Security Strong Podcast
27 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 3 years ago -Get ready for the Security Strong Podcast. We tackle IT issues, discuss best practices for your technology safety and interview professionals that are on the front lines within their organization's technology infrastructure. And now your host, Owner and Founder of Tobin Solutions, Jeremy Cherny!
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Security Awareness Training
May 19, 2021 15:36 - 55 minutes - 31.8 MBIn this in-depth Security Awareness Training, host Jeremy Cherny explores how a security incident can occur, as well as how people can best protect their data to remain secure. What is a Security Incident? A Security Incident is any breach in your CIA. CIA is an acronym for these 3 areas with the first being the Confidentiality of your internal and/or external data or systems meaning that a breach occurs when someone has access to your data that shouldn’t. The “I” stands for the ...
Get To Know Microsoft Teams
April 22, 2021 19:36 - 58 minutes - 80.9 MBHost Jeremy Cherny discusses how to use Microsoft Teams as well as best practices. What is Microsoft Teams? If you haven't used it before, Microsoft Teams is a bit like texting or messenger on your phone in that it allows you to send messages to individuals, create group chats, and share files such as PDFs or photos. It’s much more than just that though. You can also create video chats for things such as one on ones, group chats, meetings, or video conferencing and because Teams ...
Get to know Microsoft Planner
April 01, 2021 20:46 - 46 minutes - 63.8 MBHost Jeremy Cherny discusses best practices and how to use Microsoft Planner. What is Microsoft Planner? Microsoft Planner does not have a desktop component, it is strictly from the web. It's also from your apps on your phone and tablets. So right now, there is no desktop component. So you go to Office and sign in with your credentials. It's kind of like task management for teams. Some might call it light project management. There are a lot of different ways to look at it depending on ho...
What to expect from the future of Internet security with Steve Moscarelli
January 25, 2021 20:01 - 19 minutes - 17.9 MBHost Jeremy Cherny interviews Steve Moscarelli, Regional Sales Manager at Thales Cloud Security “I knew that the internet was going to be the future when I was in college. I had roommates working at the New Media Lab at MIT and they were involved in building a precursor to the internet for DARPA. I also saw very clearly that the internet was built with no security at all - which really propelled me into my career.” What are some of the things you read to stay on top of what's happening i...
Using common sense to stay secure with Joe Dietrich
January 11, 2021 12:00 - 27 minutes - 25.5 MBHost Jeremy Cherny interviews Joe Dietrich, Manager of Hosting and Storage for Dover Corporation “Dover Corporation is a diversified global manufacturer. We've got about 325 global locations with about 23,000 employees worldwide. What I do for Dover is lead teams that provide server and storage support, as well as Active Directory support and what we call data protection, which for us means backup and disaster recovery.” Why is security important? The systems and applications that run...
Best practices for keeping your business’ information secure
December 28, 2020 12:00 - 27 minutes - 25 MBThis week, we're doing something a little different on the Security Strong Podcast. It's just me, we're doing kind of a fireside chat mode here. I'm sitting in a rocking chair near the fire and I am thinking about the various awesome guests we've had since we started the podcast, I'm thinking about what we do as a security company, and I thought why don't we share some of the best practices and go through a top list of things that you can do to stay secure. Security as a Process, Not a Pr...
Security in the world of HR with Amy Fallucca
December 14, 2020 11:30 - 21 minutes - 36 MBHost: Jeremy Cherny interviews Amy Fallucca, CEO of Bravent “Bravent has been around for about four years. We are an HR consulting and recruiting company. On the HR side, we help with anything from handbooks, to advising on terminations, or employee performance. Then on the recruiting side, we work on a range of positions; professional, technical, and executive. We leverage technology to be really efficient in our process, and by doing that, we're able to save our clients money. We're typ...
Improve security through Mobile Device Management with Max Palzewicz
November 30, 2020 12:00 - 33 minutes - 56.1 MBHost Jeremy Cherny interviews Max Palzewicz, Director of Operations at Rocketman Tech “I started out my career in public accounting, primarily working and advising small business owners. I got my CPA and I was able to join my dad and uncle's business coaching firm, Action Coach of Southeastern Wisconsin, where I worked for a few years. I carved out a niche for myself focusing on the financials for business owners, teaching business owners, how to be financially literate, how to read and an...
Know your data with Jason Claycomb
November 16, 2020 22:27 - 20 minutes - 28.2 MBHost: Jeremy Cherny interviews Jason Claycomb, Founder of INARMA “INARMA is a professional services firm. The short tagline is ‘We assess controls.’ So I really like how you think of security as a process and not a product - that’s exactly what we do. We help people with the process around security. Yes, there are products involved, but those are types of solutions and we help people pick the right solutions.” Why is security so important to you and your clients? We've all got sensitiv...
