Web-Surfing Employees, Part 1: Are their Habits Your Legal Liability?
By Justin E. Gehrke, CISSP, MCSA, Security+, A+
Whether your business is located in Puerto Rico or somewhere else in the world, it is very likely that you use internet connectivity to manage some facet of your operations. Even in a business that has only one Point of Sales (POS) computer, internet connectivity is necessary to process or report transactions. Too many times, I’ve reached one of these single, kiosk-type register/computers to find the 16-year old employee casually surfing the web. This obviously brings up issues regarding productivity, salesmanship, and more. Most importantly, though, this seemingly mundane activity can cause major problems for your business. To what am I referring?
Mr. Kilo-Watt: A Potentially Traitorous Partner in Your IT Operations
By Justin E. Gehrke, CISSP, MCSA, Security+, A+
Anyone who has lived in or spent an extended amount of time in Puerto Rico knows that electric power outages, brown-outs, and surges are all too common. If your Business Network relies on intranet or internet connectivity to send and receive email, process orders, manage databases, or run Point of Sales (POS) computers, even a short outage can prove costly.
