Category Archives: Tech Zone
Nine Great Cloud Anti-Spam Blogs to Check Out
Are you a system admin or an IT junkie looking for the latest updates and tips in the cloud computing sphere? We have listed nine great blogs, each with its own focus on cloud computing, which make for some great …
Is Exchange Anti-Spam Enough?
We all know the importance of network security, yet it is also necessary to strike a balance between its costs and its benefits. This is not easy and there is no golden rule here, with the golden ratio being different …
111 Windows Tips to Help You Put Nine Hours into an Eight-Hour Day
Is this you: Eat lunch at your desk because you don’t have time to go out? Can’t stop for five minutes to chat at the coffee machine? Wear your wireless headset into the restroom because conference calls and biological necessities …
When You Become the Enemy
Malware is distributed in a number of ways. Many web attackers focus their efforts on attracting potential victims to visit malicious sites and, to prevent this from happening, a lot of organizations restrict employee access to reputable sites only. Hackers, …
Is Your Network Being Sniffed? [VIDEO]
Is your network data safe? Do you know if your network traffic is being tracked and recorded by malicious third parties? Most importantly, how would you know if your network is infected and what can you do to prevent it?
57 Simple Sys Admin Mistakes that Someday You’ll Regret
When it comes to IT, simple mistakes can cost you big time. Whether that is immediately or not depends on a number of factors, and sometimes, when something has gone incredibly wrong, you won’t even realize that the root cause …
You’ve got All Your Security Technologies in Place… Now What?
Antivirus and firewall solutions? Check! Regular vulnerability scans and patch management? Check! Web security software? Check! Security thinking? Ch-e…what? When we think about security we automatically think in terms of software. Without a doubt, these solutions are a must to …
Scanning Open Ports in Windows: A Quick Guide
When troubleshooting client or server side application network connectivity issues, it is often necessary to determine if access to a certain port that the application uses is being blocked. In this article we’ll take a quick look at how to …
Security Patching Trends for Major Software Vendors
An important aspect of patch management and your patching schedule is to understand the patch release cycles adopted by the most important software vendors. In this post, we take a look at some statistics on this topic and how patch …
Research: Web Browser War, Security Battle in 2011
No web browser is fully secure and research shows that vulnerabilities in web browsers are a target for hackers and criminals. Patching your browser will reduce the risk of a security breach. And there is good reason why. In 2011, …










