All posts by Jim Lapointe

Microsoft Office is called a “productivity suite” for a reason. Some of the programs that comprise the Office Suite have been staples of business for many years, such as Word, Excel and Outlook among others. With today’s Microsoft Office you … More

Did you know that starting in July 2018 with the release of Google Chrome 68, Google will be marking all web sites that connect via HTTP as insecure ? Google is pushing companies to create secure connections to their web … More

In what should not be a surprise to anyone reading this, 2017 surveys have shown that ransomware attacks against businesses like yours increased in 2017 over 2016. (4.3 times as many to be exact) The hackers behind these attacks have … More

There’s recently been a lot of media attention around two vulnerabilities in computer chips. The vulnerabilities, given the ominous titles “Meltdown” and “Spectre,” exist in nearly all microprocessors made since 1995 — meaning they are found … More

What will 2018 hold for your business? What challenges are you facing? Most business start off the new year with a sense of renewed optimism and determination and we hope your business is no exception. Now that the holidays have … More

The holidays are upon us and one question we often get about electronics is what we recommend in terms of a tablet, laptop or all-in-one (AIO) unit. The answer, of course, is the unhelpful “it depends”. We unfortunately answer a … More

October was National Cyber Security Awareness Month. Here at Colden Company we are trying to do our part to raise awareness through webinars, social media posts, and other communications. We often say here at Colden Company “If you … More

Hackers WANT your credit card data. They WANT your customer’s credit card data. They will try hard to get it. They will NOT stop. These are unfortunate truths.

In 2006, MasterCard, Visa, JCB, American Express, and Discover established the PCI … More

As more business processes are either pushed to or accessed on mobile devices (phones, tablets, laptops, etc.), organizations need to be able to secure both the device itself and the data which the device accesses. Colden Company’s Mobile Device Management … More

The National Institute for Standards in Technology (NIST) released new guidelines for strong passwords. Past recommendations included having long passwords that mix in upper and lower-case characters, special characters and changing that password on a regular basis. This was a … More