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...

Business Continuity Planning (BCP) is a process of identifying a company’s threat exposure from a multitude of angles, processes, including hard and soft asset availability during an incident.  These angles all fit into two separate overlying categories:  Internal threats and External threats.  The word ‘threat’ has become synonymous with anything that could...

We all know what an oxymoron is, adopted phrases that seem to describe something but use two diametrically opposed words to convey them, e.g., A Fine Mess, A Little Big, A New Classic, Accurate Estimate, Almost Ready, Awfully Good, Auto Pilot, About the Same, Anxious Patient, and so one. So we have a new one, Cloud Security, or is this really an oxymoron? It...

Windows 8 sure came in with a bang! Hype for miles and miles, excitement that made any ADHD sufferer seem calm and collected! What was accomplished? Is it good? Should we switch? Why doesn’t anyone seem to be using it? All I hear are complaints; so is it that hard to use? For the first time in computing history, an operating system company came up with an...

Windows 8 hasn’t given PC sales the boost that all were anticipating.  Microsoft looks to now be getting ready to go back on some of the core changes it introduced on this new version. It seems that Microsoft is planning a big Windows 8 undo, and that the release of Windows 8.1, also known as Windows Blue — will allow users to bypass the much-hated Start...

Corporate security consumes a huge chunk of time, money, and human resources. It’s no wonder that companies like Symantec exist. Symantec produces some of the security industry’s best software, but its contribution doesn’t stop there. Symantec also produces an annual Internet Security Threat Report. In these reports, Symantec highlights...