It’s been 6 weeks since the last global affecting ransomware attack has occurred. The last attack brought to you by WannaCry affected millions of computers and servers throughout the globe. That attack affected an ancient exploit going all the way back to Windows XP and was stolen from the national security agency. Hackers use that exploit and penetrated systems worldwide generating...
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In the last decade or so we have noticed that more and more Internet service providers are offering services such as hosting for websites, hosting for email, DNS hosting, registration and more.We cannot emphasize enough how much we do not support this.I'll tell you why. As a managed IT provider. We try to be an all in one stop shop...
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At Triton Technologies we have been doing PCI, HIPAA compliance, SOX and more for years. Most of the time it is pretty straight forward and easy to implement the solutions. This one project was going on nearly a year. Wait, what? Yup, a year to bring them into compliance with HIPAA and data protection laws. Ending the Remediation Cycle with HIPAA Basically what...
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We have a client who absolutely must be online, ALL THE TIME. Are they a stock broker? A police station? Bank? Nope. Solar array farm. Yup, fields, and fields of solar panels. The Power Must Flow Why? Simple. The electric company doesn't tell them when they aren't generating power, and if there is no power being generated, the return on investment of the...
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We had the fun privilege this week of doing a security check for a restaurant. We have agreements with banks, credit card processors and more to analyze a network for security issues or make changes to a client's network because of a new point of sale system to be installed or modifications to existing ones. The Restaurant's Network It was a...
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In the last decade, we have seen something that is somewhat upsetting. Vendor network evaluations are not worth anything. Yup, we said it. From ISPs, printer providers, virtual server providers, email providers and others; all have failed to live up to their engineering personnel's recommendations. It's only after the disaster begins do we see what narrow scope they have been placed in with a...
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If your restaurant wants to survive, it needs wifi.When it comes to selling more restaurants need to attract more clients or high-priced clients. How does a business do that? Business clients, high spenders, people that will spend hour after hour sitting and ordering, not just one thing, but many things. How does a hospitality facility do that? Good wireless. Wifi...
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Why We Fight CryptoLocker: Our Strategy Explained As the owner of Triton Technologies, I go through constant training when it comes to MSP services, products and support methodologies. I was at a conference in Hartford Connecticut and listening to other business owners and I heard something that isn’t heard in our office: “Cryptolocker is kicking our butts.”We Take Security SeriouslyI can barely...
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The Value of Name Brands in IT Hardware Or "Why We Don’t Build Our Own IT Hardware".I know I am treading in dangerous waters here when I say that we don’t support self-built machines. What does that mean? At Triton Technologies we prefer and only sell major name brands: Dell, Lenovo, HP, Apple etc. Why? Compatibility and ease of serviceability. A...
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Triton Technologies years ago was created to help the business user and the business owner: over the years we have acquired products, companies and so forth in order to grow. One of them is the skill and ability for dealing with VoIP issues.Years ago, we acquired a failing telephone provider out of New York state and transferred all the licensing...
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