Loose
I just read on BleepingComputer.com a new post about a variation of the CoinVault ransomware. This one is called BitCryptor and unless you have a good backup it sounds like you will be paying the ransom if you are hit.
Here are some key characteristics:
Disk Encryption and Software Patching Provide Safe Harbor and Good Security Practices
A recent article in the Los Angeles Times says, “A new analysis of government records, published Tuesday in the journal JAMA, found that close to a thousand large data breaches affected 29 million medical records [...]
Software Patching Best Practices – 18 Must Do Tips
There are many other benefits to applying software patches including in some cases adding features, fixing bugs that make the software run slow or not work right. All software needs to be patched. Whether the software sits on a disk and runs on a server, resides on a chip within a firewall, or is an app that is in your tablet devices, it all needs to periodically be updated and patched in order to be secure.
The following list of 18 software patching best practices is what we follow at Alvaka Networks when delivering on our Patchworx(SM) Patch Management Service. It is important to note that all these steps are important, but not always are all them utilized or they can be utilized in different ways depending upon the needs of the client. Like us, you will need to decide what your patch management plan needs to look like to best suit your needs.
18 recommended best practices for patching your software: