by Milton Bartley | Jan 7, 2020 | Blog
Several year-end stories are noting that we’re not there yet with 5G. The Wall Street Journal (paywall) quotes several CIOs as seeing this new technology needing a couple more years to be fully deployed. Yes, phone manufacturers are starting to offer 5G...
by Milton Bartley | Dec 30, 2019 | Blog
Did you get a Ring or Nest home security system for Christmas? When you set it up, be sure to enable two-factor authentication. This means not only establish a password, but also require a second factor, such as a code texted to your phone, or a physical token you...
by Milton Bartley | Aug 12, 2019 | Blog
Russia-linked hackers are gaining access to network systems through poorly configured devices, such as office printers and VOIP phones, BankInfoSecurity.com reports. It’s another warning related to “Internet of Things” devices. The hackers are...
by Milton Bartley | Aug 11, 2019 | Blog
Does your favorite hotel load your room key onto your smartphone? If so beware – researchers presenting at last week’s Black Hat USA 2019 conference said they easily hacked the room key system at an unnamed European hotel. The German researchers said at...
by Milton Bartley | Jun 26, 2019 | Blog
The National Institute of Standards and Technology released the first of what it says will be a series of reports on how to deal with the booming growth of devices that connect to the Internet via your network – aka the Internet of Things (IoT.) NIST’s...
