Have You Recently Left Corporate Life?
What You Need to Know
- Have you recently left corporate life either by choice or the result of downsizing?
- Do you have the right tools for your job search?
- Do you have the most cost effective system for your home office?
- Are you an effective “Road Warrior?” Does your technology support your mobile needs?
- Since you no longer have a support desk, do you have someone to help you with maintenance issues?
- What about security issues, backup, and a disaster plan?
Setting up a Home Office
- Equipment selection
- Software
- Services
- Maintenance and security
On the Road – Mobile Needs
- Laptops
- Internet access
- Smartphones and tablets
- Minimizing communication costs
- Online services (cloud computing)
- Maintenance and security
Need help making the right decisions regarding your tech requirements for home and on the road? Contact me either by phone 917 921-4518 or by e-mail at jblue@bluetutor.com for a free consultation.
Are You Contributing to the Breach of Your Data?
From The Wall Street Journal
How to Improve Cybersecurity? Just Eliminate the Human Factor
The computer systems that run our world—the ones that secure our financial information, protect our privacy and even keep our power grid running—all have a critical, unpatchable weakness. It’s the humans who use them.
The information hackers and con artists need to persuade someone to trust them is more readily available than ever. If you’ve ever accepted a friend request on Facebook from someone you don’t know, even someone with whom Facebook says you have mutual friends, you’re part of the problem.
Whenever someone has information about us, we are more likely to trust them. That insight has helped hackers sharpen phishing attacks, in which they spam corporate inboxes with emails that can be targeted to individuals in ways that make these emails look more credible. These more-personalized “spear phishing” attacks are more likely to succeed because they come from someone we know—or think we know.
To read the complete article by Christopher Mims, CLICK HERE