Great New York and New Jersey IT News & Information

The Fog replaces the Cloud

The days of saving your information on your computer’s hard drive are gone. Now, there is a more efficient way to share or store data in a safer, accessible location. Unfortunately, the luxury to save large amounts of data will affect your bandwidth requirements. The cloud is commonly used for transferring data back and forth […]


New Ruling is a HUGE Step for Your Privacy Rights – You Can Ask Google to Remove Search Results About Yourself!

Have you ever looked up your name in a search engine and found something embarrassing or upsetting? As of May 13th, 2014, you’re able to request to delete that information. And if the search engine believes the information infringes on your privacy, it will be deleted. If not, then you’ll have to go to court […]


Keylogging and HIPAA Breaches.  What’s Hiding In Your Computers?

The University of California, Irvine Student Health Center has been the victim of a HIPAA breach.  Nearly 2,000 pieces of PHI (protected health information), including financial data, were stolen via a keylogger attack.  The keylogger collected this information for over a period of a month before being discovered. How This Happened.  The keylogger was residing […]