E-commerce website security with Lori McDonald
November 02, 2020 12:30 - 31 minutes - 55.4 MBHost: Jeremy Cherny interviews Lori McDonald, President and CEO of Brilliance Business Solutions “I started my career at NASA Johnson Space Center as a flight controller for the space shuttle program where I met my husband. He went on to work for Rockwell Automation and got a promotion that brought us to Milwaukee. I was trying to figure out what was as cool as space and decided the internet looked like a cool place to be. So I started Brilliance Business Solutions, a web development compa...
Train your users with Gjeret Stein
October 19, 2020 11:30 - 20 minutes - 33.5 MBHost: Jeremy Cherny interviews Gjeret Stein, Owner of Ultra Scary LLC. “I started in the IT world in 1994. I started learning computers and an operating system called Open DMS. So anybody who knows about DMS is usually old and has gray hair. In the 2000s, I became an IT administrator for a couple of different companies in the Milwaukee area. Then, in 2007, I decided to strike out on my own. So currently, I run an IT services company (Ultra Scary LLC) for small and medium businesses. We foc...
Securing a law firm with James Oryszczyn
October 05, 2020 11:30 - 19 minutes - 32.6 MBHost: Jeremy Cherny interviews James Oryszczyn, Director of Security & Network Services at an Am Law 200 Law Firm “I support network applications, video conferencing, and bundling security. We have a lot of sensitive client data. So we get a lot of client audits making sure that we’re complying with all security programs - and also making sure that we keep hackers out.” Why is security so important for an Am Law 200 Law Firm? Some of the larger clients have very sensitive data and that...
Cyber insurance with Arlene Petersen
September 21, 2020 11:30 - 31 minutes - 43.6 MBHost: Jeremy Cherny interviews Arlene Petersen, Owner and President of T.E. Brennan Company “We are an insurance and risk management consulting firm, not an agent or broker. We don't sell insurance. We provide advice on how to handle risk to our clients. That is oftentimes an insurance product, but not always, there are a lot of ways to handle risk. So that's what we talk with our clients about without actually selling them a product.” You’re not our typical guest of an IT geek, but you ...
IT during COVID with Paul Riedl
September 07, 2020 12:00 - 35 minutes - 48.1 MBHost: Jeremy Cherny interviews Paul Riedl, CEO of River Run “River Run is an IT firm in Wisconsin, we focus on working with small- to mid-sized businesses. My role in the organization is to help. As CEO, I get to be the chief cook and the dishwasher. I get help with the vision and the direction of the company - and that’s one of the biggest topics that we talk about on a regular basis. I’ve got a team of wonderful and smart people that do the hard work to make things happen and keep our cl...
MacOS security with Brian Lamantia
August 24, 2020 11:30 - 22 minutes - 27.9 MBHost: Jeremy Cherny interviews Brian Lamantia, MacOS Administrator “I've been doing this for a few years now just completely involved in that. And I use that to ride security down to our macOS users in our environment. We're fully Integrated with an MDM. We use Jam, which is one of the premier MDM providers out there. So I've been using them for the whole duration for about three years now since we set up the infrastructure and started enrolling our first Mac's.” What was it like enroll...
The importance of a backup with Roger Heindl
August 10, 2020 12:00 - 28 minutes - 34.9 MBHost: Jeremy Cherny interviews Roger Heindl, Owner of Tech Lab, Inc. “We're an IT support company. We provide home and business support for companies in Southeast Wisconsin. I've been working in IT for almost 20 years. We have four tech people that also work with me at Tech Lab, and I've been interested in computers probably since I was a teenager. Our first computer was actually an Amiga, which we later upgraded to a Mac. And then I ended up buying a PC to go to college. So I've been inte...
Staying mindful with Sandra Estok
July 27, 2020 11:00 - 36 minutes - 45.1 MBHost: Jeremy Cherny interviews Sandra Estok, Founder and CEO of Way2Protect “I’m an expert in the fields of cybersecurity, IT, and data privacy. Through my stories, experience and expertise, I help people feel empowered in navigating the cyberworld. I help people find ways to protect what matters against hackers, scammers and cyber monsters, even if people feel they are too busy or do not understand the why, what or how of technology.” How do you stay on top of the latest security threat...
Getting educated with Pat Riley
July 13, 2020 20:18 - 37 minutes - 47.9 MBHost: Jeremy Cherny interviews Pat Riley, President and CEO of New Horizons of Wisconsin “We’ve grown to be Wisconsin’s largest provider of technology training and skill improvement. We work with clients on everything from end user training in Microsoft Word all the way to cloud computing and cybersecurity, IoT, blockchain and AI - and then everything in between. We also work with people who are looking to convert their career paths and want to get into computer learning.” Have you seen ...
