by Lidia LoPorto | Nov 26, 2019 | Articles, General
SHIELD Are You Feeling Alone? By: Groff NetWorks What is this SHIELD Act you’ve been hearing about? Gov. Andrew Cuomo this past July signed a law called the Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security, also known as the SHIELD Act. This new state law requires...
by Lauren Groff | Apr 5, 2019 | Articles, General
Yup, Windows 7 is about to take that hike down the ol’ dusty trail called Tech Obsolesce. Everyone hates goodbyes—I whimper every time my dad leaves for work without me—but no need to whimper for Windows 7. It had a good long run but that run comes to end...
by Lauren Groff | Mar 22, 2019 | Articles, Business Leadership
We’ve seen it all in IT, including small businesses that have lost business because their IT wasn’t up to standards. Not because their business required IT compliance, but because a key customer required compliance. We call this “compliance-adjacent” and it has...
by Lauren Groff | Mar 14, 2019 | Articles, Security
My poor Dad. It had come time for him to re-up his contract with Xfinity/Comcast. When he went to Bing to search for Comcast customer service, the SECOND entry on the search results led him to an imposter malicious webpage. It didn’t take long for the scammers...
by Lauren Groff | Feb 25, 2019 | Articles, Tech Tips
Sniff-sniff… ever get an email from your boss or client that just doesn’t smell right? Your instincts are probably smelling something phishy! Everyone gets phishing emails—emails that look to trick you to click on a malicious link or download a malicious file, usually...
by Lauren Groff | Feb 8, 2019 | Articles, General
Japanese Government to Hack into All Its Citizens Devices…Wait What? Do you ever feel like the government is watching you through your smart devices? Well in Japan, they have the luxury of not having to worry about that; they KNOW their government is attempting...