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Detailed Strategy and Strong Teamwork Surmount Unusual Challenges to Design Successful Network Upgrade by California Department of State Hospitals
Detailed Strategy and Strong Teamwork Surmount Unusual Challenges to Design Successful Network Upgrade by California Department of State Hospitals 150 150 Shandam Consulting

The California Department of State Hospitals is the nation’s largest inpatient forensic mental health hospital system, employing approximately 12,000 staff and serving, according to 2015 data, more than that many…

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Ransomware Risks and Impacts for School Districts
Ransomware Risks and Impacts for School Districts 150 150 Shandam Consulting

Ransomware is a form of malicious software designed to encrypt important files on a computer, rendering them unavailable to the people to whom they are important and/or rendering the systems…

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IT Risk #7: Untested Backup Power Supplies (UPS)
IT Risk #7: Untested Backup Power Supplies (UPS) 150 150 Shandam Consulting

IT Risk #7: Untested Backup Power Supplies (UPS) When winter rolls around, we here at Shandam know we can expect: Gifts of unwanted fruitcake An ugly, homemade sweater from a…

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IT Risk #6: Unrestricted Employee Internet Usage
IT Risk #6: Unrestricted Employee Internet Usage 150 150 Shandam Consulting

IT Risk #6: Unrestricted Employee Internet Usage Guardrails Stop signs Traffic signals Speed bumps Question: What do all these things have in common? Answer: They are designed to protect us…

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IT Risk #5 – Technology Selection Process
IT Risk #5 – Technology Selection Process 150 150 Shandam Consulting

If you were born in the 1940’s, you could expect a TV to last 10 or more years. If you were born in this century, a 5-year-old TV is positively…

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IT Risk #4 – Software Updates
IT Risk #4 – Software Updates 150 150 Shandam Consulting

Software vendors often discover issues with their software may affects its performance, stability, security or functionality after it has been released that. To address these problems, they release software updates…

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IT Risk #3 – Lack of Monitoring of IT Resources
IT Risk #3 – Lack of Monitoring of IT Resources 150 150 Shandam Consulting

If you have kids, their school probably has some sort of web portal that lets you track their educational progress:  current grades, homework status, attendance, etc.  Every parent learns that…

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We Specialize in Helping You Secure Your SCADA Systems
We Specialize in Helping You Secure Your SCADA Systems 150 150 Shandam Consulting

If your organization is a utility, it almost certainly has a Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system to manage and automate industrial processes.  For years SCADA systems were proprietary…

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IT Risk #2 – Untested Antivirus Software.
IT Risk #2 – Untested Antivirus Software. 150 150 Shandam Consulting

IT Risk #2 – Untested antivirus software.   Jim: “This crocodile repellant works great! Bob: “How can you be sure?” Jim: “Well, you don’t see any crocodiles around here, do…

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IT Risk #1 – Not having a formal Data Backup Policy
IT Risk #1 – Not having a formal Data Backup Policy 150 150 Shandam Consulting

IT Risk #1 – Not having a formal Data Backup Policy All organizations realize the importance of data backup, but often have little interest in the mechanics of the data…

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