One of the things I have noticed while working at SynerComm is that while most companies have employees on staff who possess the necessary technical knowledge to complete their projects, many organizations lack the logistics knowledge that large‐scale deployments require.

Due to the ubiquity of technology within any business, contingency planning is a company-wide effort. Not only the planning, but the execution of the plan at any level will require the cooperation of business managers and technology managers.

The approach of a “lessons learned” exercise is a method of continuous improvement that is based on a singular event (COVID-19) or similarly related events.

Before the current reality of rapidly implementing solutions that support “social distancing” and “self-isolation,” IT organizations were overloaded; do we stand a chance today?  Failure is not an option, and we can all use some help now and then; many organizations need help right now!  SynerComm has a long history of partnering with customers to overcome these challenges.

We all know the stats of the Coronavirus, although they are changing by the minute. We know what to do personally and for our families but what about for our Company? Many customers do have Business Continuity Plans or Enterprise Risk management plans, but do they include plans for a Pandemic such as this?

From a quick assessment on what has been published thus far on the CMMC regulation and its overall goal, it appears that contractors lack of information security will no longer be tolerated by the DoD. Beginning with the introduction of the new regulation to the public in January of 2020, it is expected that new contractual requirements will include CMMC starting in June of 2020, and enforcement for current contractors starting in September of 2020.

GDPR has been in place since May 25th, 2018 and has already been used in legal actions against companies, with over 200,000 cases reported within this first year. The law is expected to make a notable impact on companies, as it has considerable fines and penalties. Even when compared to HIPAA and FISMA, GDPR has the most threatening teeth of any law to date.

Are you using a framework to establish your information security program? If not, I get it; it’s complicated. On a second thought, have you lost your mind? If you are starting from scratch, there is a knowledge barrier that appears to be very steep. Once you see it, you undoubtedly ask yourself, “is it worth the climb?”  Then, the next time you get on an airplane, ask yourself, “are pre-flight checklists worth the effort?”

In a business environment where resources are limited, compliance requirements abound, and budgets are constantly challenged to meet cost containment targets, this article will explore a strategy to align information technology (IT), information security (IS), system and data owners (SDO), aka: your business units, and leadership.

Recently some of us here at shellntel have been building quadcopters and autonomous vehicles for fun.  We are big fans of the Pixhawk flight controller for its awesome autonomous capabilities.  We are also big fans of privacy.  As much as we like to build and fly these drones, we realize doing so in an irresponsible […]