THINGS WE THINK ABOUT

When Will the Chip Shortage End?

And How to Steer Your Business Through It

Port of Long Beach | Kirby Lee via AP

If you run a business—or manage IT for one—you are undoubtedly familiar with the ever-lengthening lead times for critical networking equipment like firewalls, routers, switches, and Wireless Access Points. And yes, you want to know when the shortage will end.

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Questions Surround Russian Cybersecurity Firm, Kaspersky

Kaspersky Services Called into Question

The Situation

As the fallout from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues to spread, the German government’s cyber authority, BSI, has issued a warning to citizens and governments, advising them to stop using antivirus products produced by Kaspersky, a global cybersecurity company owned by Eugene Kaspersky, a Russian national. Separately, here in the US, the FCC took the significant step of declaring Kaspersky a national security threat. Kaspersky is the first cybersecurity firm to be labeled as such.

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Instructional: Testing your new web site before going live

website construction illustration

Web Developers are so used to it that don’t even think about it anymore: Testing a web site before launching it to the public requires “tricking” your browser into retrieving a page from a staging or development server instead of your live web server.

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Why You Need Cyber Liability Insurance

Why You Need Cyber Liability Insurance

Why You Need Cyber Liability Insurance

What is cyber liability insurance? We’re glad you asked! Admittedly not the most entertaining of topics, cyber liability insurance is very, very important to your business.

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