The TEC Report

"It's not the passwords that are insecure, it is the MANAGEMENT of those passwords that is the problem." Words from our guest in this episode, Dovell Bonnett.
Small businesses often disregard the importance of keeping their data safe. According to our guest, the AVERAGE data breach ends up costing a company over $8 million in lost revenue, fines, attorney costs, and lost customers. Here's another fact - according to a poll, 70% of IT professionals feel that their companies will be breached on average 5 times this year alone!
So what can businesses do to mitigate their risk? It all starts with the weakest link - your employees.
Dovell Bonnett has been creating computer security solutions for 25 years. His passionate belief that technology should work for humans, and not the other way around, has lead him to create innovative solutions that protect businesses from cyber-attacks, free individual computer users from cumbersome security policies, and put IT administrators back in control of their networks.

He has spent most of his career solving business security needs, incorporating multiple applications onto single credentials using both contact and contactless smartcards. The most famous example of his work is the ID badge currently carried by all Microsoft employees.

In 2005, he founded Access Smart LLC to provide cyber access control solutions to businesses. His premiere product, Power LogOn, provides multi-factor authentication and enterprise password management to corporations, hospitals, educational institutions, police departments, government agencies, and more around the world.

Dovell is a frequent speaker and sought-after consultant on the topic of passwords, cybersecurity, and building secure, affordable and appropriate computer authentication infrastructures. His most recent book is Making Passwords Secure: How to Fix the Weakest Link in Cybersecurity.
You can reach Dovell by visiting his website at www.access-smart.com
Managed Service providers are encourage to reach out to Dovell, as he only works through IT services professionals.

It’s actually starting to feel somewhat “normal”. People are out and about, schools are back in session, the NFL is playing and traffic is getting more congested again. But yet, each one of those things I just mentioned have had to make tremendous changes in order to continue. Schools are open, but a lot of remote learning. The NFL is playing, but no one in the stands. Restaurants are open, but only at 50% capacity. We are all out shopping, but everyone has to wear a mask. It’s a crazy world we now live in and no one really knows when we will be able to put our masks away for good – maybe never.

With change comes fear. Uncertainty breads fear, but it also spawns the biggest leaps in some businesses – usually those who embrace new changes and technology.

Our guest today specializes in helping businesses use technology in order to not only stay competitive, but also to take that next step into the land of incredible opportunity.

Our guest today is Kyle Knapp of Viterium. He is a graduate of the US Naval Academy and has 16 years of business IT management experience as well the CAHIMS designation which stands for Certified Healthcare Information and Management Systems. He also has the difficult certification of CASP+, which is CompTIA’s most advanced cybersecurity certification. Another of the other areas I noticed is that he is a member of the Vistage Group, which is a CEO peer group focusing on issues in business. Put everything together and you have someone who understands business and how to network and protect it.
Contact information for Kyle Knapp:
www.viterium.net
[email protected]
(724) 200-7082

Whether you are a small business owner or manager, medical practice owner, or a large enterprise, you all have something in common besides the obvious effects of the Corona Virus. Cyber criminals are preying on everyone while our guard is down.
Cyber criminals are preying on businesses right now while everyone is focused on staying afloat. While you are getting funding to keep your businesses alive, you could be devastated later when news gets out that all of your clients data was hacked – you could be out of business from the PR nightmare and potential lawsuits of not protecting your clients – it’s gotten to really bad out there.
This episode is how businesses, both large and small, can keep their data safe without having to spend a lot of money to do it. Our guest is a true expert on cyber security and his firm handles some extremely well know institutions that we all recognize. His ability to protect his clients has allowed him to grow his business WITHOUT any salesforce – he’s that good! Our expert is Bob Henderson of Intelligence Services Group.
Bob started his career as the youngest police officer in the country. At age 18, he was fighting criminals on the street and is now fighting criminals in cyber space. He's spent his entire life understanding how criminals think and it gives his firm a tremendous competitive advantage - and his clients the most protection possible.
Bob goes over some of the real issues out there today that could have a catastrophic impact on businesses. More importantly, though, he offers some basic solutions that don't cost much that you can implement immediately for your business or practice.
If you have questions for Bob, he can be reached at:
(833) 623-3092
[email protected]

Our society has become more and more dependent upon social distancing and we've also been forced to accept visiting people via Zoom, Hangouts, Facetime, etc. Schools have shut down and Colleges and Universities are completing their academic years via online instruction. Doctors are using telemedicine and patients are actually becoming accustomed to seeing their own doctor while they AND their doctor are working from home.
Salespeople?
As of this podcast date, most salespeople are stuck as most businesses are simply not in the mood to have a conversation - we stress the word.... most...
Yet there ARE some industries that are booming, albeit a small number. So how are sales professionals handling sales right now and how will companies utilize their sales forces in the months and years to come???
Today's episode features sales expert Jeff Hines (who IS currently extremely busy). Jeff is the president of Accelerated Sales and Leadership and he not only gives his views on how sales are going to be changed for all, but he also has established a process where companies can hire top salespeople with a 91% predictability rate - previously unheard of.
Whether your company is software, manufacturing or even a physical therapy or podiatry practice, you are going to be impacted by the way communication is changing - and changing quickly.
This is a must listen if you or your company depends on sales..... here's a hint.... we ALL need sales!!!
To reach Jeff:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffhines3/
Email: [email protected]

Businesses have re-opened, restaurants and bars quickly became very busy. Now they are shutting down all over the country with the Corona Virus cases hitting the 3 million mark. While the economy appears to be going strong, where do we go from here?

One of the industries that has done very well through the pandemic and shows no real signs of letting up is the managed services industry. In fact, many have become extremely busy trying to help their clients pivot to more of their workforce working remotely. There are going to be challenges going on in every business and today’s guest is here to talk about some of those challenges and what you can do to modify your business technology as well as to keep everyone’s data safe and secure.

Our guest is the Vice President in charge of MSP services for Image Net Consulting. He is a technology council member for Forbes, and he is Vice-Chair Channel Development Advisory Council for CompTIA. He written numerous articles, publications is an accomplished speaker and is considered one of the top industry experts in the Managed Services Industry. He has recently been featured in the book, MSP Secrets Revealed where he discusses how you should treat your customers like you are dating. Oh, and most impressive of all....... He was the big winner at the MSP Shark Tank and won a deal with Barbara Corcoran and others!

So without any further delay... our guest today is Juan Fernandez.