Computer Safety & News

Akamai shares 2 in-depth & excellent articles on corporate DNS blocking rules https://blogs.akamai.com/2017/08/what-makes-a-good-dns-blacklist.html https://blogs.akamai.com/2017/08/what-makes-a-good-dns-blacklist-part-2.html DNS Threat Policies are more than a DNS Blacklist.  The term “DNS threat policy” refers to a combination of three factors: the reputation of the FQDNs or IP, the reference to the threat vector (C&C, downloader, etc),  and the action (NXDOMAIN, […]

Internet Service Providers – Net neutrality law ends on April 23 2018 The net neutrality law ends on April 23 2018, which prohibited ISPs from blocking or throttling content.  Congress or individual states can still provide legislation within next 60 days to keep the terminated executive order in place.    Net neutrality ends on April 23, […]

Lighthouse has released an advanced home webcam with sophisticated software to differentiate and document pets or family member activities as documented below: https://www.fastcompany.com/40534482/lighthouse-is-the-perfect-security-camera-for-surveilling-your-own-family https://www.light.house/ Place it in a highly trafficked part of your house, and you can use a smartphone to receive activity alerts and view live camera footage from anywhere. It even has a […]

Some possible previews of Smart Phone developments are expected to be announced next week & this is an important conference to watch for developments: https://www.pcmag.com/article/358620/phones-to-expect-at-mobile-world-congress-2018 Mobile World Congress is the biggest mobile industry trade show in the world.  It attracts more than 100,000 people to Barcelona to hear about the latest in phones and networks.  This year, […]

Microsoft issued it’s latest security best practices for Office 2016 and Office 365 as follows: https://redmondmag.com/articles/2018/02/15/office-security-baseline-announced.aspx Microsoft has published its final security baseline materials for organizations that manage Office 2016 and Office 365 ProPlus productivity suites. The baseline is collection of scripts, administrative templates (ADMX) and importable Group Policy Objects (GPOs), along with an Excel document containing recommended settings […]

The John Maxwell leadership training center shares an excellent article on how mentoring team members improves employee development & retention: http://johnmaxwellcompany.com/blog/how-mentoring-supports-employee-development The difference between retaining your company’s good employees and losing them to the competition can be as simple as the difference between equipping them to do a good job and developing them into great […]