My tour of the @Microsoft Cyber Defense Operations Center (CDOC) this week was the highlight of my visit to the Microsoft campus in Redmond, WA. I was one of approximately 150 Microsoft partners invited to attend a small & medium sized business (SMB) partner executive briefing. The briefing provided @GoWestIT with a valuable road map […]
Your credentials can be phished, period. If you think you’re above being phished, you’re wrong. We all have weak moments and the criminals are really good at praying on our whims and emotions. Trust me, you can be phished. Don’t put so much pressure on yourself. Implement multi-factor authentication (MFA) wherever possible to protect your […]
Go West IT just completed our second annual SOC 2, Type 2 audit. This is an expensive and time consuming process and it absolutely makes us better every single year. SOC stands for Service Organization Controls and a Type 2 audit tests our use of and adherence to a defined set of controls over the […]
Go West IT today announced it has been named 2017 US SMB Azure West Region Partner of the Year by Microsoft’s US Small and Mid-sized Business (SMB) Group. The award recognizes the US SMB partner that has demonstrated key competitive Azure wins achieved in the West Region. Members of the US SMB Partner Program have shown dedication to […]
A new and aggressive ransomware using a variant malicious code known as “Petya” is spreading at an alarming rate. Petya comes on the heals of WannaCry just a few weeks ago and is getting a great deal of publicity because of the rate of infections and the well known victims. Petya is a very serious threat. The […]
Andrew Lanning, Co-Founder of Integrated Security Technologies and chair of the PSA Security Cybersecurity Committee, forwarded me a great article in the Harvard Business Review regarding the behavioral economics of why executives underinvest in cybersecurity. This is a must read for executives who have ultimate responsibility for protecting shareholders, employees, customers, and data. This is also […]
Cyber criminals are targeting small and medium sized businesses for one reason, it produces results for the criminals. I know that cybersecurity is a big topic and small businesses can become quickly overwhelmed by the scope of the issue but doing nothing is not an option. Please take seven minutes to watch this important video […]
I was recently invited by a customer to attend a cybersecurity briefing at the Federal Reserve Bank where agents from the FBI and Secret Service discussed the current cybersecurity landscape. The information provided was alarming and valuable and as I reviewed my notes and prepared a summary for our customer I felt compelled to share […]
UPDATE – In early October, 2016, Go West IT was approved by Microsoft as a Tier One Microsoft Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) and we are actively moving Microsoft cloud customers to this new CSP model to mitigate data privacy concerns associated with 3rd party distributors being granted access to customer data. Now customers can enjoy […]
Microsoft is actively fighting cybercrime for the greater good.April 12, 2019 - 3:14 pmMy tour of the @Microsoft Cyber Defense Operations Center (CDOC) this week was the highlight of my visit to the Microsoft campus in Redmond, WA. I was one of approximately 150 Microsoft partners invited to attend a small & medium sized business (SMB) partner executive briefing. The briefing provided @GoWestIT with a valuable road map […]
