Many businesses that don’t rely on social media for marketing or a serious business purpose block access to sites such as Facebook and Twitter. Now comes the news the State Department and Defense Department are going to allow greater use of the two sites: The U.S. Defense Department and State Department are allowing greater use [...]

I feel pretty confident that you, at some point, have had to change and/or edit an .HTACCESS file or have been asked to edit and/or change some settings in one. My memory is typically at capacity during these times and looking for the right syntax is always a pain. Thankfully, there’s an “app” for that…!

The news that Twitter is releasing it’s “official” URL shortener, http://t.co,  is already sweeping across the interwebs and I think the move is both a strategic and helpful one. From their announce post they mentioned how this would provide an extra layer of security so that more “spammy” and harmful links would be filtered out: [...]

If you are a non-profit organization, then chances are you handle sensitive information. You have accounting or HR related data for employees, background check data for volunteers (I hope!), and financial donation data (credit card, checking account numbers, etc.) from your donors. And it’s your job to protect it. In most cases it’s easy to [...]

We posted a day or so ago about KidzPro Check-In and someone passed me another one to take a look: LambsList. LambsList calls itself a “Secure, Web-Based Children’s Check-In” system and is compatible with both Mac and Windows. It’s hosted by Media Temple (which we like) and is 256 bit encrypted. Check out the screens [...]

How are you currently checking your kids in and out of your church? Are you using some computerized system? If you aren’t then you may want to check out KidzPro, a computerized check-in system. KidzPro is a software solution that helps keep children’s ministry secure and safe with check-in and tracking procedures for ministries and [...]

[Click for larger view] I think the most fascinating numbers of note is the fact that 69% consider “spam” an email they did not request… If that were really true then, for me, 99% of email I receive is “spam”. *sigh*

The recent EPIC FAIL of Blippy having user’s credit card numbers visible via Google made me do a quick scan of sensitive information that passes into my business and ministry. It really is an unbelievable breach…! Are you sure sensitive information on your sites isn’t accessible via Google? Time to double-check…

In part 1 and part 2 of this three part series, I covered how to implement security procedures easily (especially if said churches don’t have resources to have IT people on staff) for both the infrastructure and for individual use. In this final part, I am going to cover a few other best practices to [...]

It’s been fascinating the conversations that I’ve been reading back and forth between organizations, security spearheads, and then your run-of-the-mill Apple fanbois about iPhone/iPad Security. At the end of the day I almost want to just yell (loudly): Who cares? But that would be fairly inconsiderate; and it is a big deal for the enterprise [...]