Hewlett Packard has published a free guide to greening your IT. They describe it as: Green IT for Dummies ... is intended to give organizations simple and straight-forward ideas on how to reduce the environmental impact of IT systems and harness the power of IT to reduce the wider environmental … [Read more...]
New phishing scam: Please Update Your Email Account
I just received two identical messages with the following text. There's no URL -- the only way to respond is to reply to the message. Replies go to updatweb1 at aol.com I hope no one's foolish enough to fall for this. -----Original Message----- From: apache@net.lg.ua … [Read more...]
Security in-a-Box
The Tactical Technology Collective and Front Line have released Security in-a-Box, which was designed to meet the digital security and privacy needs of advocates and human rights defenders. They describe it as follows: Security in-a-box includes a How-to Booklet, which addresses a number of … [Read more...]
Early-Bird Discount on the Nonprofit Technology Conference Ends 1/31
The early-bird registration period for NTEN's 2009 Nonprofit Technology Conference ends January 31. I love the NTC. Here's what the NTEN folks have to say about it: In addition to the scores of breakout sessions, the networking, camaraderie, and general nptech-related good times, noted author … [Read more...]
Downadup Worm on the Rampage
Internet security firm F-Secure has estimated that more than 3.5 million computers have been infected with the Downadup worm, a malicious program. The worm, also known as Conficker, uses a major flaw that Microsoft patched in October to remotely compromise computers running unpatched versions of … [Read more...]
NTEN Conference Early-Bird Registration Discount
I'm a member of NTEN and a huge fan. I'm thrilled that their 2009 Nonprofit Technology Conference will be held at the San Francisco Hilton this year, April 26-28. The Early Bird rate expires after January 31st, so it's time to stop procrastinating. Here's what the NTEN folks have to … [Read more...]
New Year’s Resolution: Be Good To Your Data
My friend and fellow consultant John Kenyon is fond of saying that, after people, data is an organization's most important asset. An organization's databases store its history: contact records; people served; donors, funders, and prospects; VIPs, volunteers, and vendors; event attendees, and more. … [Read more...]
Securing USB drives
Last month I posted a list of best practices for managing a database and discussed, among other things, protecting data on USB drives and laptops. A recent discussion on the Information Systems Forum has suggested options for protecting USB drives. Richard Rothwell posted a blog entry on Portable … [Read more...]
Microsoft Issues Critical IE Patch
Microsoft issued a critical patch for Internet Explorer today, described as protection against a "remote code execution" vulnerability. If your computer is set up for automatic updates, you should get the patch, well, automatically. You should also be able to run Windows Update (under Tools in … [Read more...]
Top 10 Threats to Higher Ed Computer Systems
In his article in the Chronicle of Philanthropy titled "Top 10 Threats to Computer Systems Include Professors and Students," Jeffrey Young says Today a growing number of network bad guys are professional criminals, and they're looking to steal real money. They don't just want to post an … [Read more...]