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It is essential to have a proper backup strategy in place in case something goes wrong. Below are articles and links to tools that can help you in the Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Planning and execution process. This knowledge base has been developed by Janco Associate, Inc.
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- Make the right first impression
- Have complete and accurate job description
- Have the candidate review the job description before the interview
- Communicate to the candidate what the interview will entail
- Be prompt
- Allow no interruptions
- Prepare for the interview
- Have materials to be provided to the candidate available
- Be enthusiastic make the job be the next best thing to sliced bread
- Provide a set of next steps at the end of the interview
- Drive increased business and top-line revenue growth
- Support Work From Home (WFH) staff
- Improve customer experience and satisfaction
- Improve operational efficiencies
- Support save separation for employees, suppliers, and customers
- Make sure your home network is secure - make it password-protect your router
- Use a separate device or account for work. It's best to keep personal and professional devices and accounts separate.
- Encrypt sensitive files in transit and in storage.
- Stay informed on cybersecurity and social engineering trends- scammers will try to pose as your colleagues or managers to try to get you to give up sensitive company information.
- Avoid public Wi-Fi, which is far more likely to have malicious actors connected to it or running it, as is the case with a hotspot.
Mobile device security at risk due to CIO decisions
Management of IT functions driven by CIOs and enterprises' startegic direction
WFH - Mobile Device a Security Risk
COVID-19 forced most companies to empty office buildings and move everything (and everyone) to WFH, remote locations and the cloud in 2020. Security shortcuts were taken because of the abrupt change to work from home and typically the transitions took place in a few days.
Also there were increased problems with IoT - especially as IoT devices in home environments accessed global systems via VPNs. This was the primary cause of spreading malware through the enterprise' information pipeline. A recent Verizon mobile security report reported, almost 50% of the users interviewed admitted that their company had knowingly cut corners on mobile device security.
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- Mobile device security at risk due to CIO decisions
How to verify a candidates information
IT Job Market is Recovering - Best Practices
The IT job market is recovering form the shut downs. Recruiting now is a priority for most CIOs. At the same time, candidates often say yes when they are offered a position even if they are not planning on taking the job. It is up to the company and its recruiters to create a situation that will assure that when they provide an offer it is accepted and the candidate actually starts.
Here are the top 10 things that recruiters need to do
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Internet and Information Technology Job Description s - 2021 Edition Released
IT Job Descriptions the complete CIO HR resource
IT Job Descriptions updated to reflect latest compliance requirements. The Internet and IT Position Descriptions HandiGuide was completed in 2021 and is over 900 plus pages; which includes sample organization charts, a job progression matrix, and 312 Internet and IT job descriptions.
The book addresses all mandated requirements, including the ADA, and is in an easy to use format. If you have ordered this in the past look at the version history to see the changes we have made and consider ordering the update service.
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Quick Response Key to Security Management
Security Policies - Have quick response to fix security issues
How Apple addressed a serious security issue with FaceTime that allowed people to listen in, or even view video, from a recipient's iPhone without that person ever answering the FaceTime call.
Almost immediately, Apple has disabled Group FaceTime capability on the server side so that people are no longer able to exploit this flaw until a software update can be issued. It only took a few hours since the first reports of this issue were discovered for Apple to take action so kudos to them for such a quick response.
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Microsoft takes over more control of user's PCs
Patch Management now under more control of Microsoft
Users of Windows 10 Home have been allowed to pause feature upgrades up to 35 days since April 2019, when Microsoft made radical changes to upgrade timing control. That has been eliminated for unmanaged PCs running Windows 10 Pro, Enterprise and Education, according to recently revised documentation.
The company said it made the change in Windows 10 May 2020 Update, aka 2004, "to prevent confusion" on the part of customers.
In versions prior to 2004, users were able to access deferral settings via the graphical user interface (GUI) within Settings options. Microsoft Pro, Enterprise and Education users could manually defer feature upgrades the two issued each year in spring and fall by as many as 365 days. What Microsoft called "quality updates," another name for the monthly Patch Tuesday security updates, could be postponed by up to 30 days.
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- Microsoft takes over more control of user's PCs
Digital Transformation key CIO Priority
Cloud Processing is the solution of choice for Digital Transformation Process
Companies are going through a digital transformation because of Covid-19 and related shutdowns. The focus CIOs and CTOs to utilize technology to:
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Ransom of data and systems on the rise
Securfity Policy and Procedure Manual Make Compliance Management Easier
8.7% of the more than 1,000 ransomware cases reviewed involved attackers stealing data from an organization and threatening to release it publicly unless victims paid the ransom demand. In addition, every attacker now typically demands a ransom payment only in bitcoins.
Security and compliance are key to maintaining control of sensitive and confidential information.
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- Ransom of data and systems on the rise
Stay secure when working remotely
Mobility Policy Bundle address the top 5 security issues for mobile users
The top 5 security best practices that mobile users should follow are:
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- Stay secure when working remotely
Ransomware cost more that $1Billion in the last 12 months
Impact of Ransomware
Ransomware is a malicious software that allows a hacker to restrict access to vital information and then demands some form of payment to lift the restriction. Over the past three years, ransomware has jumped into the spotlight of the cyber threat landscape. The FBI projects ransomware attacks to yield more than $1B in the last 12 months.
An organization's success in defending against a ransomware attack is largely dependent on the level of preparation and the tools deployed to monitor ystems to detect, respond to and neutralize suspicious activity.
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- Ransomware cost more that $1Billion in the last 12 months
Computer Security Salary Data
Computer Security Salary Data
Along with the security job descriptions, Janco has identified a number of standard IT Job Families that can be used for career planning and settin compensation levels. One of these is the Information Security Job Family.
Along with semi-annual Salary Survey, Janco produces a number a job family salary ranking. One that was included in the 2020 IT Salary Survey was that of Information Security Job Family.
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