The Biggest Surprise of Hurricane Wilma

The biggest surprise to me through Wilma was the regulators. So I remember, you know, the regulators are tough, you know, and in this industry, because of the part of the core system and people have to get money, pay money and that stuff, I remember regulators walking into places. We are freaking out, right? Read More

Spider Networks & The Credit Union vs Hurricane Wilma

So during Wilma, most of our clients were credit unions and, and I’ll bring up a couple of them. And it’s really amazing to see the power of a store, right? So you pull up the next morning and you look at the building and you look at the building and it’s really strange to Read More

Your Critical Preparation Before a Hurricane Hits

What we do with our customer base and also recommend that you do the same thing, is do reciprocal agreements. You know what, if a storm blew through my area, where could I go to work? Right? So you look for a hotel, you look for a business that might be in your networking group Read More

Spider Networks; Covering All of Your IT Needs

It’s very difficult to be an expert in everything, right? So it, it literally takes a village anymore, even if it’s a simple little thing, it takes a village and even an expert from time to time needs another set of eyes on something because when you go down the road and you think this Read More

The RIGHT Way to Dispose of Your Old Equipment

https://youtube.com/shorts/bPO5zqlhEKU What to do with your old equipment. You don’t just want to throw away your old laptop or server or desktop. There’s valuable data on the hard drives inside. The best thing is to remove the hard drive and either store it or do a wipe on it. Now you can buy software that Read More

Never Go It Alone

Whenever somebody comes on board, right? We also want them to understand that they’re not in this by themselves. They have a team sitting next to them, right? So don’t be afraid to take on whatever that customer needs. And to be detailed, there’s, there’s nothing more important than detail and follow up and communication, Read More

Is Your Equipment at the End of Its Life?

Here’s some stats you need to know. The average lifespan for the equipment in your company looks like this. Two years for a laptop, three years for a desktop, and four years for a server. If any of your equipment has passed those dates, time to upgrade. If you need help, give us a call.

Your Secrets Revealed! Don’t Throw that Computer Out!

Don’t throw that computer out. There’s valuable data very deep inside. When you are cycling to new computers and servers, do what we call as security professionals, a DOD or Department of Defense Wipe. Here’s what that means. On your hard drive, you have various sectors. So a DOD wipe involves writing ones to every Read More

Stranger Danger! Don’t Just Let Anyone on Your Computer

We had a client who had an employee who had a problem with Adobe. They had to Google Adobe Tech support and called the number. This number was fake. They remoted a technician into the computer. Luckily, we had backups and were able to restore the computer. My message to you as a security professional Read More

Preparing Your Team is Critical

The thing that really separates Spider Networks from my competitors is we actually empower your team of people that work for your business. We test and practice business continuity. So we, we come into your office, we have your laptops or whatever. We pretend that your office is non-existent, and we go out and we Read More