SMB/SOHO Computer Security

Training Available: Cisco Health Information Networking and Secure Your SMB

October 2, 2011

Training from Cisco Network Academy and ESET. Cisco is offering supplemental training for Health Information Networking, while ESET is offering 4 free webinars on SMB security.

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5 Simple Steps to Improve Your SMB Comuputer Security

July 30, 2011

Hackers are now targeting the little guy because they know small businesses are less secure than big businesses, and you have information worth stealing. Help make your business more resilient and less attractive to computer thieves by implementing these basic steps.

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SMB/SOHO Computer Security – What’s it All About

July 22, 2011

Why, with all the other things you have to worry about, would you concern yourself with computer security? The fact is you probably wouldn’t if you did not have a compelling reason. You might have to comply with PCI-DSS, or with HIPAA HITECH, or maybe you would like to do business with the government and you need to comply with FISMA. Or you maybe you recently learned that you are required to comply with one of the many state laws governing computer security.

Want to know the biggest reason you should care about computer security? It will help you stay in business.

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Security Requirements for SMBs – State Laws

July 16, 2011

As a business owner, you are required by law or statue to do a lot of things. For example, you are required to have a business license, pay taxes, pay workman’s comprehension insurance premiums, and any number of other legal and regulatory requirements depending on which business you are in and where you conduct your business. You can think of information security requirements in much the same way.

You can choose to ignore these regulatory requirements, just like you can choose not to pay your taxes, but you should at least be aware of the rules and the consequences for not following them.

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Getting Started with SOHO / SMB Computer Security

July 2, 2011

This is my firstĀ  post dedicated to the SMB/SOHO owner and IT staff trying to understand, implement, and manage computer security. All related posts will be in the SMB/SOHO Computer Security category on this site. If you like it, subscribe to my blog and come back for future articles. Computer security probably isn’t the most [...]

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