Geeks Keep You Running

Welcome to Season 3!

Season 2 Episode 16 of Geeks Keep You Running.  This week's episode is providing 10 tips as we enter Cybersecurity Awareness Month.

Diving into the Crowdstrike Outage on July 19th 2024.  Who Crowdstrike is, what happened, and what can you do to protect yourself from your vendor applications being down.

No matter how much technology is put in place the weakest point in any cybersecurity defense is going to be the human element.  Cybersecurity attacks focus on everyone from the CEO down to the Intern and everyone in between.

In this week's episode of Geeks Keep You Running, we will be covering what vishing is and 10 ways to avoid being a victim

In today's episode we are covering the top 10 tips on Password selection, management, and security.  See how your password security stacks up!

This episode is focused on different types of phishing attacks, what they are and how to avoid them.  Want to know more about classic phishing attacks, spear phishing, or vishing, then tune in.

We are discussing local vs cloud storage and which is right for you! What considerations you should be making before saving your data.  

In this episode of Geeks Keep You Running we are talking 1337 or Leet Speak, and how what sometimes looks complex is still not ideal for your password.  We will be talking about what Leet Speak is and why you should avoid using Leet Speak for your next password.

Are you storing your web passwords in your internet browser?  Maybe it's time to consider a password manager.  In today's episode we talk about 5 benefits of using a password manager over storing passwords in your web browser.

10 Tips for buying a new computer.  Talking through all the basic considerations you need to think about before buying your next computer!

So you are excited about stepping out on your own and building a business for yourself.  Congratulations, however don't let things sneak up on you.  Make sure you have the right pieces of tech in place before you open your doors or else you could have a bumpy start.

Top 10 Cybersecurity Tips for Small Businesses to secure their environment 

A discussion on AI some of it's benefits, some of it's disadvantages and some of the considerations you should consider before using AI.

Thinking about moving to the cloud?  Thinking of a Hardware refresh?  Which solution is right for your organization.  This episode starts the conversation on some of those considerations.

10 Tips to keep your office 365 environment running smoothly.

In this episode we are going to be covering the basic troubleshooting you can do that may fix some issues or speed repair when you engage with your IT staff or MSP Provider.

In the first episode of Geeks Keep You Running in Season 2 we will be starting a conversation into Cyber Liability Insurance.  In this episode we will be talking about what it is, what it covers, what it doesn't cover, and who should be considering it.

Our one year anniversary episode!  We are going to take a look back at 52 episodes of Geeks Keep You Running, and we are going to lay the groundwork for Season 2 starting next week!

As we inch ever closer to our 52nd episode Geeks Keep You Running is covering the basics and some of the advanced options businesses should consider when it comes to securing your office 365 environment.

It's our 50th Episode!  In this episode we will discuss the importance and some of the ways you can secure your home network to make it remote work friendly.  

Small businesses are not immune to the cyberthreats lurking out there.  In this episode we will be discussing some of the threats small businesses face plus ways to protect yourself

In Season 1 Episode 48 we will be discussing what cyber liability insurance is and why you should have it including small businesses.  Additionally we will be spending some time on how you can ensure you are getting best rates possible for your cyber liability insurance by having the right tools, services, and plans in place before getting the coverage. For more details contact Piedmont Technical...

In our concluding episode on the CIS framework we will do a recap of the series as well as discuss the need for Application Security and Incident Response Management it's going to be a great episode and we are excited to bring this series to you from Piedmont Technical Experts and Geeks Keep You Running.

In this episode we are discussing Security Awareness Training and Service Provider Management as it relates to the CIS Framework.  This is Part 8 of 9 on the CIS Framework Series.