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Mass Data Protection Law – What does it mean for my company?

Posted by Joe Mercadante on Monday, June 14, 2010

I get many questions about 201 CMR 17.00: STANDARDS FOR THE PROTECTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION OF RESIDENTS OF THE COMMONWEALTH, also know informally as the Mass Data Protection Law.  The first question is usually, “does the law apply to me?” and the second is, “what information is considered personal,” and the third is, “am I compliant (and if not, what do I need to do about it).”  More »

Facebook Security Tips from NYTimes.com

Posted by Jeff Cavanaugh on Thursday, January 21, 2010

A nice, short article with easy to follow tips to avoid the worst privacy issues on Facebook.  If it seems to daunting, this is a great place to start.  More »

Update from Haiti, and an appeal for help

Posted by Jeff Cavanaugh on Monday, January 18, 2010

Here is a brief update on AIDG activities in Haiti.  More »

Security of Cloud Computing

Posted by Jeff Cavanaugh on Wednesday, December 23, 2009

This article caught my attention recently.  Google Apps experienced a security breach.   More »

Cobbler's Kids Shoes Syndrome

Posted by Jeff Cavanaugh on Wednesday, December 23, 2009

IT companies sometimes suffer from the “Cobbler’s Kid’s Shoes Syndrome”. The cobbler never gets around to fixing his kid’s shoes, because he is busy doing his work for pay, and his kids are going around town with embarrassingly worn shoes. Sometimes Geek Officecalls has this problem. Recently, our 3 year old router began to show its age and we had to reboot it a lot and sometimes it took several reboots to get it to work. So, this week, I installed a new router. I’d like to share with you some of the awesome benefits of this router (which wasn’t hideously expensive).   More »
My Revelation about backing up

Posted by Jeff Cavanaugh on Wednesday, December 23, 2009

I have 2 computers at home, one for work and one for family. The family computer, however, is also used by my wife for her job as a computer programmer which is done 100% from home. Now, being a geek, I don’t worry too much about my home computer. I know how to fix it if it breaks, I have Carbonite on there to back up my critical work and valued family files offsite automatically. I know how to clean up malware, recover data from failed hard drives, reinstall windows, etc.

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