Describe yourself in 5 words. Inquisitive, determined, meticulous, humorous, team member. How long have you worked at SLPowers and what is your role? I started with SLPowers in 2005. Currently I am the VP of Technical Services. What is your… Read More ›
Month: August 2015
Windows 10 – A Primer For Corporate Use
By Josh Spranger, SLPowers Senior Engineer By now you probably know that Microsoft has released Windows 10, probably because it has shown up in your ‘Windows Updates’ notifications. In the corporate world, system administrators most likely have disabled the download… Read More ›
SLPowers Named One Of Six Platinum Partners In The US by WatchGuard Technologies
WatchGuard Platinum Partners represent the company’s most elite resellers who bring the highest level of network security counsel and service to end users WEST PALM BEACH, Florida August 20, 2015 – SLPowers has been named a WatchGuardONE Platinum Partner by WatchGuard®… Read More ›
The Why And How Of VPNs
It’s 1995. You’re waiting at the airport for your Continental Airlines flight to take off. A large, boxy television is hanging over you playing CNN broadcasting news on the Clinton Scandal, a government shutdown, Ebola, OJ Simpson, and terror in Oklahoma. You aren’t… Read More ›
Another Step Toward An Encrypted Internet
The popular streaming service Netflix announced last quarter that they plan to secure their entire service with HTTPS (an encrypted protocol) later this year. HTTPS sites utilize SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) to establish an encrypted link between a server and… Read More ›
Brunch & Learn Recap: Data Protection with AppAssure
The attendees at yesterday’s SLPowers’ first Data Protection Brunch and Learn, held at Morton’s in Boca Raton, discovered just how vital a multi-layered security solution is to protect their business data. They also received an in-depth review of the 7 Deadly Sins of Data… Read More ›
Do you have an Android phone? Then listen up, this blog is for you.
This week, a security researcher revealed a series of high-severity vulnerabilities related to a native Android media player called Stagefright that appears to affect all versions of Android from 2.2 (Froyo) to at least Android 5.1.1_r5 (Lollipop). Which means about… Read More ›
New Ransomware Targets Eager Windows 10 Subscribers
The latest wave of ransomware targets upcoming Windows 10 users by luring them to download an early copy of the operating system, then zapping them with CTB-Locker instead. The email enticements impersonate Microsoft, and inform impatient (and gullible) readers that… Read More ›