Can the Cloud Ever Be Secure?

March 30, 2015 Vince Lo Faso Cisco, Cloudera, Featured, Professional Development, Project Management, Routing & Switching, Technology, Training in Business

With all of the recent news about IT security breaches and data theft, you may question why anyone would put anything in the cloud. The impact of these of security breaches can be quite overwhelming: up to 80 million of Anthem’s customers had their personal information stolen; up to 60 million credit card numbers were stolen from Home Depot; 76 million households and 7 million small business customers of JP Morgan Chase had their contact information stolen; and Target estimates its data breach costs $162 million. All of these as a result of IT security breaches. So is it really safe to put your IT computing out in the cloud?

What Your IT Guy Wishes You Knew About Passwords

March 16, 2015 Oz Merchant Cisco, Cloudera, Featured, Professional Development, Project Management, Routing & Switching, Technology, Training in Business

Passwords are the first line of defense against personal identity theft or a security breach within your organization. So why is it that most people do not give passwords the time they deserve? Sure, coming up with a secure, original password can take a few minutes but that’s better than hours, days, weeks, months or even years of dealing with security, banking or legal issues.