Author Archives: billspaced

IT resume: List accomplishments, not responsibilities

You can list your job responsibilities on your resume but that doesn’t speak to whether you did them well.
By Toni Bowers

10 things you should do to securely dispose of computers

The need for good security practices doesn’t go away just because a system has outlived its usefulness. These tips will help ensure that decommissioned equipment doesn’t pose a threat.
By Chad Perrin

The costs and cures for business data breaches

Within organizations, information security should be everyone’s responsibility — whether you’re a technical person or not. That’s the general theme for Michael Santarcangelo’s book, Into the Breach. When a corporation has a major data loss, it affects the brand, the customers, and often the bottom line.
By feedproxy.google.com

Special report on small-business security

This issue marks what may be a first for Windows Secrets — an entire issue devoted to one topic.

The theme for this week is small-business security. It’s the first of a series of special issues we plan to publish each year.
By Tracey Capen

Keep your data safe while on the road

Sure, you’ve put in all the right data-security tools at your office, but how about when you or your employees are outside the firewall?

Keeping your business data safe while working outside the office requires extra vigilance; here are some tips that will help.
By Susan Bradley