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Blog / Municipal IT Budget Planning Part 2: Municipality Backups and Disaster Recovery

It seems we're starting at the end of the series, when we talk about Backups and Disaster Recovery. But of all of the possible topics, it's our experience that is the least understood and most ignored aspect of all IT areas. Most Municipalities are doing a LOUSY job of Backups and Disaster Recovery (BDR for our purposes.) August 30, 2018

Blog / (DON’T) Support Your Local Phone Scammers!!

Technical Support scams often claim to be from Microsoft or Windows. This happens so often, that Microsoft has a website that you can use to report a Microsoft support scam. August 30, 2018

Blog / Where’s Sherlock when You Need Him? – Latest Emails Appear to Come from the Bank of Montreal, but It’s Actually a SCAM

We love to watch British dramas and the crime genre is among our favourites. Midsummer Murders follows the exploits of Inspector Barnaby and his colleagues, as they investigate murders in the quaint English countryside. It's a wonder they have any people left at the rate the writers kill people off. August 29, 2018

Blog / Municipal IT Budget Planning – Part 1: Introduction to Municipality Budget Planning

This is part 1 of a 9-part series that will look at selected areas of interest to Municipalities, pertaining to IT Budget Planning. Please contact me if you would like copies of other articles. August 24, 2018

Blog / WiFi Authentication Vulnerability: SPECIAL PRIORITY ALERT – PLEASE READ!!

There's a new attack targeting WiFi networks. Researchers found it by accident, while doing investigations into the new WPA3 Authentication Standard (published in January this year.) This is NOT a virus or malware, but rather a method through which a potential Hacker could gain access to Private and Public WiFi networks. From there, data could be stolen or corrupted by Ransomware or another virus. August 21, 2018

Blog / Captain Bligh Does WiFi – Public WiFi Needs to Be Done Right to Preserve your Reputation

No WiFi is better than poor WiFi. Like politics and the weather, there is always something to complain about with Public WiFi. It's slow, it drops out frequently, you can't connect, you don't know the password, you can't watch videos; the grumblings are almost endless. A lot of the criticism is justified, as much of the service is genuinely poor. August 16, 2018

Blog / AVOID GOING CHROMATOSE!

Google recently released an update for Chrome that marks all HTTP websites as being Unsecured. This is entirely accurate, as the information flowing between your computer and the server is unencrypted. This means someone could be in the middle, monitoring the traffic, and reading everything that's going on. August 10, 2018

Blog / OH NO! NOT YOU AGAIN! – Older File Types are Blocked as Being Potential Virus Carriers.

A good friend of ours recently gave me a small plaque intended for my new office. Made from heavy black cast iron, it displays Oh No, Not You Again. I'm not sure this is appropriate for someone who spends most of their day meeting and communicating with Clients. Most likely, I'll mount it on a desk-stand and bring it out on special occasions. August 08, 2018

Blog / USE THE FORCE, LUKE! – New Cyber Security Threat Seems to Conjure Passwords from Thin Air

It should come as no surprise that I am a committed Star Wars fan. I remember watching the first Star Wars movie at a drive-in located in West Edmonton. The sound coming from the tin-cup speaker hung on the window frame was abysmal, but no one cared; in 1977 this was epic! Of course, Star Wars was the proverbial game-changer - and we all knew that Luke could never turn to the Dark Side. August 01, 2018

Blog / GOOD, FAST, CHEAP: Pick Any Two – A Simple Business Axiom Can Lead to Better IT Systems

Good, Fast, Cheap: Pick any Two - is a common business Axiom that's been around for ages. While you won't find this in any Business Administration textbooks, all Business Owners - and most Consumers know this pithy saying has its' roots in truth. You Get What You Pay For and There's No Free Lunch are Maxims centered around the same idea; there is a constant tension between quality, price, and speed-of-delivery for most - if not all products. July 26, 2018

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