Protection at the pump with Chris King
June 29, 2020 16:32 - 34 minutes - 42.4 MBHost: Jeremy Cherny interviews Chris King, Network Analyst for a large petrochemicals corporation. “I provide second level network support for a large company in the petroleum world. What that entails is for our retail locations around the country, I can do anything from placing communications orders to writing and verifying firewall rules for new technologies that we have rolling out at the site to trace network traffic. We support about 6400 locations so we have a standard template that ...
Security in investing with Sean Tepper
June 15, 2020 12:00 - 31 minutes - 23.6 MBHost: Jeremy Cherny interviews Sean Tepper, Founder and CEO of TYKR “I’ve been in the software engineering space for about 15 years. I started a business in 2006 where I was focused on building custom software and websites for small and mid-sized businesses. Then in 2010 I went through a merger and kind of branched away and started doing more contracting with bigger businesses. In the meantime, I’ve been involved in the tech investing space, doing some angel investing and then doing a lot ...
Make a good password with Duane Maas
June 01, 2020 12:00 - 40 minutes - 45.6 MBHost: Jeremy Cherny interviews Duane Maas, President of MC Services “I started doing computer consulting in ‘96 so I ended up doing a lot of stuff with the internet because nobody knew how to do it - learning DNS and all the networking stuff. We do a lot of Apple and a lot of Windows, especially moving into networking environments. We’ve also done some app development as that’s exploded with iOS and Android. But really, Mac is becoming a more accepted device for a large company, so we work...
Small business security with Joe Skotarzak
May 18, 2020 12:00 - 30 minutes - 37 MBHost: Jeremy Cherny interviews Joe Skotarzak, General Manager at MotherG-Wisconsin “At MotherG, we’re focussed on being a managed service provider. We really strive to help small businesses manage their technology. Security is a big part of that, so it’s certainly a focus area for us.” Why is security important? As we’re out there working with small businesses, every small business is dependent on some level of technology. Some of them it’s a tool that's foundational to what they do a...
The trade-off for security with Eric Clark
May 04, 2020 16:14 - 29 minutes - 36.8 MBHost: Jeremy Cherny interviews Eric Clark, Client Success Associate at SWICKtech “Client Success Associate is something I’m not entirely sure what the title entails. But I will say that our client’s success is one of our core values and something we put first ahead of most things. Working at SWICKtech is like working with the smartest kids in class. A lot of very smart, talented engineering minded folks that know way more than me about the technicality of what it is we do for our clients. ...
002 - Using your auto-attendant for security with Jesse Gnas
April 07, 2020 20:42 - 46 minutes - 57.4 MBHost: Jeremy Cherny interviews Jesse Gnas, owner of ACS. “We are basically a business that sells cloud based solutions for voice and data. And we are a full service, single point of contact for all your needs. So that includes the project management through the entire process. So when our clients order new services from us, whether it be a cloud based phone solution or data, we manage that purchase from start to finish. “ Why is security important? “The reason we incorporate those is...
Using your auto-attendant for security with Jesse Gnas
April 07, 2020 20:42 - 46 minutes - 57.4 MBHost: Jeremy Cherny interviews Jesse Gnas, owner of ACS. “We are basically a business that sells cloud based solutions for voice and data. And we are a full service, single point of contact for all your needs. So that includes the project management through the entire process. So when our clients order new services from us, whether it be a cloud based phone solution or data, we manage that purchase from start to finish. “ Why is security important? “The reason we incorporate those is...
Security importance when working from home with Dave Steffen
April 07, 2020 14:31 - 39 minutes - 49.7 MBHost: Jeremy Cherny interviews Dave Steffen, a business coach with Action Coach. “And for those of you that don't know what business coaching is, it's really just my job to help business owners grow and succeed and thrive in their business and do the things that are going to help them be the best business owner they can be. So that means helping them strategize on actions to take and making sure they take those actions, talk about things that they can look out for from a marketing standpo...
001 - Security importance when working from home with Dave Steffen
April 07, 2020 14:31 - 39 minutes - 49.7 MBHost: Jeremy Cherny interviews Dave Steffen, a business coach with Action Coach. “And for those of you that don't know what business coaching is, it's really just my job to help business owners grow and succeed and thrive in their business and do the things that are going to help them be the best business owner they can be. So that means helping them strategize on actions to take and making sure they take those actions, talk about things that they can look out for from a marketing standpo...