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The world has changed in 2020.  The future is a little more uncertain than it was six months ago. Will the economy rebound?  Will it stall?  These are questions that only time can answer.  One thing that is certain is … More

According to a recent study, 34% of businesses now carry Cyber Security Insurance. This percentage continues to rise year to year as the cyber security risks also continue to rise.  According to a 2020 survey posted on statstica.com the number … More

Microsoft releases a major release to Windows 10 twice per year. They patch monthly (or on demand for high priority security threats) but the major releases come in the spring and fall. As a reminder, Microsoft is not planning a … More

A part of doing business is complying with regulations. Regulations come from various places, primarily governments but also from industries. The major credit card providers teamed up to create the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS) as an … More

First and foremost, we hope everyone is safe and coping with the current state of affairs. Colden Company is a service-based organization and we are here to help in any way we can.

One of the most common requests we … More

Often times current events spark businesses to consider scenarios they had not put much thought into previously.  Y2K, as an example, forced many businesses to upgrade their system to handle the changing of the century.  Ransomware in the news helped … More

It is 2020. Wow.  It seems like just yesterday we were preparing for Y2K.  The cyber world is a very different place than it was twenty years ago.  In 2000, there were 361 million Internet users.  Today there are well … More

Starting January 15^th, 2020 Microsoft will begin rolling out a new version of their Edge browser.  This is a substantial change from the current browser in that it is Chromium based and de-coupled from Windows updates. Chromium is … More

In August, New York State signed into law the SHIELD Act or the “Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security” Act. This is an enhancement to New York States previous law and has several keys points that anyone doing business … More

Microsoft releases two major updates to Windows 10 each year.  The second one for the calendar year 2019 is set for release. (version 1909) As with most releases you may notice your disk space fluctuate as Microsoft is pushing down … More