Cybersecurity In The Days Of COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic is not fun for anyone. Well, except for maybe your pets since you are home all day and they have someone to pet them all day long. But for the rest of us, it is disruptive in all aspects of our lives and especially for work. If you suddenly have...
How Do I Know if My Business Computers Have Been Hacked
Some of the nicest people get hacked. Don’t let it happen to you. So, how do you know if your business has been hacked? My bet is you don’t—and you may never know. The sad fact is that most of the systems you are using right now do NOT have any ability to...
Basic IT Hygiene to Prevent Ransomware-10 Steps All Financial Firms Must Take
These are some thoughts from John Wooden, legendary coach of 10 UCLA Bruins NCAA Championship teams, which included notable NBA Hall of Fame players, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Bill Walton, and Gail Goodrich. “I believe in the basics: attention to, and perfection of, tiny...
The Biggest Ransomware Fiascoes of 2019
Company leaders often think that a cyber attack will never happen to them because their company and its data are of no interest to hackers. The list of companies below shared that point of view. But not anymore because they have made the list of the biggest...
Cost of Ransomware Prevention Versus Recovery
The recent news of Amazon CEO, Jeff Bezos, getting hacked is part shocker and part nonplussed. It’s a shocker because we think, “How could a tech titan get hacked with all his high tech defenses?” On the other hand, I’m not surprised because...
John Ahlberg
CEO, Waident
CIO in the corporate world and now for Waident clients. John injects order and technology into business process to keep employees productive, enterprises running, and data safe.
