If you have, own or are responsible for a mobile device, laptop, tablet, PDA and yes, ever a blackberry or cell phone, the data that is held on the device needs to be encrypted or removed. There are too many passwords, confidential information and confidential data on these types of devices that need to be protected. These are all disasters waiting to happen that CAN be prevented!

Follow the link above to read about another huge leak that could have been prevented.

If Nike was ever right on one thing their "Do IT" phrase is dead on! Encryption for ALL mobile devices just make sense! The cost is so little and the rewards/peace of mind is so great.

Click on the link above to read of yet another disaster that could have been prevented!

When it comes to determining the required distance between your primary and recovery data centers DO NOT use averages. If your primary center is in Miami would 200 miles be far enough? Probably not, but in Des Moines 50 miles is likely more than you will ever need. It is essential to assess your location and the history of natural disasters in your area. Hurricanes effect a much larger area than tornadoes and floods have a more lasting impact than a snow storm.

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Spinach suffers a certain PUBLIC RELATIONS DISASTER! After so many years of being that mushy green stuff in the can, spinach had started to become a welcome ingredient in our salads, and then come E. coli. How did it get there? Is produce regularly tested for contamination?

If you manufacture, design or grow a product, you need to anticipate the worst and have a Disaster Recovery Plan in place to minimize the impact of a product failure. Business Interruption insurance might pay the bills for a month or so, but if I had a spinach farm right now I would be looking for a new gig!

Click on the title above to find out what is going on with the E. coli outbreak!

Nothing drives me crazy like an e-mail that is the forward of a forward of forward. You have seen them, received them, they contain 100s of e-mail addresses. Talk about a hackers delight!

If you are concerned at all about privacy and confidentiality, call your friends (and family) on this very unsafe practice!

Click on the title above to read a report on some of the hazards of this habit!

Be safe!

The moral of this story? Be careful where you put information! Think of all the organizations that have your Social Security Number! Too many to even remember. Can your "Private? Identity" information be assembled easily without your knowledge? Be careful!

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Many of the world's MAFIA like organizations is willing to pay big bucks for your personal information! With so many saying they want to keep their information secure, and then doing nothing to protect their identities, we are making this too easy. A hacker/their gets you data and sells it to a willing buyer with a lot of cash. This is just too easy. Please protect yourself, condom computing will become a term we hear about more and more. Be Safe!

Click on the title above to read an article about who wants or even has your personal information!

HP stepped over the line, way over the line! Scenario: Information discussed at a board meeting is leaked to the press. The Chairperson of the HP Board of Directors hires a private investigator to find out who the guilty part is. And if you think it is bad so far, just read the article.

Avoiding Public Relations Disasters is discussed in every BC/DR Class Framework IT holds. This is a case of what had been a very ethical organization going way over the line!

Corporate Ethics? Unfortunately it is becoming an oxymoron!

When we think of the word "BANK" we thing safe. It is the one place where things are safe, since our money is in the "SAFE". For all the people who made a "deposit" at the University of Florida's Women's Health Center, their assets are gone! A simple temperature sensor failed the Center and the Center failed their clients.

Do you have a temperature sensor in your computer room? How about a motion or water sensor? Too often long weekends like this past few days spell ruin for companies data. The cost to recover? Millions of dollars and thousands of hours, the cost to prevent a disaster of this type? A little forethought and a few dollars!

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See you tomorrow!