There’s a race occurring daily and it’s as competitive as any competition imaginable. What’s at stake you ask? Your bank account… Cybercriminals are hard at work, chipping away at any form of protection you or your bank can throw at them. The problem? The bad guys get as many attempts as they want and the bank only has to fail once before millions can be lost...

There are two topics to this series about email security, safety and best practices: 1 – Email Defense – When email goes wrong – how to protect yourself and your data from Spam and Spyware 2 – Sending the ‘killer’ email – What goes wrong when you ‘casually’ email the important stuff Email Defense – Unsolicited Commercial Email (UCE) is a...

Now a big sigh of relief!  You should be proud of your accomplishments!  Phase 6 is a celebration of 5 Phases of completion, 100’s of hours of time (likely), good money spent to protect your company and resume business when disaster strikes, and ultimately, be there for your customers in times of need. So what’s on tap for Phase 6?  Now, you just...

The iPhone 5 is already setting enormous records. Apple announced today that its preorders for the iPhone 5 topped 2 million in just the first 24 hours. we know the new iPhone is incredible, but folks are just as excited for the release of iOS 6. iOS 6 is Apple’s next mobile operating system and the new features are incredible and worth the download. Even...

Well, we’re now shoulder deep in planning and strategies after 4, likely very eye opening, phases.   It’s time to practice what we’ve preached and worked so very hard to accomplish to this point. To recap we’ve: Figured out what a disaster means to the company and what constitutes a disaster in the first place Aligned business...

Well now we’re rolling here.  You’ve spent the time figuring out what a disaster is for you and your company, what parts of your company will be affected and how and by which events, and you’ve now planned out and analyzed the information and come up with solutions and costs and plans to implement.  But when do we actually implement the plan?...

Now that the hard work of Phase 1 and 2 have been completed, its time to determine what the mitigating activities will be for each of the scenarios that have been defined.  Phase 3 is what the whole BCP is made of, essentially.  In this phase, all of the planning, relationship information and real analysis take place.  For each disaster scenario defined in...

Now that we know which events can put us out of business, or at least delay operations for some undetermined amount of time, it’s time to see what parts of your business are affected by each of those disasters defined in Phase 1. Now, here is where the next big level of work goes into creating your BCP.  Phase 2 deals explicitly with identifying which...

BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY….THEY FIT HAND-IN-HAND IN TODAY’S BUSINESS WORLD.  WE BRIDGE THE GAP TO HELP YOU MANAGE YOUR IT SERVICES. SingerLewak’s Business Technology Management Services (“BTMS”) are geared toward working with growing businesses to help them achieve the benefits of combining forward-thinking IT with forward-looking business objectives. For many...

I know I wrote that ‘Recover or Resume’ was the question….but the what’s the question that supports the need to begin with? WHAT CONSTITUTES A DISASTER in the first place? This is what Phase 1 is all about in this process.  Now remember what I said, EVERY business needs to plan for this.  EVERY business will do this differently and at...