Aligning IT and compliance procedures increasingly a business priority
Kevin McDonald writes for TechTarget SearchCompliance on Aligning IT and compliance procedures increasingly a business priority. He says, "When I've asked IT pros about HIPAA Security Rule compliance within their organization, they've typically responded with, "That is the compliance officer's realm" [...]
DFARS pre-assessment questionnaire
Los Angeles, CA - Tonight I am reviewing our new DFARS Pre-Assessment Questionnaire that has just been updated for 2017. It is a very compact 30 questions in a four page document. It of course is not a full DFARS assessment, but it is step one of your process you must do before anything else on your DFARS compliance journey.
DFARS is the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement. It is a supplement to the FAR that provides DoD-specific acquisition regulations that DoD government acquisition officials – and those contractors doing business with DoD – must follow in the procurement process for goods and services.
If you are an aerospace company, Department of Defense contractor or another type of organization that falls under....
IT solution providers speak out on the Silicon Valley/Trump Summit meeting
Irvine, CA - IT solution providers have never been a shy bunch. In this article by CRN - Solution Providers Cheer Trump Tech Summit, Hoping It Will Help Channel Partners Create More Jobs, many share their thoughts on where our president-elect [...]
Here is a list of available ransomware decryption tools
If you have just gotten ransomware, check out this new webpage with a list of new ransomware Decryption Tools. Not all ransomware can be decrypted, but if you find you have:
1. WildFire Decryptor
2. Chimera Decryptor
3. Teslacrypt Decryptor
4. Shade Decryptor
5. CoinVault Decryptor
6. Rannoh Decryptor
7. Rakhni Decryptor
Alvaka is growing – T minus 1 day
Irvine, CA – We are in the office and set-up for operations at 7 AM tomorrow morning. We start the day off with a staff meeting bright and early.
I was in my office this morning and I got my PC set-up and running, printing, etc. At lunch I decided to kick my feet up on the desk and watch this unusual view I have all day long.
T minus 1 day to moving-in. Click Here for the Pictures
The move-ology countdown:
Alvaka Networks is growing and moving into new Irvine offices - T minus 6 days
Alvaka Networks is growing and moving into new Irvine offices - T minus 5 days
Alvaka Networks is growing and moving into new Irvine offices - T minus 4 days
Alvaka Networks is growing - T minus 3 days to moving-in
Alvaka Networks is growing – T minus 2 days
Irvine, CA – The movers finished delivering all our personal property from the old building. I got my basic office functions set-up tonight and my most important personal items put away. There are still some boxes to unpack and pictures to hang. Some others have done the same. Some offices are still dumping zones and in complete disarray. Most of that will get organized for tomorrow. There is the most basic semblance of an office system starting to come together. By tomorrow night is should be vastly better. We still plan to be completely operational at 7 AM Tuesday morning, but the unpacking won’t be complete.
T minus 2 days to moving-in. Click Here for the Pictures
The move-ology countdown:
Alvaka Networks is growing and moving into new Irvine offices - T minus 6 days
Alvaka Networks is growing and moving into new Irvine offices - T minus 5 days
Alvaka Networks is growing and moving into new Irvine offices - T minus 4 days
Alvaka Networks is growing - T minus 3 days to moving-in
Smoke testing is a term used to describe the testing process for servers after patches are applied. 
Estimating an average time for patching servers and PCs can be a bit tricky. It can vary from one month to the next, depending upon the number and complexity of the patches released by your software vendors. You must consider all versions of operating systems and have a complete inventory of all your application software to do this job correctly. Our experience has shown that manual patching of systems takes on average of about 1.5 hours each.
This is a basic cost calculator for you to compute your typical monthly cost for patching your servers, PCs, laptops, tablets and associated application software. It also forms the basis for you to begin calculating your Return on Investment for software patching, or for comparison with alternatives to the manual process of patching operating systems and application software—such as Patch Management as a Service, also known as Vulnerability Management as a Service.