As I write this post, we are celebrating International Women’s Day (and did I mention Women’s History Month?). What...
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Here Are Some Travel Tips for the COVID Era
Something unusual happened to me last week. What happened? Travel. In-person meetings. A quick stroll down Olvera...
How to Be Smart About Buying Cybersecurity Services
Say it with me: There is no single SKU for security services. (SKU=Stock-Keeping Unit) What does this mean? That there...
Use Azure Migrate to Move Your Applications to the Cloud
Jump in the Wayback Machine with me. We return to 2014. CGNET has just finished rolling out Office 365 for a global...
Is Compliance the Next Cybersecurity Frontier?
I remember shopping for posters to decorate my college dormitory room. One poster proclaimed, “The job is not finished...
What Are You Doing to Manage Your MSP?
MSPs. Managed Service Providers. You have one, right? So, what are you doing to manage your MSP? “But wait!” I can...
Separate Your Regular and Administrative Accounts
I had a call today to answer questions about a security audit we recently finished. The customer had several questions...
You Can Help a Smaller Organization Be CyberSmart
I have been on a mission for a while now, looking for ways to push cybersecurity knowledge out to smaller...
What You Should Do About the LastPass Breach
Welcome to 2023! What with the holidays (you do remember them, right?) and the end-of-year distractions (hello, bomb...
Try These 2023 New Year’s Resolutions
I am not a fan of New Year's resolutions. My reasoning is part philosophical, part curmudgeonly. That said, I would...
Some Things to be Grateful for in 2022
2022 has been a weird year. We have returned to some elements of our pre-pandemic lives (such as in-person...
What I Learned Working with a Nonprofit
I spend a lot of my time working with foundations. These foundations make grants to local nonprofits, providing the...
If Christmas Movies Were About IT
Alright, time for some fun. We are not at the end of the year, but (to paraphrase a politician) we can see it from...
TAG Conference Hot Takes
Talk about lightning round! I am here at the TAG Conference, getting on the bus shortly to go to the wrap-up event....
Match the Scale of the IT Provider to the Size of Your Nonprofit Budget
I recently wrote about the challenge facing foundations who want to fund IT and cybersecurity work in the nonprofits...
If Security Compliance is Auditable, Get a Compliance Tool
I have written before about a security compliance tool we have been using, ComplyUp. (You can read about it here and...
CGNET and ActZero
Ricardo (our CTO) and I met with ActZero (in real life!) today to further develop our partnership. I have written...
What Would It Take to Deliver a Scaled-Down IT Roadmap?
We received an RFP this week from a nonprofit looking for an IT assessment and IT roadmap. At CGNET, we do this work...