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Category: Computers

Too Many Cooks…

Posted on December 1, 2009 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Too Many Cooks…

Here is the the scenario: You work in an IT department, that does both internal and external support. Everyone seems to do a bit of everything, but internally you have no real direction. Do you hit up your boss to put one person in charge of the internal network (which also supports other divisions of…

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Vigilance

Posted on November 19, 2009 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Vigilance

It just works, it always has worked, and it always should work. How many clients have you heard this from? How many could have been saved problems with a little forethought, and a little vigilance? The problem with this lack of vigilance is the trouble it causes. Oh maybe not immediately, but eventually. Today I’ll…

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Random Thoughts On Security

Posted on November 13, 2009 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Random Thoughts On Security

Who thinks its funny that the day after Patch Tuesday, Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 get hit with a zero day exploit that causes them to crash? Its one of those things that the timing seems suspect on. Obviously they knew about the exploit before hand, and had to confirm it before they would…

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