Aviator: I.T. Services

07/21/2016

According to a report from the Ponemon Institute, nearly 80 percent of businesses say they do not have sufficient infrastructure or personnel to monitor their networks for and defend their networks against cyberattacks.

https://www.sans.org/newsletters/newsbites/xviii/57 #200

Computer security training, certification and free resources. We specialize in computer/network security, digital forensics, application security and IT audit.

03/12/2016

http://aviator-it.com/are-you-aware-of-the-latest-online-scam-that-is-costing-businesses-huge-sums/

Phishing is the attempt to acquire sensitive information, such as: usernames, passwords, and credit card details, often for malicious reasons, by masquerading as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication. - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phishing) At Aviator IT, we’ve seen phishi…

03/05/2016

http://aviator-it.com/this-simple-tool-can-protect-your-online-accounts-from-getting-hacked/

A client of ours recently got an email from a security consulting firm that contained the username and password he uses for a multitude of websites. The email explained that they had found his credentials in an online dump of passwords from a compromised website, and they were offering their consul…

01/28/2016

http://aviator-it.com/beware-of-the-lowest-bid-on-a-project/

We work with a biotech company in the Bay Area that recently spun off a subsidiary to merge with an East Coast company. Politics being what they were, the East Coast firm wanted to stick with their existing IT vendor. We had some calls and it seemed that their philosophy was compatible with

12/15/2015

(This post is intended for IT professionals.) I know you’re running backups. But with IT resources being thin (or maybe the only real resource being you), you probably don’t have time to check them regularly. So, to help you avoid being that IT guy in Alaska, here is IT Sanity Saver #1: Test your

12/02/2015

Here is our article that lists the top reasons businesses are migrating to cloud services: http://aviator-it.com/why-are-businesses-going-to-the-cloud.