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Open During Stay-at-Home Order

Jason Hazlett — Tue, 24 Mar 2020 16:30:14 +0000

As defined by the federal government on the page linked by the Kittitas County Stay-at-Home order the Information Technology Sector is deemed as critical. We are proceeding in our work with an abundance of caution for the safety of our colleagues, clients and families by observing social distancing, and avoiding on-site service calls whenever possible.... Read more »

Cybersecurity Awareness

Jason Hazlett — Mon, 23 Sep 2019 18:43:26 +0000

Cybersecurity should be on the minds of all business managers. Here is an article that reminds us of the top 4 risk areas. Hint: #1 is your employees. One simple mistake can jeopardize your entire network. https://nearsay.com/c/731636/494742/the-4-most-common-cybersecurity-threats...

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Parenting in the Technology Age

Jason Hazlett — Mon, 14 May 2018 18:12:24 +0000

A very relevant and sobering article on parenting in this age of technology. Please do everything you can to help your children get good at “real life” first and foremost. Keep technology on a short-leash. Kids will pick up all of the tapping, swiping and clicking that they need to be successful in their lives and careers simply because they are growing up in a world surrounded by computers and...

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More Major Security Flaws

Jason Hazlett — Mon, 08 Jan 2018 16:41:46 +0000

Two major security flaws in the world’s computers, mobile devices, and servers have been revealed. Is anybody surprised? Settle in, no need to have a “Meltdown”. Taking security seriously has been a lower priority by the tech companies until relatively recently. In fact, technology tends to be one major product in our lives which is released for sale in varying degrees of unfinished.

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Cybersecurity: Focus on Employee Policies

Jason Hazlett — Thu, 30 Nov 2017 21:48:00 +0000

Even with the best firewall device and security software, employee behavior is the weakest link in staying secure. Keeping rules as simple as possible is best for everyone. This is a really great article. https://hbr.org/2017/11/the-key-to-better-cybersecurity-keep-employee-rules-simple...

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Fake Phone Calls from Microsoft

Jason Hazlett — Thu, 12 Oct 2017 15:39:53 +0000

If you get a call from someone saying they are from Microsoft and they have detected a security threat on your computer that they want to help you with, do not give them access to your computer or any financial information. It is a scam plain and simple. We have seen several of these in the last 48 hours. If you want to see a security expert playing along with such a scammer, see this article...

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CCleaner Tool Infected

Jason Hazlett — Tue, 19 Sep 2017 18:12:33 +0000

The CCleaner software tool was recently infected with Malware. This is a very popular and legitimate tool used by many professionals and laypersons alike. If you used CCleaner between 8/15/17 and 9/11/17, you should uninstall it and then download and install the latest version which has been fixed. Also, make sure to run some security scans with your antivirus software to make sure your computer...

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Cyber Attacks Increasing Frequency

Jason Hazlett — Fri, 12 May 2017 22:06:39 +0000

Cyber attacks are the “new normal” and they are aggressively targeting all sizes of businesses at an alarming frequency. If you are unsure about your “Disaster Recovery Preparedness”, “CyberSecurity” and/or backups, we can help. If you have your IT “house in order” you can tell the cyber-attackers to “go fly a kite.” If not, you are forced to negotiate payment to get your data unscrambled.

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Charter Outage Update

Jason Hazlett — Sun, 30 Apr 2017 18:30:44 +0000

UPDATE: Charter Internet service is back up. It started coming up last evening around 8:30 PM and stabilized by about 11:30 PM. So far no news stories available explaining what happened and why it took so long to fix. Charter Outage Update: Confirmed this is a “fiber cut”. In other words, somebody was digging where they should not be yesterday afternoon about 2:45 PM. Charter’s message says they...

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Tech Support Scammers

Jason Hazlett — Thu, 23 Feb 2017 17:26:39 +0000

Reminder about tech support scammers. They look convincing enough to fool a lot of people. If you do get scammed, order a chargeback on your credit to get your money back. If you let them take control of your computer, get it looked over by a reputable local shop. It is possible that “back door” access may have been left by the perpetrators. Once you take your money back, you definitely don’t want...

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