If the amount of new Crypto currencies and the up and down nature of their value isn't dizzying enough to financial institutions, they now have a new worry concerning the world of crypto.  According to the recently released '2022 SonicWall Cyber Threat Report' the finance industry is now often a target for cryptojacking with the financial firms rarely even aware.  

Cyber Advisors was happy to sponsor the Rogers Peewee AA hockey team this winter and has been involved in the Rogers Youth Hockey Association for a number of years including sponsoring the annual fundraiser golf tournament at Fox Hollow Golf Club. We wanted to take moment to congratulate the Royals PWAA team on their 2nd Place finish in D10 Playoffs and wish them good Luck in the Regional Playoffs where they play Friday night versus White Bear Lake! 

Today is Tuesday 2/22/22! Joe Moline is a sucker for mathematical dates and today is no exception! Check out his new vlog for some fun insight on this day including some of the many reasons why the #2 might be one of the best numbers out there and even how it relates to Cyber Advisors and your business.

Having the 2022 Winter Olympics on the other side of the world in China brings both the good and bad for me personally in terms of time zones. It makes it very difficult to follow the games while sleeping however, on those rare insomniac nights I have something more interesting to watch than a testosterone enhancing infomercial.

Many of you are likely iPhone owners, but do not sleep on this first article I am sharing, as it can benefit you as well. Google Photos has announced some changes to its allotment of free storage, which will force people who rely on Google to store their family videos, photos, and memories to think and be more proactive in the amount of data they are storing and uploading. A link to the article here explains that many Apple iPhone users do not realize that they too can benefit from Google’s commitment to 15GB of free storage for their customers.  Keeping up with how to properly and securely store family memories is turning out to be more challenging and requires a thoughtful approach to what works best for your family based on the type of phones that the family members use. 

Microsoft perhaps buying TikTok is all over the news currently.  I am by no means willing to weigh in on how politics has surrounded this potential transaction and I am probably not the one in our organization to discuss the security implications of having TikTok on your phone.  

As a kid there was nothing more I loved than playing sports and competing.  Now, as an adult and father of two, there is not much more I enjoy in my life than coaching.  Initially, I was thrilled introducing my kids to the sports that brought me so much joy child and about teaching the basic skills of each sport.  As my son has grown older and the skills and competition become more advanced new elements to coaching youth sports start to emerge.

As companies prepare their budgets for 2020, financial leaders across the world are often looking at IT as one of their biggest annual costs. Additionally, each year seems to bring on steep increases depending on the type of organization and how they invest in technology. The expense is not necessarily predictable either- the more an organization has workloads in the cloud, the more likely the final expense becomes a moving target. 

I admit I am not someone who was not always on the cutting edge of technology.  It’s not that I don’t love technology and appreciate the many improvements it has made to my quality of life.  It’s just that I am not an early adapter type. I need to fully understand how and why each technology product is going to improve my life before I invest any of my own time or money.

I remember growing up and the old rotary phone ringing during dinner time and we’d frustratingly find out that it was telemarketers.  This was before caller ID or the ability to just silence the ringers.  We as kids were advised to try and determine if it was someone our parents actually knew, and then if not, to lie and say they weren’t home.  Wait, then the kidnappers would think we were home alone. We had to tell a better lie... For years telemarketers thought my parents took really long nightly showers.