Last fall, Microsoft announced that paid Windows 7 Extended Security Updates would be available on a per-device basis through January 2023. Essentially, these are the security patches Windows users receive for free while the operating system is supported.
Cost, security and performance issues can make public cloud usage tougher than expected.
It’s relatively easy to get started using public cloud platforms. Users with no special technology skills can move data in and out of the cloud or use cloud-based applications by doing hardly more than moving sliders and clicking a few buttons.
Long-awaited protocol updates boost security and simplify IoT connections.
When the first Wi-Fi protocol was released in 1997, it set the stage for a remarkable shift in the way people work and the devices they use for computing and communication. Wi-Fi now moves more than half of all Internet traffic, and it has helped make mobile the primary digital platform for business users in the U.S.
However, this shift has also introduced some risk.
FAMIS conference is a multi-day event designed to help facilitate an open dialogue within the K-12 educational at state and local levels, communication and cooperation among agencies, organizations, professions, and the public regarding Information Technology, Unified Communications, Cyber Security, network protection and more.
The Orlando Cyber Security Conference features 40-60 vendor exhibits and 8-12 educational speaker sessions discussing current cyber-security issues such as cloud security, email security, VoIP, LAN security, wireless security & more. We give away numerous prizes including cash and gift cards up to $100, the latest tech gadgets and much more! You’ll come away with advice and knowledge so you can start proactively protecting your environment from the latest security breaches. Your registration will include your breakfast, lunch, conference materials and entrance into the conference sessions and exhibit area.
There’s some good news about the use of unlicensed software, according to last year’s BSA Global Software Survey. The global software piracy rate dropped from 39 percent to 37 percent over the course of two years, and the commercial value of unlicensed software has also declined.
There is virtually universal recognition of the risk created by constantly evolving, increasingly dangerous cybersecurity threats. But even the most deep-pocketed organizations with the most talented security teams and advanced security tools continue to make headlines because their systems were compromised.
In addition to conjuring up images of dark alleys, scary forests and evil beings that you would see in a horror flick, the dark web implies that there are two “webs.” You have one that everyone accesses daily for personal and professional use, and one in a mysterious underworld that you should avoid at all costs.
CELEBRATE 40 YEARS OF THE FLGISA ANNUAL CONFERENCE!
We invite you to join us for the Florida Local Government Information Systems Association 2019 Annual Conference at the Hilton Orlando Bonnet Creek on July 22-25, 2019. The conference is open to all Florida local government agency technology professionals.
Business is booming. Customers are happy. Employees are happy. Everything is humming like a well-oiled machine. You have an unblemished reputation. What could possibly go wrong?
Well, everything.
All it takes is one disaster – one fire, one hurricane, one flood, one hack, or one disgruntled employee with an axe to grind – to send the entire operation into a tailspin.
